Bill Text: TX HB1429 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) allotment and outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-20 - Filed [HB1429 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1429-Introduced.html

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89R2409 CMO-D
By: Buckley H.B. No. 1429

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP)
allotment and outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.912(e), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) An employee of a coordinating entity that manages a
partnership under the program is eligible for membership in and
benefits from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas if the
employee would be eligible for membership and benefits by holding a
similar position at a partnering school district. [An employee is
eligible for membership under this subsection if a partnership
would be authorized to participate in the program, as determined by
the commissioner, but for the maximum expenditure established in
Section 48.118(f).]
SECTION 2. Section 48.118(f), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.