| 1 | 1 | | 85R11997 SRS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Nevárez H.B. No. 3244 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a salary bonus for a public school teacher who completes |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain autism training. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 21, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 21.465 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 21.465. AUTISM TRAINING. (a) A school district may |
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| 13 | 13 | | provide a salary bonus or similar compensation to a teacher who |
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| 14 | 14 | | completes training provided by a regional education service center |
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| 15 | 15 | | relating to autism. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) A school district that decides to provide a bonus or |
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| 17 | 17 | | compensation under Subsection (a) shall adopt a policy to implement |
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| 18 | 18 | | this section. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 20 | 20 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 21 | 21 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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