Bill Text: TX HB3008 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Referred to Public Education [HB3008 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3008-Introduced.html

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82R12804 KKA-D
By: Bonnen H.B. No. 3008

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of
public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.1331, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a
charter holder may reduce the salary of a classroom teacher,
full-time speech-language pathologist, full-time librarian,
full-time counselor, or full-time school nurse by an amount not to
exceed 10 percent of the sum paid to the teacher, speech-language
pathologist, librarian, counselor, or school nurse in the 2011-2012
school year.
SECTION 2. Section 19.009, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d-4) to read as follows:
(d-4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
the district may reduce the salary of a classroom teacher,
full-time speech-language pathologist, full-time librarian,
full-time counselor, or full-time school nurse by an amount not to
exceed 10 percent of the sum paid to the teacher, speech-language
pathologist, librarian, counselor, or school nurse in the 2011-2012
school year. The commissioner may reduce the amount of state aid
provided to the district under Section 19.007(g), as appropriate.
SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.008. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO DISCHARGE TEACHERS.
Notwithstanding Section 21.157 or 21.211(a)(2), a school district
may not discharge a teacher for a reason other than good cause if
the school district has reduced teacher salaries as authorized by
Section 21.402(c-4).
SECTION 4. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-4) to read as follows:
(c-4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section
or Section 21.403, a school district may reduce the salary of a
classroom teacher, full-time speech-language pathologist,
full-time librarian, full-time counselor certified under
Subchapter B, or full-time school nurse by an amount not to exceed
10 percent of the sum paid to the teacher, speech-language
pathologist, librarian, counselor, or school nurse in the 2011-2012
school year.
SECTION 5. Section 21.403, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) This section does not prohibit a school district from
reducing the salary of a teacher, speech-language pathologist,
librarian, counselor, or school nurse as provided by Section
21.402(c-4).
SECTION 6. Section 30.024, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
the governing board of the school may reduce the salary of a teacher
by an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the sum paid to the teacher
in the 2011-2012 school year.
SECTION 7. Section 30.055, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
the governing board of the school may reduce the salary of a teacher
by an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the sum paid to the teacher
in the 2011-2012 school year.
SECTION 8. Section 30.102, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Section 21.402(c-4) applies to the commission as if
the commission were a school district. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, the commission may reduce salaries as
provided by Section 21.402(c-4).
SECTION 9. Section 824.203, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), and
subject to Subsection (a-1), the standard service retirement
annuity is an amount computed on the basis of the member's average
annual compensation for the five years of service, whether or not
consecutive, in which the member received the highest annual
compensation, times 2.3 percent for each year of service credit in
the retirement system.
(a-1) If a member's annual compensation is reduced by a
school district in accordance with Section 21.402(c-4), Education
Code, the reduction is disregarded for purposes of Subsection (a)
and the teacher is considered to have received the annual
compensation that the teacher would have received if not for the
reduction.
SECTION 10. Section 21.402(d), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 11. This Act applies beginning with the 2012-2013
school year.
SECTION 12. This Act takes effect immediately if it
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.