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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a limitation on the salary of certain administrative |
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public education employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.201, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) A school district may not employ a superintendent for |
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an annual salary in an amount that is greater than 125 percent of |
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the amount of the annual salary authorized by the legislature for |
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the governor. For purposes of this subsection, a superintendent's |
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annual salary does not include an amount paid by the district as: |
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(1) a bonus; or |
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(2) an allowance or stipend. |
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SECTION 2. Section 8.004, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The regional education service center board of |
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directors shall employ an executive director. The selection and |
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dismissal of the executive director is subject to the approval of |
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the commissioner. The executive director is the chief executive |
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officer of the regional education service center and may employ |
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personnel as necessary to carry out the functions of the center. |
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(b) A regional education service center may not employ: |
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(1) an executive director for an annual salary in an |
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amount that is greater than 75 percent of the amount of the annual |
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salary authorized by the legislature for the governor; and |
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(2) an employee other than the executive director for |
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an annual salary in an amount that is greater than 25 percent of the |
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amount of the annual salary authorized by the legislature for the |
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governor. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies to an employment contract that |
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is entered into on or after September 1, 2019. |
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An employment |
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contract that is entered into before September 1, 2019, is governed |
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by the law as it existed at the time the contract was entered into, |
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and the former law remains in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |