By:  Lucio                                                        S.B. No. 799


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of certain retired classroom teachers 
for loans under the professional educators home loan program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subdivision (3), Subsection (a), Section 
2306.562, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
		(3)  "Professional educator" means a classroom 
teacher, full-time paid teacher's aide, full-time librarian, 
full-time counselor certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, 
Education Code, [or] full-time school nurse, or retired classroom 
teacher who taught in a school district in this state and who 
currently receives retirement benefits from the Teacher Retirement 
System of Texas.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (c), Section 2306.562, Government 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  To be eligible for a loan under this section, a 
professional educator must, on the application date:
		(1)  reside in this state [on the application date]; 
and   
		(2)  be employed by a school district in this state or 
be a retired classroom teacher who taught in a school district in 
this state and who currently receives retirement benefits from the 
Teacher Retirement System of Texas [on the application date].
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.