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      88(4) HB 90 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
		By:  Hinojosa
            H.B.  No.  90
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to a bonus payment for certain public school employees and 
         
            to the public school finance system.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Section 21.4023 to read as follows:
         
                          Sec.  21.4023.    BONUS PAYMENT FOR 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR.  (a)  
         
            For the 2023-2024 school year, a school district shall provide to 
         
            each classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time school 
         
            counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school nurse 
         
            employed by the district a one-time bonus payment of $15,000 in 
         
            addition to the employee's compensation for the 2023-2024 school 
         
            year to be paid to the employee at the end of the 2023-2024 school 
         
            year.
         
                          (b)    A bonus payment provided to a classroom teacher under 
         
            this section is not considered in determining whether a school 
         
            district is paying the teacher the minimum monthly salary under 
         
            Section 21.402.
         
                          (c)    This section expires September 1, 2024.
         
                          SECTION  2.    Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Section 22.008 to read as follows:
         
                          Sec.  22.008.    BONUS PAYMENT FOR 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR FOR 
         
            SUPPORT STAFF.  (a)  For the 2023-2024 school year, a school 
         
            district shall provide to each employee, other than an 
         
            administrator or an employee subject to the minimum salary schedule 
         
            under Section 21.402, who is compensated less than $100,000 per 
         
            year in salary or wages a one-time bonus payment of $5,500 in 
         
            addition to the employee's compensation for the 2023-2024 school 
         
            year to be paid to the employee at the end of the 2023-2024 school 
         
            year.
         
                          (b)    This section expires September 1, 2024.  
         
                          SECTION  3.    Effective September 1, 2024, Section 48.051, 
         
            Education Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and 
         
            adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:
         
                          (a)    Subject to adjustment under Subsection (a-1), for [For] 
         
            each student in average daily attendance, not including the time 
         
            students spend each day in special education programs in an 
         
            instructional arrangement other than mainstream or career and 
         
            technology education programs, for which an additional allotment is 
         
            made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment 
         
            equal to the lesser of $8,947 [$6,160] or the amount that results 
         
            from the following formula:
         
                                                              A = $8,947 [$6,160] X TR/MCR
         
            where:
         
                          "A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;
         
                          "TR" is the district's tier one maintenance and operations 
         
            tax rate, as provided by Section 45.0032; and
         
                          "MCR" is the district's maximum compressed tax rate, as 
         
            determined under Section 48.2551.
         
                          (a-1)    Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the basic 
         
            allotment provided to a district under Subsection (a) or (b) is 
         
            adjusted annually to increase the allotment by the amount that 
         
            results from applying the inflation rate, as determined by the 
         
            comptroller on the basis of changes in the Consumer Price Index for 
         
            All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of 
         
            the United States Department of Labor, to the allotment for the 
         
            preceding school year.
         
                          (a-2)    If the inflation rate for a school year is less than 
         
            zero, the inflation rate to be used for purposes of Subsection (a-1) 
         
            is zero.
         
                          (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:
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Education Code 48.051, Education Code 48.102, Education Code 48.115 (Education Code 48)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a bonus payment for certain public school employees and
	to the public school finance system.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 21.4023 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.4023. BONUS PAYMENT FOR 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR. (a)
	For the 2023-2024 school year, a school district shall provide to
	each classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time school
	counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school nurse
	employed by the district a one-time bonus payment of $15,000 in
	addition to the employee's compensation for the 2023-2024 school
	year to be paid to the employee at the end of the 2023-2024 school
	year.
	(b) A bonus payment provided to a classroom teacher under
	this section is not considered in determining whether a school
	district is paying the teacher the minimum monthly salary under
	Section 21.402.
	(c) This section expires September 1, 2024.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 22.008 to read as follows:
	Sec. 22.008. BONUS PAYMENT FOR 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR FOR
	SUPPORT STAFF. (a) For the 2023-2024 school year, a school
	district shall provide to each employee, other than an
	administrator or an employee subject to the minimum salary schedule
	under Section 21.402, who is compensated less than $100,000 per
	year in salary or wages a one-time bonus payment of $5,500 in
	addition to the employee's compensation for the 2023-2024 school
	year to be paid to the employee at the end of the 2023-2024 school
	year.
	(b) This section expires September 1, 2024.
	SECTION 3. Effective September 1, 2024, Section 48.051,
	Education Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and
	adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:
	(a) Subject to adjustment under Subsection (a-1), for [~~For~~]
	each student in average daily attendance, not including the time
	students spend each day in special education programs in an
	instructional arrangement other than mainstream or career and
	technology education programs, for which an additional allotment is
	made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an allotment
	equal to the lesser of $8,947 [~~$6,160~~] or the amount that results
	from the following formula:
	A = $8,947 [~~$6,160~~] X TR/MCR
	where:
	"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;
	"TR" is the district's tier one maintenance and operations
	tax rate, as provided by Section 45.0032; and
	"MCR" is the district's maximum compressed tax rate, as
	determined under Section 48.2551.
	(a-1) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the basic
	allotment provided to a district under Subsection (a) or (b) is
	adjusted annually to increase the allotment by the amount that
	results from applying the inflation rate, as determined by the
	comptroller on the basis of changes in the Consumer Price Index for
	All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
	the United States Department of Labor, to the allotment for the
	preceding school year.
	(a-2) If the inflation rate for a school year is less than
	zero, the inflation rate to be used for purposes of Subsection (a-1)
	is zero.
	(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:
Statutes affected: Introduced: Education Code 48.051, Education Code 48.102, Education Code 48.115 (Education Code 48)