S.B. No. 189
AN ACT
relating to the operation of the Texas School for the Blind and
Visually Impaired.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30.021, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) If a school district or another educational entity
requests an assessment of a student's educational or related needs
related to visual impairment, the school may conduct an assessment
and charge a reasonable fee for the assessment.
SECTION 2. Subsection (d), Section 30.023, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(d) The board shall annually establish the superintendent's
salary. The annual salary [must be based on not more than 230 days
of service and] may not exceed 120 percent of the annual salary of
the highest paid instructional administrator at the school.
SECTION 3. Section 30.024, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
follows:
(b) The governing board of the school may enter into an
employment contract with any employee who provides, or supervises
any employee who provides, direct and regular educational services
to students or who provides other professional educational
services. An employee employed under this subsection is not
subject to Section 2252.901, Government Code. Each teacher shall
be employed under a term contract as provided by Subchapter E,
Chapter 21, or under a probationary contract as provided by
Subchapter C, Chapter 21. An employee employed under a contract
under this subsection:
(1) shall be paid in accordance with a salary
structure adopted by the superintendent with the concurrence of the
board that provides salaries, including assignment stipends,
equal, on a daily-rate basis, to salaries, including assignment
stipends, paid to employees employed in comparable positions by the
Austin Independent School District;
(2) is not eligible for longevity pay under Subchapter
D, Chapter 659, Government Code, and is not entitled to a paid day
off from work on any national or state holiday;
(3) is eligible for sick leave accrual under the
General Appropriations Act in each month in which at least one day
of the month is included in the term of the employment contract and
in any other month in which work is performed or paid leave is
taken;
(4) may be permitted by the board to take paid time off
from work during the term of the employment contract for personal
reasons as designated by the board, but the paid time off may not
exceed three days per contract term and may not be carried forward
from one contract term to a subsequent contract term;
(5) may be permitted by the board to be paid the salary
designated in the employment contract in 12 [equal] monthly
installments; and
(6) shall work the hours established by the
superintendent [board].
(g) The school may pay to a teacher or employee who provides
services or supervises an employee who provides services as
described by Subsection (b) and who is employed in a supplemental
program under Section 30.021(c) a salary that, on a daily-rate
basis, does not exceed the salary paid by the Austin Independent
School District to an employee employed in a comparable position
during the regular school year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 189 passed the Senate on
April 7, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 189 passed the House on
May 25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor