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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an annual cost-of-living adjustment for school district |
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employees and an annual adjustment to the basic allotment under the |
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public school finance system to reflect inflation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 22.012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22.012. COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT. (a) Each school |
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year, the commissioner shall determine a cost-of-living adjustment |
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based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published |
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by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of |
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Labor for the salary or wages paid to a school district employee |
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based on any change in the average cost of living since the |
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preceding school year. |
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(b) From funds available to the state as a result of |
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attendance credits purchased under Subchapter D, Chapter 41, the |
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commissioner shall provide funding to each school district to |
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provide the cost-of-living adjustment determined under Subsection |
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(a) to each district employee. |
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(c) The cost-of-living adjustment provided under Subsection |
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(b) is in addition to the salary or wages that the district would |
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otherwise pay the employee during the school year. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 41.0012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 41.0012. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN REVENUE. |
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Notwithstanding Section 41.001(3), in making any determination |
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necessary for purposes of this chapter, the commissioner shall |
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exclude the portion of the basic allotment under Section 42.101 |
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that is funded using revenue available to the state as a result of |
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attendance credits purchased under Subchapter D. |
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SECTION 3. Section 41.094(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Receipts shall be deposited in the state treasury and |
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may be used only: |
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(1) to increase the basic allotment as provided by |
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Section 42.101(a-3); and |
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(2) to provide a cost-of-living adjustment under |
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Section 22.012 [for foundation school program purposes]. |
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SECTION 4. Section 42.101, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-3) and (a-4) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Subject to adjustment under Subsection (a-3), for [For] |
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each student in average daily attendance, not including the time |
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students spend each day in special education programs in an |
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instructional arrangement other than mainstream or career and |
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technology education programs, for which an additional allotment is |
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made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment |
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equal to the lesser of $4,765 or the amount that results from the |
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following formula: |
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A = $4,765 X (DCR/MCR) |
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where: |
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"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled; |
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"DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the |
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product of the state compression percentage, as determined under |
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Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax |
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rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and |
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"MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the |
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product of the state compression percentage, as determined under |
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Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50. |
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(a-3) Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the basic |
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allotment provided to a district under Subsection (a) or (b) is |
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adjusted annually to increase the allotment by the amount that |
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results from applying the inflation rate, as determined by the |
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comptroller on the basis of changes in the Consumer Price Index for |
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All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of |
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the United States Department of Labor, to the allotment for the |
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preceding school year. |
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(a-4) The commissioner shall provide the adjustment to the |
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basic allotment under Subsection (a-3) using funds available to the |
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state as a result of attendance credits purchased under Subchapter |
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D, Chapter 41, and, if necessary, funds deposited to the foundation |
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school fund under Sections 201.404 and 202.353, Tax Code. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |