85R9661 MM-D
By: Oliveira H.B. No. 1651
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring a school district to reimburse classroom
teachers employed by the district for the cost of classroom
supplies purchased with personal money.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.417 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.417. CLASSROOM SUPPLY REIMBURSEMENT. A school
district shall reimburse each classroom teacher employed by the
district up to $200 per school year for the cost of classroom
supplies purchased by the teacher with the teacher's personal money
for the benefit of the district's students.
SECTION 2. Section 21.414, Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2017.