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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to collection, distribution, and use of information |
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relating to salaries of certain professional employees of school |
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districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 7.038 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.038. PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE SALARY INFORMATION. (a) |
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The agency shall collect information from school districts |
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regarding salaries paid to employees entitled to the minimum |
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monthly salary under Section 21.402. |
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(b) The agency shall provide for public use of the |
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information collected under Subsection (a) in summary form on the |
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agency's Internet website in a manner that indicates, by school |
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district, the average salaries of employees to whom Subsection (a) |
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applies by position and for classroom teachers, also by subject and |
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grade level. |
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(c) The agency shall use the data collected under Subsection |
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(a) regarding salaries paid to classroom teachers to conduct a |
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cost-of-living salary comparability analysis in each region of the |
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state to determine how classroom teacher salaries compare to |
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salaries in similar professions. The commissioner shall delineate |
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the geographic boundaries of the regions of the state and designate |
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the professions that constitute similar professions for purposes of |
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conducting the salary comparability analysis under this |
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subsection. Not later than December 1, 2014, the agency shall |
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prepare and deliver a report of the salary comparability analysis |
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conducted under this subsection to the governor, lieutenant |
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governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and presiding |
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officer of each standing legislative committee with primary |
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jurisdiction over public education. The agency shall post a copy of |
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the report on the agency's Internet website. |
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(d) The agency shall collect data and conduct the |
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cost-of-living salary comparability analysis under this section |
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using only available funds and resources from public or private |
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sources. |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |