Amend CSHB 1605 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 4, line 16, between "to" and "cover", insert "initially".
(2) On page 4, line 12, between "(a)" and "A", insert the following:
A school district may enter into a supplemental agreement with a classroom teacher under which the teacher agrees to perform a duty relating to initial lesson plan design or instructional material selection that is not a duty generally:
(1) anticipated to be performed during the instructional day; and
(2) assigned to all classroom teachers of the same subject and grade level under those teachers' employment contracts.
(b)
(3) On page 4, strike lines 17 through 19, and substitute the following:
course unless the teacher has entered into a supplemental agreement described by Subsection (a).
(4) On page 4, lines 20 and 21, strike "(b) A contract between a school district and a classroom teacher" and substitute "(c) A supplemental agreement between a school district and a classroom teacher described by Subsection (a)".
(5) On page 4, lines 21 through 23, strike "duties unrelated to providing instruction and that requires the teacher to work a greater number of hours than the number of hours worked by" and substitute "a greater number of duties unrelated to providing instruction than".
(6) On page 52, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following appropriately lettered subsection:
(____) Section 21.4045(b), Education Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(7) Strike page 52, lines 15 and 16, and substitute the following:
SECTION 51. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, this Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.
(b) Section 21.4045, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning with the 2024-2025 school year.