88R7763 MEW-D     By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 4586       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the   Foundation School Program and compensation increases for public   school employees.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 48.051, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a), (c), and (c-1) and adding Subsections   (a-1), (c-3), and (c-4) 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 $7,075 [$6,160] or the amount that results   from the following formula:   A = $7,075 [$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 2024-2025 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.          (c)  During any school year for which the maximum amount of   the basic allotment provided under Subsection (a), (a-1), or (b) is   greater than the maximum amount provided for the preceding school   year, a school district must use at least 75 [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:                (1)  50 [75] percent must be used to increase the   compensation paid to classroom teachers, full-time librarians,   full-time school counselors certified under Subchapter B, Chapter   21, and full-time school nurses, prioritizing differentiated   compensation for classroom teachers with more than five years of   experience; and                (2)  25 percent must [may] be used [as determined by the   district] to increase compensation paid to [full-time] district   employees other than employees described by Subdivision (1).          (c-1)  A school district employee who received a salary or   wage increase under this section [Subsection (c) from a school   district] for the 2023-2024 [2019-2020] school year is, as long as   the employee remains employed by the same school district and the   district is receiving at least the same amount of funding as the   amount of funding the district received for the 2023-2024   [2019-2020] school year, entitled to salary or wages that is at   least equal to the salary or wages the employee received for the   2023-2024 [2019-2020] school year.  [This subsection does not   apply if the board of trustees of the school district at which the   employee is employed:                [(1)  complies with Sections 21.4021, 21.4022, and   21.4032 in reducing the employee's salary; and                [(2)  has adopted a resolution declaring a financial   exigency for the district under Section 44.011.]          (c-3)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), for the 2023-2024   school year, a school district shall use at least 75 percent of the   amount 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 2023-2024 school year and the 2022-2023 school   year to provide compensation increases to full-time district   employees other than administrators as follows:                (1)  50 percent must be used to increase the salary paid   to each classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time school   counselor certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time   school nurse employed by the district in the 2022-2023 school year   by:                      (A)  at least $10,000; or                      (B)  if the amount that a district must allocate   to provide the salary increases under this subdivision is   insufficient to provide the increase described by Paragraph (A),   the maximum amount by which the district may equally increase the   salary of each classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time   school counselor certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and   full-time school nurse employed by the district in the 2022-2023   school year; and                (2)  25 percent must be used to increase the salary or   wages of each district employee other than an employee described by   Subdivision (1) employed by the district in the 2022-2023 school   year by:                      (A)  at least 15 percent; or                      (B)  if the amount that a district must allocate   to provide the salary or wage increases under this subdivision is   insufficient to provide the increase described by Paragraph (A),   the maximum percentage increase that may be applied equally to   increase the salary or wages of each district employee other than an   employee described by Subdivision (1) employed by the district in   the 2022-2023 school year.          (c-4)  Subsection (c-3) and this subsection expire September   1, 2024.          SECTION 2.  Section 48.202(a-1), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a-1)  For purposes of Subsection (a), the dollar amount   guaranteed level of state and local funds per weighted student per   cent of tax effort ("GL") for a school district is:                (1)  the greater of the amount of district tax revenue   per weighted student per cent of tax effort available to a school   district at the 96th percentile of wealth per weighted student or   the amount that results from multiplying 7,075 [6,160], or the   greater amount provided under Section 48.051(a-1) or (b)   [48.051(b)], if applicable, by 0.016, for the first eight cents by   which the district's maintenance and operations tax rate exceeds   the district's tier one tax rate; and                (2)  subject to Subsection (f), the amount that results   from multiplying $7,075 [$6,160], or the greater amount provided   under Section 48.051(a-1) or (b) [48.051(b)], if applicable, by   0.008, for the district's maintenance and operations tax effort   that exceeds the amount of tax effort described by Subdivision (1).          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.