Bill Text: TX HB2225 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to bonuses for teachers of students who perform successfully on college advanced placement tests and international baccalaureate examinations.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB2225 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2225-Introduced.html

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84R9508 KKA-D
By: Deshotel H.B. No. 2225

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to bonuses for teachers of students who perform
successfully on college advanced placement tests and international
baccalaureate examinations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.053, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (d), (e), and (f) and adding Subsection (d-1)
to read as follows:
(d) In addition to any portion of a school award distributed
to the teacher in accordance with a plan developed under Subsection
(c), a [A] teacher participating in the program:
(1) may be awarded:
(A) [(1)] subsidized teacher training, not to
exceed $450 for each teacher, for a college advanced placement
course or an international baccalaureate course; and
(B) [(2)] a one-time award of $250 for teaching a
college advanced placement course or an international
baccalaureate course for the first time; and
(2) shall be awarded a bonus in the amount specified by
Subsection (d-1) for each student in a college advanced placement
course or international baccalaureate course taught by the teacher
who performs at the level specified by Subsection (a)(2) on a
college advanced placement test or international baccalaureate
examination
[(3) a share of the teacher bonus pool, which shall be
distributed by the teacher's school in shares proportional to the
number of courses taught].
(d-1) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a
teacher shall be awarded a bonus under Subsection (d)(2) of $50 for
each of the teacher's students who performs at the level specified
by Subsection (a)(2), not to exceed a total bonus of $2,000 each
year. A teacher who provides instruction at a campus with an
unacceptable performance rating under Section 39.054 shall be
awarded a bonus of $500 for the first student who performs at the
required level and $50 for each additional student who performs at
that level, not to exceed a total bonus of $2,000 each year.
(e) To be eligible for an award under Subsection (d) or (f),
a teacher must teach a college advanced placement course or an
international baccalaureate course.
(f) From the school awards authorized under Subsection
(a)(2), $50 [Fifty dollars] may be deposited in the teacher bonus
pool for each student enrolled in the school who [that] scores a
three or better on a college advanced placement test or four or
better on an international baccalaureate examination. Any money
placed in the teacher bonus pool shall be distributed by the
teacher's school to teachers participating in the program in shares
proportional to the number of courses taught.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.