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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to additional funding to school districts for classroom |
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teacher salaries. |
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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 21.4023 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.4023. CLASSROOM TEACHER SALARY ALLOTMENT. (a) |
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Every full-time classroom teacher is entitled to an annual salary |
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allotment in the amount of $5,000. |
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(b) A salary allotment a teacher receives under this section |
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is not considered in determining whether the district is paying the |
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teacher the minimum monthly salary under Section 21.402. |
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(b-1) Notwithstanding Section 21.402, for the 2019-2020 |
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school year, every full-time classroom teacher is entitled to a |
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monthly salary that is at least equal to the sum of: |
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(1) the monthly salary the teacher would have received |
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for the 2019-2020 school year under the district's salary schedule |
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for the 2018-2019 school year, if that schedule had been in effect |
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for the 2019-2020 school year, including any local supplement and |
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any money representing any other supplement the teacher would have |
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received in the 2019-2020 school year; and |
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(2) $500. |
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(b-2) Subsection (b-1) and this subsection expire September |
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1, 2020. |
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(c) A school district may provide a merit salary increase to |
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a full-time classroom teacher in addition to the salary allotment |
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to which the teacher is entitled under this section. |
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(d) A school district shall provide written notice to each |
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full-time classroom teacher that the salary allotment to which the |
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teacher is entitled under this section is provided by the state. |
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(e) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to |
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implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 42.25131 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.25131. ADDITIONAL STATE AID OR CREDIT AGAINST COST |
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OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS FOR CLASSROOM TEACHER SALARY ALLOTMENT. (a) |
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For each school year, a school district, including a school |
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district that is otherwise ineligible for state aid under this |
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chapter, is entitled to state aid in an amount equal to the product |
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of $5,000 multiplied by the number of full-time classroom teachers |
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employed by the district. |
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(b) A school district shall use the amount received under |
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this section to provide the salary allotments for full-time |
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classroom teachers required under Section 21.4023. |
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(c) A school district that is required to take action under |
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Chapter 41 to reduce its wealth per student to the equalized wealth |
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level is entitled to a credit, in the amount of state aid to which |
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the district is entitled under this section, against the total |
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amount required under Section 41.093 for the district to purchase |
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attendance credits. |
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(d) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this |
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section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |