bill raising the share of new school money for raises

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89R15591 GP-D

By: Lowe
H.B. No. 3907

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the percentage of a basic allotment increase under the

Foundation School Program required to be used to provide

compensation increases.

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

SECTION 1. Section 48.051(c), Education Code, is amended 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 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:

(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) 25 percent may be used as determined by the

district to increase compensation paid to full-time district

employees.

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