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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to educator financial incentives and salary contingencies |
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based on student performance on certain assessment instruments. |
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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 21.416 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.416. CERTAIN INCENTIVES AND SALARY CONTINGENCIES |
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PROHIBITED. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a school district may |
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not: |
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(1) offer or reward a financial incentive to an |
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educator that is contingent on student performance on an assessment |
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instrument administered under Chapter 39; or |
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(2) make any portion of an educator's salary |
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contingent on student performance on an assessment instrument |
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administered under Chapter 39. |
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(b) This section does not affect the use of any federal |
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funds disbursed for a purpose otherwise prohibited under Subsection |
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(a). |
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SECTION 2. Section 21.702(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) In establishing the program, the commissioner shall |
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adopt program guidelines in accordance with this subchapter for a |
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school district to follow in developing a local educator excellence |
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innovation plan under Section 21.704. The guidelines must prohibit |
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a school district from providing strategic compensation or other |
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alternative teacher compensation on the basis of student |
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performance on an assessment instrument administered under Chapter |
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39, as prohibited under Section 21.416. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2015. |