By: Toth H.B. No. 4592
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a limitation on the salary of certain administrative
public education employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.201, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) A school district may not employ a superintendent for
an annual salary in an amount that is greater than 125 percent of
the amount of the annual salary authorized by the legislature for
the governor. For purposes of this subsection, a superintendent's
annual salary does not include an amount paid by the district as:
(1) a bonus; or
(2) an allowance or stipend.
SECTION 2. Section 8.004, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The regional education service center board of
directors shall employ an executive director. The selection and
dismissal of the executive director is subject to the approval of
the commissioner. The executive director is the chief executive
officer of the regional education service center and may employ
personnel as necessary to carry out the functions of the center.
(b) A regional education service center may not employ:
(1) an executive director for an annual salary in an
amount that is greater than 75 percent of the amount of the annual
salary authorized by the legislature for the governor; and
(2) an employee other than the executive director for
an annual salary in an amount that is greater than 25 percent of the
amount of the annual salary authorized by the legislature for the
governor.
SECTION 3. This Act applies to an employment contract that
is entered into on or after September 1, 2019.
An employment
contract that is entered into before September 1, 2019, is governed
by the law as it existed at the time the contract was entered into,
and the former law remains in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.