By: Perry S.B. No. 97
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dedication of a portion of state lottery proceeds to
the funding of salary increases and bonuses for experienced public
school classroom teachers and costs associated with school district
teacher retirement contributions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 466.355, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Of the money transferred to the foundation school fund
under Subsection (b)(4)(B) in each state fiscal year, 50 percent
shall be used only for funding salary increases for public school
classroom teachers with at least six years of teaching experience
and school district costs exclusively associated with teacher
retirement contributions authorized by this section, and any
portion of the 50 percent remaining after giving priority to
funding for those purposes shall be used for funding bonuses to
public school classroom teachers with at least six years of
teaching experience.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.