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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an increase in the basic allotment and 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. Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) For each student in average daily attendance, not |
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including the time students spend each day in special education |
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programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream or |
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career and technology education programs, for which an additional |
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allotment is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an |
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allotment equal to the lesser of $5,765 [$4,765] or the amount that |
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results from the following formula: |
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A = $5,765 [$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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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 42.2512 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.2512. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR TEACHER SALARIES. |
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(a) A school district, including a school district that is |
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otherwise ineligible for state aid under this chapter, is entitled |
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to state aid for classroom teacher salaries in an amount, as |
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determined by the commissioner, equal to 50 percent of the amount of |
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additional funds to which the district is entitled due to the |
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increase made by __.B. No. ____, Acts of the 86th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2019, to the basic allotment under Section 42.101. |
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(b) A determination by the commissioner under this section |
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is final and may not be appealed. |
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(c) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this |
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section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |