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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a salary supplement for certain retirement-eligible |
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classroom teachers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 21.4031 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.4031. SALARY SUPPLEMENT FOR CERTAIN |
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RETIREMENT-ELIGIBLE CLASSROOM TEACHERS. (a) The amounts specified |
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by this section are in addition to amounts to which a classroom |
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teacher is entitled under Section 21.402. |
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(b) A classroom teacher, other than an employed retiree |
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reported as described by Section 825.4092, Government Code, is |
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entitled to an annual salary supplement equal to: |
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(1) $1,000 for a year in which the sum of the teacher's |
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age and years of service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of |
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Texas equals at least 80 but less than 85; |
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(2) $2,000 for a year in which the sum of the teacher's |
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age and years of service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of |
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Texas equals at least 85 but less than 90; |
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(3) $3,000 for a year in which the sum of the teacher's |
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age and years of service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of |
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Texas equals at least 90 but less than 95; and |
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(4) $4,000 for a year in which the sum of the teacher's |
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age and years of service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of |
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Texas equals at least 95. |
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(c) If a person is entitled to a salary supplement under a |
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provision of Subsection (b) for only part of a year, the amount of |
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the salary supplement shall be prorated accordingly. |
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(d) The Teacher Retirement System of Texas, at the request |
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of the agency, shall provide the agency information and assistance |
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necessary to determine a person's eligibility for a salary |
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supplement under this section. |
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(e) A school district is entitled to state funds in an |
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amount equal to the sum of the salary supplements to which classroom |
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teachers employed by the district are entitled under this section. |
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Funding a school district receives under this section is in |
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addition to any funding the district receives under Chapter 42. The |
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commissioner shall distribute funds under this section with the |
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Foundation School Program payment to which the district is entitled |
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as soon as practicable after the end of the school year as |
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determined by the commissioner. A district to which Chapter 41 |
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applies is entitled to funding under this section. The |
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commissioner shall determine the timing of the distribution of |
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funds to a district that does not receive Foundation School Program |
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payments. |
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SECTION 2. Section 21.4031, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2007-2008 school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |