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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to local awards plans under the public school educator |
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excellence awards program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.704, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A district-level committee for a school district that |
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intends to participate in the program[, such as the district-level
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planning and decision-making committee established under
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Subchapter F, Chapter 11,] shall develop a local awards plan for the |
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district. The local awards plan may provide for all campuses in the |
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district to participate in the program or only certain campuses |
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selected by the district-level committee. At least 80 percent [A
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majority] of the employees subject to the minimum salary schedule |
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under Section 21.402 or entitled to a wage increase under Section |
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22.107 who are [classroom teachers] assigned to a campus that is |
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selected by the district-level committee to participate in the |
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program must approve participation to be included in the local |
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awards plan. |
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(a-1) The district-level committee under Subsection (a) must |
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be composed entirely of district employees who are subject to the |
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minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 or entitled to a wage |
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increase under Section 22.107. At least two-thirds of the members |
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of the district-level committee must be classroom teachers. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |