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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of |
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public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.1331, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a |
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charter holder may reduce the salary of a classroom teacher, |
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full-time speech-language pathologist, full-time librarian, |
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full-time counselor, or full-time school nurse by an amount not to |
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exceed 10 percent of the sum paid to the teacher, speech-language |
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pathologist, librarian, counselor, or school nurse in the 2011-2012 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 19.009, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-4) to read as follows: |
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(d-4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, |
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the district may reduce the salary of a classroom teacher, |
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full-time speech-language pathologist, full-time librarian, |
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full-time counselor, or full-time school nurse by an amount not to |
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exceed 10 percent of the sum paid to the teacher, speech-language |
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pathologist, librarian, counselor, or school nurse in the 2011-2012 |
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school year. The commissioner may reduce the amount of state aid |
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provided to the district under Section 19.007(g), as appropriate. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 21.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.008. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO DISCHARGE TEACHERS. |
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Notwithstanding Section 21.157 or 21.211(a)(2), a school district |
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may not discharge a teacher for a reason other than good cause if |
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the school district has reduced teacher salaries as authorized by |
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Section 21.402(c-4). |
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SECTION 4. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-4) to read as follows: |
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(c-4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section |
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or Section 21.403, a school district may reduce the salary of a |
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classroom teacher, full-time speech-language pathologist, |
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full-time librarian, full-time counselor certified under |
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Subchapter B, or full-time school nurse by an amount not to exceed |
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10 percent of the sum paid to the teacher, speech-language |
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pathologist, librarian, counselor, or school nurse in the 2011-2012 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. Section 21.403, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) This section does not prohibit a school district from |
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reducing the salary of a teacher, speech-language pathologist, |
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librarian, counselor, or school nurse as provided by Section |
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21.402(c-4). |
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SECTION 6. Section 30.024, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, |
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the governing board of the school may reduce the salary of a teacher |
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by an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the sum paid to the teacher |
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in the 2011-2012 school year. |
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SECTION 7. Section 30.055, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, |
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the governing board of the school may reduce the salary of a teacher |
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by an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the sum paid to the teacher |
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in the 2011-2012 school year. |
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SECTION 8. Section 30.102, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Section 21.402(c-4) applies to the commission as if |
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the commission were a school district. Notwithstanding any other |
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provision of this section, the commission may reduce salaries as |
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provided by Section 21.402(c-4). |
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SECTION 9. Section 824.203, Government 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) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), and |
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subject to Subsection (a-1), the standard service retirement |
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annuity is an amount computed on the basis of the member's average |
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annual compensation for the five years of service, whether or not |
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consecutive, in which the member received the highest annual |
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compensation, times 2.3 percent for each year of service credit in |
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the retirement system. |
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(a-1) If a member's annual compensation is reduced by a |
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school district in accordance with Section 21.402(c-4), Education |
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Code, the reduction is disregarded for purposes of Subsection (a) |
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and the teacher is considered to have received the annual |
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compensation that the teacher would have received if not for the |
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reduction. |
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SECTION 10. Section 21.402(d), Education Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 11. This Act applies beginning with the 2012-2013 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 12. This Act takes effect immediately if it |
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receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate |
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effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |