TITLE: Relating to a limitation on the salary of superintendents of school districts.

SUMMARY: Relating to a limitation on the salary of superintendents of school districts.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a limitation on the salary of superintendents of school districts. 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 125 percent of the amount of the annual salary authorized by the legislature for the governor. For purposes of this subsection, a superintendent's annual salary does not include an amount paid by the district as: (1) a bonus; or (2) an allowance or stipend. SECTION 2. This Act applies to an employment contract that is entered into on or after September 1, 2019. An employment contract that is entered into before September 1, 2019, 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.