Amend SJR 1 (senate committee report) by adding the following new Section to the bill and renumbering subsequent sections as appropriate:
SECTION __.  Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amened by adding Section 21 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.  TEACHER RETENTION ALLOTMENT.  (a) A school district is entitled to an allotment for the 2023-2024 school year for each classroom teacher employed by the district in that year as follows:
(1)  if the district has 20,000 or more students enrolled in the 2022-2023 school year, $2,000 per classroom teacher; and
(2)  if the district has fewer than 20,000 students enrolled in the 2022-2023 school year, $6,000 per classroom teacher.
(b)  A school district shall use money received under Subsection (a) to increase the salary provided to each classroom teacher in the district for the 2023-2024 school year over the salary the teacher received or would have received if employed by the district in the 2022-2023 school year by at least the amount received per classroom teacher under Subsection (a).
(c)  This section is self-operative.
(d)  This section expires September 1, 2025.