Hinojosa Bill Caps Superintendent Pay At 2x The Top-Paid Teacher

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89R981 ANG-D

By: Hinojosa of Nueces
S.B. No. 1486

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a limitation on the salary of superintendents and chief

executive officers of school districts and open-enrollment charter

schools.

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

SECTION 1. Section 11.201, Education Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:

(b-1) A school district may not employ a superintendent for

an annual salary in an amount that is greater than twice the amount

of the highest annual salary paid to a classroom teacher in the

district.

SECTION 2. Section 12.136, Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 12.136. [ POSTING OF ] CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SALARY.

An open-enrollment charter school :

(1) may not employ a superintendent or, as applicable,

an administrator serving as educational leader and chief executive

officer for an annual salary in an amount that is greater than twice

the amount of the highest annual salary paid to a classroom teacher

at the school; and

(2) shall post on the school's Internet website the

salary of the school's superintendent or, as applicable, of the

administrator serving as educational leader and chief executive

officer.

SECTION 3. This Act applies to an employment contract that

is entered into on or after September 1, 2025. An employment

contract that is entered into before September 1, 2025, is governed

by the law as it existed at the time the contract was entered into,

and the former law remains in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.