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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a bonus payment for classroom teachers employed by a |
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public school; making an appropriation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "classroom teacher" means |
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an educator who, not less than an average of four hours each day, |
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teaches in an academic instructional setting or a career and |
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technology instructional setting. The term does not include a |
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teacher's aide or a full-time administrator. |
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(b) Each classroom teacher employed by a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school on September 1, 2025, is entitled to |
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a bonus payment in addition to the teacher's compensation for the |
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2025-2026 school year in an amount equal to $12,000. |
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(c) An amount necessary to provide the bonus payment to each |
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eligible classroom teacher under Subsection (b) of this section is |
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appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Texas Education |
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Agency for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2025, for |
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distribution to school districts and open-enrollment charter |
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schools on the basis of the number of classroom teachers employed by |
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each district or school on September 1, 2025. The agency shall |
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distribute the money appropriated under this section as soon as |
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practicable after the effective date of this Act. |
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(d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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use money distributed under Subsection (c) of this section only to |
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provide a bonus payment to each classroom teacher employed by the |
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district or school for the 2025-2026 school year in accordance with |
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Subsection (b) of this section. The district or school shall |
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provide the bonus payment to each teacher in 12 equal monthly |
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installments. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |