Bill Text: TX HR2186 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-26 - Reported enrolled [HR2186 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR2186-Enrolled.html
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BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of | ||
Texas, 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, That House Rule 13, | ||
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, | ||
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to | ||
resolve the differences on House Bill 3 (public school finance and | ||
public education; creating a criminal offense; authorizing the | ||
imposition of a fee) to consider and take action on the following | ||
matters: | ||
(1) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to amend text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION | ||
1.004 of the bill, amending Section 25.084, Education Code, to read | ||
as follows: | ||
SECTION 1.004. (a) Effective September 1, 2019, Section | ||
25.084(b), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The operation of schools year-round by a district does | ||
not affect the amount of state funds to which the district is | ||
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(b) Effective September 1, 2020, Section 25.084, Education | ||
Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection | ||
(c) to read as follows: | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to delay the | ||
implementation of certain provisions of Section 25.084, Education | ||
Code. | ||
(2) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not in disagreement in | ||
proposed SECTION 1.009 of the bill, in added Section 45.0032(e), | ||
Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
(e) For the 2019 tax year, Section 48.202(f) applies to a | ||
district's maintenance and operations tax rate after adjusting the | ||
district's rate in accordance with this section. This subsection | ||
expires September 1, 2020. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to determine the | ||
application of Section 48.202(f), Education Code, to a school | ||
district's maintenance and operations tax rate for the 2019 tax | ||
year. | ||
(3) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to amend text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION | ||
1.014 of the bill, adding Section 48.0051, Education Code, to read | ||
as follows: | ||
SECTION 1.014. Effective September 1, 2020, Subchapter A, | ||
Chapter 48, Education Code, as added by this Act, is amended by | ||
adding Section 48.0051 to read as follows: | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to delay the | ||
implementation of Section 48.0051, Education Code. | ||
(4) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not in disagreement in SECTION | ||
1.014 of the bill, in added Section 48.0051, Education Code, to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(f) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may | ||
use funding attributable to the incentive provided under this | ||
section to pay costs associated with providing academic instruction | ||
in a voluntary summer program for students enrolled in the district | ||
or school. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to allow school | ||
districts and open-enrollment charter schools to use certain | ||
funding to pay costs associated with certain summer programs. | ||
(5) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to amend text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION | ||
1.015 of the bill, in transferred, redesignated, and amended | ||
Sections 48.006(a) and (c), Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
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attendance of a school district all or part of which is located in | ||
an area declared a disaster area by the governor under Chapter 418, | ||
Government Code, if the district experiences a decline in average | ||
daily attendance that is reasonably attributable to the impact of | ||
the disaster. | ||
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date of the governor's initial proclamation or executive order | ||
declaring the state of disaster. | ||
Explanation: The changes are necessary to give the | ||
commissioner discretion in adjusting the average daily attendance | ||
of a school district located wholly or partly in a disaster area. | ||
(6) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not in disagreement in | ||
proposed SECTION 1.019 of the bill, in added Sections 48.011(a-1), | ||
(b), and (d), Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) The commissioner may modify dates relating to the | ||
adoption of a school district's maintenance and operations tax rate | ||
and, if applicable, an election required for the district to adopt | ||
that rate as necessary to implement the changes made by H.B. 3, 86th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019. | ||
(b) Before making an adjustment under Subsection (a) or | ||
(a-1), the commissioner shall notify and must receive approval from | ||
the Legislative Budget Board and the office of the governor. | ||
(d) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, the | ||
commissioner may not make an adjustment under Subsection (a) or | ||
(a-1). | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to permit the | ||
commissioner to modify dates relating to a school district's | ||
maintenance and operations tax rate after receiving approval from | ||
the Legislative Budget Board and the office of the governor until | ||
the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year. | ||
(7) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not in disagreement in | ||
proposed SECTION 1.021 of the bill, in transferred, redesignated, | ||
and amended Section 48.051, Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
(d) In this section, "compensation" includes benefits such | ||
as insurance premiums. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to include benefits in | ||
the definition of "compensation." | ||
(8) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not in disagreement in | ||
proposed SECTION 1.024 of the bill, in added Section 48.101, | ||
Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
(d) Instead of the allotment under Subsection (b) or (c)(1), | ||
a school district that has fewer than 300 students in average daily | ||
attendance and is the only school district located in and operating | ||
in a county is entitled to an annual allotment for each student in | ||
average daily attendance based on the following formula: | ||
AA = ((1,600 - ADA) X .00047) X BA | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to provide an | ||
allotment for school districts with fewer than 300 students in | ||
average daily attendance that are the only district located in and | ||
operating in a county. | ||
(9) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to amend text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION | ||
1.025 of the bill, in transferred, redesignated, and amended | ||
Section 48.102(h), Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
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education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29. | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to require a certain | ||
percentage of funding provided by the special education allotment | ||
to be used for a special education program under Subchapter A, | ||
Chapter 29, Education Code. | ||
(10) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill by adding the following new | ||
language to proposed SECTION 1.031 of the bill: | ||
Sec. 48.1101. STUDY ON ALTERNATIVE CAREER READINESS | ||
MEASURES FOR SMALL AND RURAL DISTRICTS. (a) The agency shall | ||
conduct a study on alternative career readiness measures for small | ||
and rural school districts to determine if annual graduates | ||
demonstrate career readiness under Section 48.110(f)(2)(B). | ||
(b) Not later than January 1, 2021, the agency shall submit | ||
to the legislature a report on the results of the study and any | ||
recommendations for legislative or other action. | ||
(c) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to require a study on | ||
alternative career readiness measures for small and rural school | ||
districts to determine if annual graduates demonstrate career | ||
readiness. | ||
(11) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not in disagreement in | ||
proposed SECTION 1.031 of the bill, in added Section 48.112(g), | ||
Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
(g) A district is entitled to receive an increased allotment | ||
under this section in the amount necessary for reimbursement for | ||
any fees paid under Section 21.3521. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to permit a school | ||
district to receive an allotment in an amount necessary for | ||
reimbursement for fees paid under Section 21.3521, Education Code. | ||
(12) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not in disagreement in | ||
proposed SECTION 1.038 of the bill, in transferred, redesignated, | ||
and amended Section 48.202, Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
(f-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (f), for the 2019-2020 | ||
school year, the reduction of a school district's tax rate required | ||
under Subsection (f) applies to the district's total enrichment tax | ||
rate under Section 45.0032(b) minus eight cents. This subsection | ||
expires September 1, 2020. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to determine the | ||
portion of a school district's enrichment tax rate to which the | ||
reduction required under Section 48.202(f-1), Education Code, | ||
applies for the 2019-2020 school year. | ||
(13) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not in disagreement in | ||
proposed SECTION 1.040 of the bill, in transferred, redesignated | ||
and amended Section 48.256, Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
(d) This subsection applies to a school district in which | ||
the board of trustees entered into a written agreement with a | ||
property owner under Section 313.027, Tax Code, for the | ||
implementation of a limitation on appraised value under Subchapter | ||
B or C, Chapter 313, Tax Code. For purposes of determining "DPV" | ||
under Subsection (a) for a school district to which this subsection | ||
applies, the commissioner shall exclude a portion of the market | ||
value of property not otherwise fully taxable by the district under | ||
Subchapter B or C, Chapter 313, Tax Code, before the expiration of | ||
the subchapter. The comptroller shall provide information to the | ||
agency necessary for this subsection. A revenue protection payment | ||
required as part of an agreement for a limitation on appraised value | ||
shall be based on the district's taxable value of property for the | ||
preceding tax year. | ||
(e) Subsection (d) does not apply to property that was the | ||
