83R25254 PAM-F
 
  By: Villarreal H.B. No. 2012
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to collection, distribution, and use of information
  relating to salaries of certain professional employees of school
  districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 7.038 to read as follows:
         Sec. 7.038.  PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE SALARY INFORMATION. (a)
  The agency shall collect information from school districts
  regarding salaries paid to employees entitled to the minimum
  monthly salary under Section 21.402.
         (b)  The agency shall provide for public use of the
  information collected under Subsection (a) in summary form on the
  agency's Internet website in a manner that indicates, by school
  district, the average salaries of employees to whom Subsection (a)
  applies by position and for classroom teachers, also by subject and
  grade level.
         (c)  The agency shall use the data collected under Subsection
  (a) regarding salaries paid to classroom teachers to conduct a
  cost-of-living salary comparability analysis in each region of the
  state to determine how classroom teacher salaries compare to
  salaries in similar professions. The commissioner shall delineate
  the geographic boundaries of the regions of the state and designate
  the professions that constitute similar professions for purposes of
  conducting the salary comparability analysis under this
  subsection. Not later than December 1, 2014, the agency shall
  prepare and deliver a report of the salary comparability analysis
  conducted under this subsection to the governor, lieutenant
  governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and presiding
  officer of each standing legislative committee with primary
  jurisdiction over public education. The agency shall post a copy of
  the report on the agency's Internet website.
         (d)  The agency shall collect data and conduct the
  cost-of-living salary comparability analysis under this section
  using only available funds and resources from public or private
  sources.
         (e)  This section expires September 1, 2015.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.