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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to supplemental instruction provided by public school |
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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 21.4023 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.4023. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR SUPPLEMENTAL |
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INSTRUCTION. (a) A district shall provide additional compensation |
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to a classroom teacher who voluntarily, but at the direction of the |
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district, provides supplemental instruction to students before or |
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after the regular school day. |
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(b) The additional compensation required by this section |
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must provide an hourly rate of compensation at least equal to the |
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hourly rate received by the classroom teacher through the teacher's |
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regular salary. |
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(c) Any compensation provided under this section is not |
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included in determining whether the district is paying the teacher |
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the minimum monthly salary under Section 21.402. |
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(d) A school district may use funds provided for an |
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intensive program of instruction under Section 28.0213(c) to pay |
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additional compensation required by this section. |
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(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school |
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district may not require a classroom teacher to provide |
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supplemental instruction to a student before or after the regular |
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school day. |
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(f) For purposes of this section, "regular school day" means |
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an eight-hour period each weekday. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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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. |