part-time school staff get a cut of raise money

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89R10351 ANG-D

By: Allen
H.B. No. 3052

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to compensation increases provided to certain public

school employees under the Foundation School Program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 48.051, Education Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-3) to read as

follows:

(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 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) 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) subject to Subsection (c-3), 25 percent may be

used as determined by the district to increase compensation paid to

full-time and part-time district employees not described by

Subdivision (1) .

(c-3) A school district must use the amount described by

Subsection (c)(2) to provide a compensation increase to each

full-time and part-time district employee in an amount that

increases an employee's salary or hourly wage from the preceding

school year.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.