| 1 | 1 | | 89R14041 GP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Schatzline H.B. No. 4096 |
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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 a limitation on the salary of school administrators of |
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| 10 | 10 | | school districts. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 11, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Education Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SUBCHAPTER E. SUPERINTENDENTS, [AND] PRINCIPALS, AND SCHOOL |
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| 15 | 15 | | ADMINISTRATORS |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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| 17 | 17 | | amended by adding Section 11.203 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 11.203. SALARY OF SUPERINTENDENT, PRINCIPAL, OR OTHER |
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| 19 | 19 | | SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR. (a) In this section, "school administrator" |
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| 20 | 20 | | means a person employed by a school district in an executive or |
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| 21 | 21 | | managerial capacity. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) A school district may not employ a superintendent, |
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| 23 | 23 | | principal, or other school administrator for an annual salary in an |
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| 24 | 24 | | amount that is greater than the amount of the annual salary |
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| 25 | 25 | | authorized by the legislature for the governor. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) The commissioner by rule shall require a school district |
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| 27 | 27 | | to annually report to the agency information regarding the salary |
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| 28 | 28 | | of a superintendent, principal, or other school administrator |
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| 29 | 29 | | employed by the school district. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies to an employment contract that |
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| 31 | 31 | | is entered into on or after September 1, 2025. An employment |
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| 32 | 32 | | contract that is entered into before September 1, 2025, is governed |
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| 33 | 33 | | by the law as it existed at the time the contract was entered into, |
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| 34 | 34 | | and the former law remains in effect for that purpose. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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