Bill Text: TX SB995 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an increase in the basic allotment and classroom teacher salaries.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to Education [SB995 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB995-Introduced.html

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2019S0192-2 02/19/19
By: Seliger S.B. No. 995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an increase in the basic allotment and classroom
teacher salaries.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) For each student in average daily attendance, not
including the time students spend each day in special education
programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream or
career and technology education programs, for which an additional
allotment is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an
allotment equal to the lesser of $5,765 [$4,765] or the amount that
results from the following formula:
A = $5,765 [$4,765] X (DCR/MCR)
where:
"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;
"DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax
rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and
"MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the
product of the state compression percentage, as determined under
Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50.
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.2512 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.2512. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR TEACHER SALARIES.
(a) A school district, including a school district that is
otherwise ineligible for state aid under this chapter, is entitled
to state aid for classroom teacher salaries in an amount, as
determined by the commissioner, equal to 50 percent of the amount of
additional funds to which the district is entitled due to the
increase made by __.B. No. ____, Acts of the 86th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2019, to the basic allotment under Section 42.101.
(b) A determination by the commissioner under this section
is final and may not be appealed.
(c) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this
section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.