88(3) HB 192 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	88S30967 JTZ-D
	By:  Thierry	H.B.  No.  192

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the reimbursement of certain school district classroom
	teachers for the cost of classroom supplies purchased with personal
	money.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 21.4145 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.4145.    CLASSROOM SUPPLY REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN
	GRADE LEVELS.  (a)  From money appropriated or otherwise available
	for the purpose, the agency shall distribute to each school
	district the amount necessary for the district to reimburse each
	classroom teacher employed by the district who teaches students
	enrolled at or below the ninth grade level for the cost of classroom
	supplies purchased by the teacher with the teacher's personal money
	for the benefit of those students as follows:
	(1)    for a classroom teacher who teaches students
	enrolled at or below the sixth grade level, up to $600 per school
	year; and
	(2)    for a classroom teacher who teaches students
	enrolled at the seventh, eighth, or ninth grade level, up to $500
	per school year.
	(b)    A classroom teacher may be reimbursed under the
	classroom supply reimbursement program established under Section
	21.414 for the cost of purchases eligible for reimbursement under
	that section for which the teacher is not reimbursed under
	Subsection (a).
	(c)    The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to
	implement this section.
	SECTION  2.    This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025
	school year.
	SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.    If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
	legislative session.