subject of an application under Subchapter B or C, Chapter 313, Tax | ||
Code, made after May 1, 2009, that the comptroller recommended | ||
should be disapproved. [ |
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Explanation: The addition is necessary to determine "DPV" | ||
for a school district that has entered into an agreement for the | ||
implementation of a limitation on appraised value under Subchapter | ||
B or C, Chapter 313, Tax Code. | ||
(14) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to amend text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION | ||
1.041 of the bill, in added Sections 48.257(a) and (b), Education | ||
Code, to read as follows: | ||
(a) Subject to Subsection (b), if a school district's tier | ||
one local share under Section 48.256 exceeds the district's | ||
entitlement under Section 48.266(a)(1) less the district's | ||
distribution from the state available school fund, the district | ||
must reduce the district's tier one revenue level in accordance | ||
with Chapter 49 to a level not to exceed the district's entitlement | ||
under Section 48.266(a)(1) less the district's distribution from | ||
the state available school fund. | ||
(b) This subsection applies only to a school district to | ||
which Subsection (a) applies. If a district's maintenance and | ||
operations tax collections from the tax rate described by Section | ||
45.0032(a) for the current tax year minus the required reduction in | ||
a district's tier one revenue level under Subsection (a) results in | ||
an amount that is less than the amount of the district's entitlement | ||
under Section 48.266(a)(1) less the district's distribution from | ||
the state available school fund, the agency shall adjust the amount | ||
of the reduction required in the district's tier one revenue level | ||
under Subsection (a) up to the amount of local funds necessary for | ||
the district's entitlement under Section 48.266(a)(1) less the | ||
district's distribution from the state available school fund. | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to determine the amount | ||
by which a school district is required to reduce the district's | ||
local revenue level under Section 48.257(a), Education Code, to a | ||
level not to exceed the district's entitlement less the district's | ||
distribution from the state available school fund. | ||
(15) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill by adding the following new | ||
SECTION to proposed ARTICLE 1 of the bill: | ||
SECTION 1.046. Subchapter G, Chapter 48, Education Code, as | ||
added by this Act, is amended by adding Section 48.302 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 48.302. SUBSIDY FOR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY | ||
EXAMINATION FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. (a) In this section, | ||
"commission" means the Texas Workforce Commission. | ||
(b) The agency shall enter into a memorandum of | ||
understanding with the commission for the agency to transfer to the | ||
commission funds specifically appropriated to the agency for the | ||
commission to provide to an individual who is 21 years of age or | ||
older a subsidy in an amount equal to the cost of taking one high | ||
school equivalency examination administered under Section 7.111. | ||
(c) The commission shall adopt rules to implement the | ||
subsidy program described by Subsection (b), including rules | ||
regarding eligibility requirements. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to provide for a | ||
subsidy for certain individuals to take a high school equivalency | ||
examination. | ||
(16) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill by adding proposed SECTION 1.061 | ||
to the bill, amending Section 403.302(d), Government Code, to read | ||
as follows: | ||
SECTION 1.061. Section 403.302(d), Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) For the purposes of this section, "taxable value" means | ||
the market value of all taxable property less: | ||
(1) the total dollar amount of any residence homestead | ||
exemptions lawfully granted under Section 11.13(b) or (c), Tax | ||
Code, in the year that is the subject of the study for each school | ||
district; | ||
(2) one-half of the total dollar amount of any | ||
residence homestead exemptions granted under Section 11.13(n), Tax | ||
Code, in the year that is the subject of the study for each school | ||
district; | ||
(3) the total dollar amount of any exemptions granted | ||
before May 31, 1993, within a reinvestment zone under agreements | ||
authorized by Chapter 312, Tax Code; | ||
(4) subject to Subsection (e), the total dollar amount | ||
of any captured appraised value of property that: | ||
(A) is within a reinvestment zone created on or | ||
before May 31, 1999, or is proposed to be included within the | ||
boundaries of a reinvestment zone as the boundaries of the zone and | ||
the proposed portion of tax increment paid into the tax increment | ||
fund by a school district are described in a written notification | ||
provided by the municipality or the board of directors of the zone | ||
to the governing bodies of the other taxing units in the manner | ||
provided by former Section 311.003(e), Tax Code, before May 31, | ||
1999, and within the boundaries of the zone as those boundaries | ||
existed on September 1, 1999, including subsequent improvements to | ||
the property regardless of when made; | ||
(B) generates taxes paid into a tax increment | ||
fund created under Chapter 311, Tax Code, under a reinvestment zone | ||
financing plan approved under Section 311.011(d), Tax Code, on or | ||
before September 1, 1999; and | ||
(C) is eligible for tax increment financing under | ||
Chapter 311, Tax Code; | ||
(5) the total dollar amount of any captured appraised | ||
value of property that: | ||
(A) is within a reinvestment zone: | ||
(i) created on or before December 31, 2008, | ||
by a municipality with a population of less than 18,000; and | ||
(ii) the project plan for which includes | ||
the alteration, remodeling, repair, or reconstruction of a | ||
structure that is included on the National Register of Historic | ||
Places and requires that a portion of the tax increment of the zone | ||
be used for the improvement or construction of related facilities | ||
or for affordable housing; | ||
(B) generates school district taxes that are paid | ||
into a tax increment fund created under Chapter 311, Tax Code; and | ||
(C) is eligible for tax increment financing under | ||
Chapter 311, Tax Code; | ||
(6) the total dollar amount of any exemptions granted | ||
under Section 11.251 or 11.253, Tax Code; | ||
(7) the difference between the comptroller's estimate | ||
of the market value and the productivity value of land that | ||
qualifies for appraisal on the basis of its productive capacity, | ||
except that the productivity value estimated by the comptroller may | ||
not exceed the fair market value of the land; | ||
(8) the portion of the appraised value of residence | ||
homesteads of individuals who receive a tax limitation under | ||
Section 11.26, Tax Code, on which school district taxes are not | ||
imposed in the year that is the subject of the study, calculated as | ||
if the residence homesteads were appraised at the full value | ||
required by law; | ||
(9) a portion of the market value of property not | ||
otherwise fully taxable by the district at market value because | ||
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constitution of this state, other than Section 11.311, Tax Code, | ||
that, if the tax rate adopted by the district is applied to it, | ||
produces an amount equal to the difference between the tax that the | ||
district would have imposed on the property if the property were | ||
fully taxable at market value and the tax that the district is | ||
actually authorized to impose on the property, if this subsection | ||
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(10) the market value of all tangible personal | ||
property, other than manufactured homes, owned by a family or | ||
individual and not held or used for the production of income; | ||
(11) the appraised value of property the collection of | ||
delinquent taxes on which is deferred under Section 33.06, Tax | ||
Code; | ||
(12) the portion of the appraised value of property | ||
the collection of delinquent taxes on which is deferred under | ||
Section 33.065, Tax Code; and | ||
(13) the amount by which the market value of a | ||
residence homestead to which Section 23.23, Tax Code, applies | ||
exceeds the appraised value of that property as calculated under | ||
that section. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to remove from the | ||
definition of "taxable value" a portion of the market value of | ||
certain property. | ||
(17) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill by adding proposed SECTION | ||
1A.001 to the bill, amending Section 13.054, Education Code, to | ||
read as follows: | ||
SECTION 1A.001. Effective September 1, 2020, Section | ||
13.054, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (f) and | ||
adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows: | ||
(f) For five years beginning with the school year in which | ||
the annexation occurs, a school district shall receive additional | ||
funding under this subsection or Subsection (h). The amount of | ||
funding shall be determined by multiplying the lesser of the | ||
enlarged district's local fund assignment computed under Section | ||
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a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of students | ||
residing in the territory annexed to the receiving district | ||
preceding the date of the annexation and the denominator of which is | ||
the number of students residing in the district as enlarged on the | ||
date of the annexation, and multiplying the resulting product by | ||
the quotient of the enlarged district's maximum compressed tax | ||
rate, as determined under Section 48.2551, for the current school | ||
year divided by the receiving district's maximum compressed tax | ||
rate, as determined under Section 48.2551, for the year in which the | ||
annexation occurred. | ||
(f-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (f), for an annexation | ||
that occurred before September 1, 2019, for five years beginning | ||
with the school year in which the annexation occurs, a school | ||
district shall receive additional funding under this subsection or | ||
Subsection (h). The amount of funding shall be determined by | ||
multiplying the lesser of the enlarged district's local fund | ||
assignment computed under Section 48.256 or the enlarged district's | ||
total cost of tier one by a fraction, the numerator of which is the | ||
number of students residing in the territory annexed to the | ||
receiving district preceding the date of the annexation and the | ||
denominator of which is the number of students residing in the | ||
district as enlarged on the date of the annexation, and dividing the | ||
