Bill Text: TX HB2313 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to additional state aid for school districts that provide social security coverage for district employees.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-20 - Referred to Public Education [HB2313 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2313-Introduced.html

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85R12563 KKA-F
By: Dukes H.B. No. 2313

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to additional state aid for school districts that provide
social security coverage for district employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.25141 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.25141. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) This section applies only to a school district
that provided social security coverage, as defined by Section
606.001, Government Code, for district employees during the 2016
calendar year.
(b) For each school year, a school district, including a
school district that is otherwise ineligible for state aid under
this chapter, is entitled to state aid in an amount equal to 50
percent of the district's cost of paying contributions in the
2017-2018 and each subsequent school year for a class of employees
covered under the social security program during the 2016 calendar
year.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.