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