89R15591 GP-D
 
  By: Lowe H.B. No. 3907
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the percentage of a basic allotment increase under the
  Foundation School Program required to be used to provide
  compensation increases.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 48.051(c), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  During any school year for which the maximum amount of
  the basic allotment provided under Subsection (a) or (b) is greater
  than the maximum amount provided for the preceding school year, a
  school district must use at least 40 [30] percent of the amount, if
  the amount is greater than zero, that equals the product of the
  average daily attendance of the district multiplied by the amount
  of the difference between the district's funding under this chapter
  per student in average daily attendance for the current school year
  and the preceding school year to provide compensation increases to
  full-time district employees other than administrators as follows:
               (1)  75 percent must be used to increase the
  compensation paid to classroom teachers, full-time librarians,
  full-time school counselors certified under Subchapter B, Chapter
  21, and full-time school nurses, prioritizing differentiated
  compensation for classroom teachers with more than five years of
  experience; and
               (2)  25 percent may be used as determined by the
  district to increase compensation paid to full-time district
  employees.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.