| 1 | 1 | | 89R15591 GP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lowe H.B. No. 3907 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the percentage of a basic allotment increase under the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Foundation School Program required to be used to provide |
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| 11 | 11 | | compensation increases. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 48.051(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (c) During any school year for which the maximum amount of |
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| 16 | 16 | | the basic allotment provided under Subsection (a) or (b) is greater |
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| 17 | 17 | | than the maximum amount provided for the preceding school year, a |
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| 18 | 18 | | school district must use at least 40 [30] percent of the amount, if |
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| 19 | 19 | | the amount is greater than zero, that equals the product of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | average daily attendance of the district multiplied by the amount |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the difference between the district's funding under this chapter |
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| 22 | 22 | | per student in average daily attendance for the current school year |
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| 23 | 23 | | and the preceding school year to provide compensation increases to |
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| 24 | 24 | | full-time district employees other than administrators as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) 75 percent must be used to increase the |
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| 26 | 26 | | compensation paid to classroom teachers, full-time librarians, |
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| 27 | 27 | | full-time school counselors certified under Subchapter B, Chapter |
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| 28 | 28 | | 21, and full-time school nurses, prioritizing differentiated |
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| 29 | 29 | | compensation for classroom teachers with more than five years of |
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| 30 | 30 | | experience; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) 25 percent may be used as determined by the |
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| 32 | 32 | | district to increase compensation paid to full-time district |
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| 33 | 33 | | employees. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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