84R4685 KKA-F
By: Dukes H.B. No. 4036
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 2014
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 the
district's cost of paying contributions in the 2015-2016 and each
subsequent school year for a class of employees covered under the
social security program during the 2014 calendar year.
(b-1) The amount of state aid to which a school district is
entitled under this section is in addition to the amount of revenue
to which the district is entitled under Section 42.2516(b). This
subsection expires September 1, 2017.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.