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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the |
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Foundation School Program and compensation increases for public |
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school employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 48.051, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (c), and (c-1) and adding Subsections |
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(a-1), (c-3), and (c-4) to read as follows: |
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(a) Subject to adjustment under Subsection (a-1), for [For] |
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each student in average daily attendance, not including the time |
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students spend each day in special education programs in an |
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instructional arrangement other than mainstream or career and |
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technology education programs, for which an additional allotment is |
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made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment |
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equal to the lesser of $7,075 [$6,160] or the amount that results |
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from the following formula: |
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A = $7,075 [$6,160] X TR/MCR |
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where: |
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"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled; |
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"TR" is the district's tier one maintenance and operations |
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tax rate, as provided by Section 45.0032; and |
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"MCR" is the district's maximum compressed tax rate, as |
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determined under Section 48.2551. |
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(a-1) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, the basic |
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allotment provided to a district under Subsection (a) or (b) is |
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adjusted annually to increase the allotment by the amount that |
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results from applying the inflation rate, as determined by the |
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comptroller on the basis of changes in the Consumer Price Index for |
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All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of |
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the United States Department of Labor, to the allotment for the |
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preceding school year. |
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(c) During any school year for which the maximum amount of |
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the basic allotment provided under Subsection (a), (a-1), or (b) is |
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greater than the maximum amount provided for the preceding school |
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year, a school district must use at least 75 [30] percent of the |
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amount, if the amount is greater than zero, that equals the product |
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of the average daily attendance of the district multiplied by the |
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amount of the difference between the district's funding under this |
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chapter per student in average daily attendance for the current |
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school year and the preceding school year to provide compensation |
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increases to full-time district employees other than |
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administrators as follows: |
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(1) 50 [75] percent must be used to increase the |
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compensation paid to classroom teachers, full-time librarians, |
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full-time school counselors certified under Subchapter B, Chapter |
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21, and full-time school nurses, prioritizing differentiated |
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compensation for classroom teachers with more than five years of |
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experience; and |
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(2) 25 percent must [may] be used [as determined by the |
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district] to increase compensation paid to [full-time] district |
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employees other than employees described by Subdivision (1). |
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(c-1) A school district employee who received a salary or |
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wage increase under this section [Subsection (c) from a school |
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district] for the 2023-2024 [2019-2020] school year is, as long as |
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the employee remains employed by the same school district and the |
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district is receiving at least the same amount of funding as the |
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amount of funding the district received for the 2023-2024 |
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[2019-2020] school year, entitled to salary or wages that is at |
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least equal to the salary or wages the employee received for the |
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2023-2024 [2019-2020] school year. [This subsection does not |
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apply if the board of trustees of the school district at which the |
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employee is employed: |
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[(1) complies with Sections 21.4021, 21.4022, and |
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21.4032 in reducing the employee's salary; and |
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[(2) has adopted a resolution declaring a financial |
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exigency for the district under Section 44.011.] |
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(c-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), for the 2023-2024 |
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school year, a school district shall use at least 75 percent of the |
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amount that equals the product of the average daily attendance of |
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the district multiplied by the amount of the difference between the |
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district's funding under this chapter per student in average daily |
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attendance for the 2023-2024 school year and the 2022-2023 school |
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year to provide compensation increases to full-time district |
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employees other than administrators as follows: |
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(1) 50 percent must be used to increase the salary paid |
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to each classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time school |
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counselor certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time |
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school nurse employed by the district in the 2022-2023 school year |
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by: |
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(A) at least $10,000; or |
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(B) if the amount that a district must allocate |
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to provide the salary increases under this subdivision is |
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insufficient to provide the increase described by Paragraph (A), |
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the maximum amount by which the district may equally increase the |
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salary of each classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time |
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school counselor certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and |
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full-time school nurse employed by the district in the 2022-2023 |
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school year; and |
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(2) 25 percent must be used to increase the salary or |
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wages of each district employee other than an employee described by |
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Subdivision (1) employed by the district in the 2022-2023 school |
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year by: |
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(A) at least 15 percent; or |
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(B) if the amount that a district must allocate |
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to provide the salary or wage increases under this subdivision is |
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insufficient to provide the increase described by Paragraph (A), |
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the maximum percentage increase that may be applied equally to |
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increase the salary or wages of each district employee other than an |
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employee described by Subdivision (1) employed by the district in |
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the 2022-2023 school year. |
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(c-4) Subsection (c-3) and this subsection expire September |
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1, 2024. |
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SECTION 2. Section 48.202(a-1), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), the dollar amount |
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guaranteed level of state and local funds per weighted student per |
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cent of tax effort ("GL") for a school district is: |
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(1) the greater of the amount of district tax revenue |
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per weighted student per cent of tax effort available to a school |
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district at the 96th percentile of wealth per weighted student or |
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the amount that results from multiplying 7,075 [6,160], or the |
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greater amount provided under Section 48.051(a-1) or (b) |
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[48.051(b)], if applicable, by 0.016, for the first eight cents by |
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which the district's maintenance and operations tax rate exceeds |
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the district's tier one tax rate; and |
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(2) subject to Subsection (f), the amount that results |
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from multiplying $7,075 [$6,160], or the greater amount provided |
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under Section 48.051(a-1) or (b) [48.051(b)], if applicable, by |
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0.008, for the district's maintenance and operations tax effort |
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that exceeds the amount of tax effort described by Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |