Alma Allen, Texas State Representative of 131st District (R) | https://www.houstonvotersguide.org/2024-nov/alma-allen
Alma Allen, Texas State Representative of 131st District (R) | https://www.houstonvotersguide.org/2024-nov/alma-allen
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees; making an appropriation’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill amends the Texas Education Code to establish salary increases for specific public school employees for the 2025-26 school year. It mandates that classroom teachers, full-time librarians, school counselors, and school nurses receive a minimum monthly salary that includes a $400 increase beyond their 2024-25 compensation. Additionally, it provides for state aid equivalent to $4,000 multiplied by the number of qualifying professionals employed by each district. The bill also appropriates $1 billion from the economic stabilization fund to distribute retention bonuses for district support staff, excluding administrators and those on the minimum salary schedule, contingent upon a two-thirds legislative vote. The changes apply from the 2025-26 school year and take full effect September 1, 2025.
Alma Allen, member of the House Committee on Public Education, proposed another 17 bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Allen graduated from Texas Southern University with a BS.
Alma Allen is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 131st House district. She replaced previous state representative Ronald R. "Ron" Wilson in 2005.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 3052 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to compensation increases provided to certain public school employees under the Foundation School Program |
| HB 3051 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to the policies and procedures of a public school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school teams |
| HB 3048 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to the revision of the essential knowledge and skills of the public school social studies curricula to include instruction relating to the history of persons with disabilities |
| HB 2987 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to annual reporting regarding the establishment of certain school district planning and decision-making committees |
| HB 2943 | 03/19/2025 | Relating to post-release housing for inmates released on parole or to mandatory supervision |
| HB 2942 | 03/19/2025 | Relating to information on classes or programs required to be completed before an inmate is released on parole |
| HB 2709 | 03/18/2025 | Relating to the required minutes of service during each school day for a classroom teacher in public schools |
| HB 2708 | 03/18/2025 | Relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information |
| HB 2555 | 03/17/2025 | Relating to the payment of a fee for the administration of a bilingual education certificate examination |
| HB 2554 | 03/17/2025 | Relating to the payment of certain employer contributions for employed retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas |
| HB 2296 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to eligibility requirements to obtain a pass for expedited access to the State Capitol |
| HB 2292 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to prohibiting certain releases of a student to the student's parent after school-initiated communication by a school district or open-enrollment charter school |
| HB 2163 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas |
| HB 1416 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to program accessibility for female inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice |
| HB 1415 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to corporal punishment in public schools |
| HB 1413 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees |
| HB 1412 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to the location of certain public meetings for certain permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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