receiving district's maximum compressed tax rate, as determined | ||
under Section 48.2551. This subsection expires September 1, 2021. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to determine an | ||
additional amount of funding to which a district to which territory | ||
is annexed under Section 13.054, Education Code, is entitled | ||
beginning September 1, 2020. | ||
(18) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill by adding the following new | ||
language to SECTION 1A.007 of the bill: | ||
Sec. 48.2554. STUDY ON DISTRICT PROPERTY TAX COMPRESSION. | ||
(a) The Legislative Budget Board, in conjunction with other | ||
appropriate state agencies, shall study possible methods of | ||
providing property tax relief through the reduction of school | ||
district maintenance and operations taxes. The study must | ||
evaluate: | ||
(1) potential sources of revenue that may be used to | ||
reduce school district maintenance and operations taxes; | ||
(2) methods of limiting increases in maintenance and | ||
operations tax revenue that adjust for enrollment growth, | ||
inflation, and other relevant factors; and | ||
(3) for each method of providing property tax relief | ||
considered: | ||
(A) any difference in anticipated benefits to | ||
property taxpayers based on the school district in which the | ||
taxpayer resides; | ||
(B) the cost to the state; and | ||
(C) the anticipated impact on equity in the | ||
public school finance system. | ||
(b) Not later than September 1, 2020, the Legislative Budget | ||
Board shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and | ||
the speaker of the house of representatives a report on the results | ||
of the study and any recommendations for legislative or other | ||
action. | ||
(c) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to require a study on | ||
methods of providing property tax relief through the reduction of | ||
school district maintenance and operations taxes. | ||
(19) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill by adding proposed SECTION 2.005 | ||
to the bill, adding Section 21.048(a-2), Education Code, to read as | ||
follows: | ||
SECTION 2.005. Section 21.048, Education Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: | ||
(a-2) The board shall adopt rules that provide that in order | ||
to teach any grade level from prekindergarten through grade six a | ||
person must demonstrate proficiency in the science of teaching | ||
reading on a certification examination for each class of | ||
certificate issued by the board after January 1, 2021. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to require the State | ||
Board for Educator Certification to adopt rules requiring certain | ||
teachers to demonstrate proficiency in the science of teaching | ||
reading on a certification examination. | ||
(20) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill by adding proposed SECTION 2.008 | ||
to the bill, adding Section 21.3521, Education Code, to read as | ||
follows: | ||
SECTION 2.008. Subchapter H, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 21.3521 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.3521. LOCAL OPTIONAL TEACHER DESIGNATION SYSTEM. | ||
(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a school district or open-enrollment | ||
charter school may designate a certified classroom teacher as a | ||
master, exemplary, or recognized teacher for a five-year period | ||
based on the results from single year or multiyear appraisals that | ||
comply with Section 21.351 or 21.352. | ||
(b) The commissioner shall establish performance and | ||
validity standards for each local optional teacher designation | ||
system. The performance standards: | ||
(1) must provide a mathematical possibility that all | ||
teachers eligible for a designation may earn the designation; and | ||
(2) may not require a district to use an assessment | ||
instrument adopted under Section 39.023 to evaluate teacher | ||
performance. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding performance standards established | ||
under Subsection (b), a classroom teacher that holds a National | ||
Board Certification issued by the National Board for Professional | ||
Teaching Standards may be designated as recognized. | ||
(d) The commissioner shall: | ||
(1) ensure that local optional teacher designation | ||
systems: | ||
(A) meet the requirements of this section; and | ||
(B) prioritize high needs campuses; and | ||
(2) enter into a memorandum of understanding with | ||
Texas Tech University to monitor the quality and fairness of local | ||
optional teacher designation systems. | ||
(e) The agency shall develop and provide technical | ||
assistance for school districts and open-enrollment charter | ||
schools that request assistance in implementing a local optional | ||
teacher designation system, including assistance in prioritizing | ||
high needs campuses. | ||
(f) A teacher has no vested property right in a teacher | ||
designation assigned to the teacher under this section. A teacher | ||
designation issued under this section is void in the determination | ||
that the designation was issued improperly. Subchapters C through | ||
H, Chapter 2001, Government Code, do not apply to the voiding of a | ||
teacher designation under this subsection. | ||
(g) The agency shall periodically conduct evaluations of | ||
the effectiveness of the local optional teacher designation systems | ||
under this section and the teacher incentive allotment under | ||
