Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R13571 KJE-D
2	2	By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 2507
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to requiring that public schools spend a certain
10	10	percentage of funding for direct instructional activities,
11	11	including an indicator for that requirement under the public school
12	12	financial accountability system.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Section 39.082(c), Education Code, is amended to
15	15	read as follows:
16	16	(c) The system must [may not] include an indicator under
17	17	Subsection (b) [or any other performance measure] that[:
18	18	[(1)] requires a school district to spend at least 60
19	19	[65] percent [or any other specified percentage] of district
20	20	operating funds for direct instructional activities as described by
21	21	Section 44.0071 [purposes; or
22	22	[(2) lowers the financial management performance
23	23	rating of a school district for failure to spend at least 65 percent
24	24	or any other specified percentage of district operating funds for
25	25	instructional purposes].
26	26	SECTION 2. The heading to Section 44.0071, Education Code,
27	27	is amended to read as follows:
28	28	Sec. 44.0071. COMPUTATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES
29	29	RATIO AND INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES RATIO; MINIMUM RATIO REQUIRED.
30	30	SECTION 3. Sections 44.0071(a) and (c), Education Code, are
31	31	amended to read as follows:
32	32	(a) Each fiscal year, a school district shall compute and
33	33	report to the commissioner:
34	34	(1) the percentage of the district's total
35	35	expenditures for the preceding fiscal year that were used to fund
36	36	direct instructional activities, which must be at least 60 percent;
37	37	and
38	38	(2) the percentage of the district's full-time
39	39	equivalent employees during the preceding fiscal year whose job
40	40	function was to directly provide classroom instruction to students,
41	41	determined by dividing the number of hours spent by employees in
42	42	providing direct classroom instruction by the total number of hours
43	43	worked by all district employees.
44	44	(c) For purposes of this section, the computation of a
45	45	district's expenditures used to fund direct instructional
46	46	activities shall include:
47	47	(1) the salary, including any associated employment
48	48	taxes, and value of any benefits provided to any district employee
49	49	who directly provided classroom instruction to students, but only
50	50	in proportion to the percentage of time spent by the employee in
51	51	directly providing classroom instruction to students;
52	52	(2) the cost for the purchase of instructional
53	53	materials and supplies;
54	54	(3) the cost of professional and technical services
55	55	and the renting of educational equipment; and
56	56	(4) expenses relating to extracurricular and
57	57	cocurricular activities.
58	58	SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
59	59	school year.
60	60	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
61	61	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
62	62	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
63	63	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
64	64	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.