AUSTIN - Republican legislators has rapidly Tuesday to revive the finance school teacher seniority invoices and who were killed by the Democrats during the regular session, with a much improved chance of passage in the special session called by Governor Rick Perry.
In the House and Senate leaders, said they hope to bring these measures before the committees in both Chambers Thursday and predicted that they will be easily pass this time now that Democrats have lost a large part of leverage that they held during the regular session.
And when it is a measure which should school districts more flexibility to cut the pay of teachers - a version of which teacher groups called the Bill "Star death" in the ordinary session - a key Senator, said that she would still more favourable to the districts.
"We will change significantly." "You'll see, it is a project focused on the Republican, which will be easier to go to the special session," said Senator Florence Shapiro, Chair of the Education Committee.
The measure authorizes districts teachers with seniority and cut their wages to treat cuts over the next two years. The Bill that the Committee will consider Thursday also would take end protection of seniority for some teachers. It seems that stimulate the size of classes, which would save money in districts and cost of the jobs more teachers, either off the coast of the table.
The regular session, Shapiro, R.-Plano, had accepted a compromise with Democrats to limit cost reduction options in his Bill, but this version is already. Democrats used a rule of the Senate which requires a majority of two thirds to any bill for debate, but that rule does not apply to the special session.
The Chairmen of Committee of education in both Chambers said that they will advance to the same regime of school finance that emerged from the negotiations the week last between the House and the Senate. The plan would have cut $ 2 billion a year in base funding and redistribute funds in the second year to reduce the width of funding disparities between districts.
Dallas schools would see their funds under the current Act reduced 3.1 percent this coming school year, but the reduction will climb to 8.6% the following year. At least a dozen districts in the Dallas area in the same situation.
"It is a good starting point, and it may be a good endpoint," said House Chairman of the Committee of education public Rob Eissler, R. - The forests. The measure would distribute school districts about 37 billion dollars over the next two years, approximately $ 4 billion, less they would be entitled to under the current legislation.
Shapiro, said the school finance plan be reviewed by a Committee of the Senate that Thursday will be identical to the proposal killed Sunday by a filibuster.
Perry, appearing with fellow Republican leaders lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst and speaker of the House Joe Straus, said that the special session is necessary to put "finishing touches... a really historic legislative session."
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The heads of State have extolled the merits of their approach to balancing the budget without raising taxes, which required current cutting spending $ 15 billion.
"Ultimately, we followed the clear direction set out by the voters of Texas, who said last November that they wanted a leaner, more efficient Government with new taxes pas, unambiguous," said the Governor.
Perry dismissed the concerns of Democrats that cuts of education were too drastic, and he accused the filibuster by Senator Wendy Davis, D - Fort Worth, to force an extraordinary session.
"Member of the Senate decided that they wanted to make a declaration, and all that this statement was, I disagree with it", he said.
By requesting the special session, the Governor allowed legislators to take measures to allow school districts to operate more effectively." Which includes teacher pay cuts and permissions.
"We speak out of the teacher and reduction of wages - instead of people shooting" Shapiro, said. "".
Eissler, who will introduce legislation similar to the House, agreed that the measure is intended to give school districts more flexibility in cutting spending and "will save teacher jobs" instead of forcing the districts to dismiss employees. Eissler said that he will probably drop an earlier provision that would have relaxed the size limit of class of 22 students in elementary.
Groups of teachers who joined with Democrats to oppose the extent of seniority during the regular session, are preparing to fight in the special session.
"It is more the same punitive approach, we have seen before the teachers and students," said Eric Hartman from Texas AFT. "It's state legislators saying districts that they give adequate funding, but it will allow them to offset the loss by taking out on their teachers."
Richard Kouri of the Texas State Teachers Association, said the legislation "is developing a way for school districts to balance their budget by having a maximum negative impact on the classroom."
Davis said the Democrats still have a leverage effect of the special session, arguing that lawmakers should improve funding to schools of the State - without increasing taxes - by transferring existing balances.
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"We have more than 6 billion left in the rainy day Fund". We have multiple of $ million in the emerging technologies Fund and Enterprise Fund, which are used for the creation of jobs... [and] should be used for the preservation of thousands of teaching jobs, "she said."
Republican leaders have said that the rainy day Fund must be registered for 2013, when legislators waiting to meet a shortfall of financing Medicaid.
She also said that for changes in the finances of the school and other priorities of the Republicans, they will need democratic voice to come into force before the State fiscal year begins on 1 September. "It gives us leverage that some did not expect that we have," she said.
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