Bill Text: TX HB31 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to school district personnel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-02 - Referred to Government Efficiency & Reform [HB31 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB31-Introduced.html
By: Callegari | H.B. No. 31 |
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relating to school district personnel. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 12.133(b), (b-1), (c), and (d-1), | ||
Education Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Each school year, using state funds received by the | ||
charter holder for that purpose under Subsection (d), a charter | ||
holder that participated in the program under Chapter 1579, | ||
Insurance Code, for the 2005-2006 school year shall provide | ||
employees of the charter holder, other than administrators, | ||
compensation in the form of annual salaries, incentives, or other | ||
compensation determined appropriate by the charter holder that | ||
results in an average compensation increase for classroom teachers, | ||
full-time librarians, full-time counselors, and full-time school | ||
nurses who are employed by the charter holder [ |
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(b-1) Using state funds received by the charter holder for | ||
that purpose under Subsection (d-1), a charter holder that | ||
participated in the program under Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, for | ||
the 2005-2006 school year shall provide employees of the charter | ||
holder, other than administrators, compensation in the form of | ||
annual salaries, incentives, or other compensation determined | ||
appropriate by the charter holder that results in average | ||
compensation increases as follows: | ||
(1) for full-time employees other than full-time | ||
classroom teachers, full-time librarians, full-time counselors, | ||
and full-time nurses [ |
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average increase at least equal to $500; and | ||
(2) for part-time employees, an average increase at | ||
least equal to $250. | ||
(c) Each school year, using state funds received by the | ||
charter holder for that purpose under Subsection (e), a charter | ||
holder that did not participate in the program under Chapter 1579, | ||
Insurance Code, for the 2005-2006 school year shall provide | ||
employees of the charter holder, other than administrators, | ||
compensation in the form of annual salaries, incentives, or other | ||
compensation determined appropriate by the charter holder that | ||
results in an average compensation increase for classroom teachers, | ||
full-time librarians, full-time counselors, and full-time school | ||
nurses who are employed by the charter holder [ |
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(d-1) In addition to any amounts to which a charter holder | ||
is entitled under this chapter, a charter holder that participated | ||
in the program under Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, for the | ||
2005-2006 school year is entitled to state aid in an amount, as | ||
determined by the commissioner, equal to the sum of: | ||
(1) the product of $500 multiplied by the number of | ||
full-time employees other than full-time classroom teachers, | ||
full-time librarians, full-time counselors, and full-time nurses | ||
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(2) the product of $250 multiplied by the number of | ||
part-time employees. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 19.007(f), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(f) In addition to other amounts received by the district | ||
under this section, the district is entitled to state aid in an | ||
amount equal to the product of $2,000 multiplied by the number of | ||
classroom teachers, full-time librarians, full-time counselors | ||
certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time school | ||
nurses who are employed by the district [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 19.009(d-1), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(d-1) Each school year, the district shall pay an amount at | ||
least equal to $2,000 to each classroom teacher, full-time | ||
librarian, full-time counselor certified under Subchapter B, | ||
Chapter 21, and full-time school nurse who is employed by the | ||
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the district would otherwise pay the employee during the school | ||
year. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 21.0031(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) After an employee receives notice that the employee's | ||
contract is void under Subsection (a),[ |
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school year on an at-will employment basis in a position other than | ||
classroom teacher at the employee's existing rate of pay or at a | ||
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SECTION 5. Section 21.103(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The board of trustees of a school district may terminate | ||
the employment of a teacher employed under a probationary contract | ||
at the end of the contract period if in the board's judgment the | ||
best interests of the district will be served by terminating the | ||
employment. The board of trustees must give notice of its decision | ||
to terminate the employment to the teacher not later than the [ |
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15th day before the last day of instruction required under the | ||
contract. The notice must be delivered personally to the teacher or | ||
mailed by regular mail or prepaid certified mail or by an express | ||
delivery service to the teacher's address of record with the | ||
district. Notice that is mailed in accordance with this subsection | ||
is considered given at the time of mailing. The board's decision is | ||
final and may not be appealed. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 21.157, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.157. NECESSARY REDUCTION OF PERSONNEL. A teacher | ||
employed under a continuing contract may be released at the end of a | ||
school year and the teacher's employment with the school district | ||
terminated at that time because of a necessary reduction of | ||
personnel by the school district[ |
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SECTION 7. Section 21.206(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than the [ |
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instruction in a school year, the board of trustees shall notify in | ||
writing each teacher whose contract is about to expire whether the | ||
board proposes to renew or not renew the contract. The notice must | ||
be delivered personally to the teacher or mailed by regular mail or | ||
prepaid certified mail or by an express delivery service to the | ||
teacher's address of record with the district. Notice that is | ||
mailed in accordance with this subsection is considered given at | ||
the time of mailing. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 21.401, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an [ |
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employed under a 10-month contract must provide a minimum of 187 | ||
days of service. | ||
(c) The commissioner, as provided by Section 25.081(b), may | ||
reduce the number of days of service required by this section. A | ||
reduction by the commissioner does not reduce an educator's salary. | ||
(d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a contract | ||
between a school district and an educational diagnostician. | ||
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Code, the | ||
board of trustees of a school district may reduce the length of | ||
service required under an educator contract if the board has | ||
determined that a decrease in state funds available per weighted | ||
student necessitates a reduction in the length of the instructional | ||
year or in the number of days of service required by the educator. | ||
The board may reduce the length of service by up to seven | ||
instructional days, non-instructional days, or a combination of the | ||
two. The salary of the educator may be reduced by an amount | ||
corresponding to the reduction in length of service. | ||
SECTION 9. Section 22.003(a)(1), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A state minimum personal leave program consisting of | ||
five days per year personal leave with no limit on accumulation and | ||
transferable among districts shall be provided for school district | ||
employees. School districts may provide additional personal leave | ||
beyond this minimum. The board of trustees of a school district may | ||
adopt a policy governing an employee's use of personal leave | ||
granted under this subsection, except that the policy may not | ||
restrict: | ||
(1) the purposes for which the leave may be used, | ||
except that the board by local policy may restrict the use of state | ||
personal leave on days designated for furloughs under Section | ||
21.401, Education Code; or | ||
(2) the order in which an employee may use the state | ||
minimum personal leave and any additional personal leave provided | ||
by the school district. | ||
SECTION 10. Section 25.081, Education Code, is amended by | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as authorized under Subsections (b) and (c) of | ||
this section, Section 25.084, or Section 29.0821, for each school | ||
year each school district must operate so that the district | ||
provides for at least 180 days of instruction for students. | ||
(b) The commissioner may approve the instruction of | ||
students for fewer than the number of days required under | ||
Subsection (a) if disaster, flood, extreme weather conditions, fuel | ||
curtailment, or another calamity causes the closing of schools. | ||
(c) If the board of trustees of a school district has | ||
determined that a decrease in state funds available per weighted | ||
student necessitates a reduction in the instructional year, the | ||
board may reduce the number of days of instruction required under | ||
Subsection (a). The board may adjust educator contracts as | ||
provided at Section 21.401(e). | ||
SECTION 11. Section 21.402(d), Education Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 12. This Act takes effect October 1, 2011. |