| 1 | 1 | | 2019S0192-2 02/19/19 |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Seliger S.B. No. 995 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 an increase in the basic allotment and classroom |
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| 8 | 8 | | teacher salaries. |
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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. Section 42.101(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) For each student in average daily attendance, not |
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| 13 | 13 | | including the time students spend each day in special education |
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| 14 | 14 | | programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream or |
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| 15 | 15 | | career and technology education programs, for which an additional |
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| 16 | 16 | | allotment is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an |
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| 17 | 17 | | allotment equal to the lesser of $5,765 [$4,765] or the amount that |
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| 18 | 18 | | results from the following formula: |
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| 19 | 19 | | A = $5,765 [$4,765] X (DCR/MCR) |
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| 20 | 20 | | where: |
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| 21 | 21 | | "A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled; |
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| 22 | 22 | | "DCR" is the district's compressed tax rate, which is the |
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| 23 | 23 | | product of the state compression percentage, as determined under |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 42.2516, multiplied by the maintenance and operations tax |
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| 25 | 25 | | rate adopted by the district for the 2005 tax year; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | "MCR" is the state maximum compressed tax rate, which is the |
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| 27 | 27 | | product of the state compression percentage, as determined under |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 42.2516, multiplied by $1.50. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is |
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| 30 | 30 | | amended by adding Section 42.2512 to read as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sec. 42.2512. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR TEACHER SALARIES. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) A school district, including a school district that is |
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| 33 | 33 | | otherwise ineligible for state aid under this chapter, is entitled |
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| 34 | 34 | | to state aid for classroom teacher salaries in an amount, as |
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| 35 | 35 | | determined by the commissioner, equal to 50 percent of the amount of |
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| 36 | 36 | | additional funds to which the district is entitled due to the |
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| 37 | 37 | | increase made by __.B. No. ____, Acts of the 86th Legislature, |
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| 38 | 38 | | Regular Session, 2019, to the basic allotment under Section 42.101. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) A determination by the commissioner under this section |
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| 40 | 40 | | is final and may not be appealed. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (c) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this |
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| 42 | 42 | | section. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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