Section 48.112 and report the results of the evaluations to the | ||
legislature. A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
that has implemented a local optional teacher designation system or | ||
received funds under the teacher incentive allotment shall | ||
participate in the evaluations. | ||
(h) The agency shall collect information necessary to | ||
implement this section. Information otherwise confidential remains | ||
confidential and is not subject to Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
(i) The commissioner may adopt fees to implement this | ||
section. A fee adopted by the agency under this section is not | ||
subject to Sections 2001.0045 and 2001.0221, Government Code. | ||
(j) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this | ||
section. A decision made by the commissioner under this section is | ||
final and may not be appealed. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to permit school | ||
districts and open-enrollment charter schools to develop local | ||
optional teacher designation systems. | ||
(21) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to amend text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION | ||
2.011 of the bill, adding Section 25.085(i), Education Code, to | ||
read as follows: | ||
SECTION 2.011. Effective September 1, 2020, Section 25.085, | ||
Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to delay the | ||
implementation of Section 25.085(i), Education Code. | ||
(22) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill by adding the following new | ||
SECTION to proposed ARTICLE 2 of the bill: | ||
SECTION 2.013. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 28.0062 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.0062. READING STANDARDS FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH | ||
THIRD GRADE. (a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter | ||
school shall: | ||
(1) provide for the use of a phonics curriculum that | ||
uses systematic direct instruction in kindergarten through third | ||
grade to ensure all students obtain necessary early literacy | ||
skills; | ||
(2) ensure that: | ||
(A) not later than the 2021-2022 school year, | ||
each classroom teacher in kindergarten or first, second, or third | ||
grade and each principal at a campus with kindergarten or first, | ||
second, or third grade has attended a teacher literacy achievement | ||
academy developed under Section 21.4552; and | ||
(B) each classroom teacher and each principal | ||
initially employed in a grade level or at a campus described by | ||
Paragraph (A) for the 2021-2022 school year or a subsequent school | ||
year has attended a teacher literacy achievement academy developed | ||
under Section 21.4552 before the teacher's or principal's first | ||
year of placement in that grade level or campus; and | ||
(3) certify to the agency that the district or school: | ||
(A) prioritizes placement of highly effective | ||
teachers in kindergarten through second grade; and | ||
(B) has integrated reading instruments used to | ||
diagnose reading development and comprehension to support each | ||
student in prekindergarten through third grade. | ||
(b) The agency shall provide assistance to school districts | ||
and open-enrollment charter schools in complying with the | ||
requirements under this section. | ||
(c) The agency shall: | ||
(1) monitor the implementation of this section; and | ||
(2) periodically report to the legislature on the | ||
implementation of this section and the effectiveness of this | ||
section in improving educational outcomes. | ||
(d) The commissioner shall establish an advisory board to | ||
assist the agency in fulfilling the agency's duties under this | ||
section. Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the | ||
advisory board. | ||
(e) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this | ||
section. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to provide reading | ||
standards for kindergarten through third grade. | ||
(23) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not included in either the | ||
house or senate version of the bill in proposed SECTION 4.001 of the | ||
bill by repealing Section 403.302(m), Government Code. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to repeal Section | ||
403.302(m), Government Code, which is no longer necessary with the | ||
addition of Section 48.256(e), Education Code. | ||
(24) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to add text on a matter not in disagreement in | ||
proposed SECTION 5.002 of the bill, in the transition language, to | ||
read as follows: | ||
SECTION 5.002. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, | ||
Section 26.08, Tax Code, as amended by this Act, applies beginning | ||
with the 2019 tax year. A school district is required to calculate | ||
the district's rollback tax rate for the 2019 tax year in the manner | ||
provided by Section 26.08, Tax Code, as amended by this Act, | ||
regardless of whether the district has already calculated that rate | ||
or adopted a tax rate for the 2019 tax year before September 1, | ||
2019. | ||
Explanation: The addition is necessary to ensure a school | ||
district calculates the district's rollback tax rate for the 2019 | ||
tax year in accordance with Section 26.08, Tax Code, as amended by | ||
this bill. | ||
Huberty | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2186 was adopted by the House on May | ||
25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||