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| 1 | 1 | 87R3361 MM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Fierro H.B. No. 779 | |
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to requiring a school district to reimburse classroom | |
| 8 | 8 | teachers at certain grade levels for the cost of classroom supplies | |
| 9 | 9 | purchased with personal money. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Section 21.416 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 21.416. CLASSROOM SUPPLY REIMBURSEMENT. (a) A school | |
| 14 | 14 | district shall reimburse each classroom teacher employed by the | |
| 15 | 15 | district who teaches students enrolled at or below the ninth grade | |
| 16 | 16 | level up to $250 per school year for the cost of classroom supplies | |
| 17 | 17 | purchased by the teacher with the teacher's personal money for the | |
| 18 | 18 | benefit of those students. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) A classroom teacher may be reimbursed under the | |
| 20 | 20 | classroom supply reimbursement program established under Section | |
| 21 | 21 | 21.414 for the cost of purchases eligible for reimbursement under | |
| 22 | 22 | that section for which the teacher is not reimbursed under | |
| 23 | 23 | Subsection (a). | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | |
| 25 | 25 | school year. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 27 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |