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1	1		By: Seliger, Campbell S.B. No. 893
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2015; March 9, 2015, read
3		-	first time and referred to Committee on Education; March 30, 2015,
4		-	reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
5		-	following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 1; March 30, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
7		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 893 By: Seliger
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10	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	5		AN ACT
12	6		relating to public school teacher performance appraisals,
13	7		continuing education, professional development, career
14	8		advancement, and compensation.
15	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	10		SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
17	11		amended by adding Section 21.009 to read as follows:
18	12		Sec. 21.009. TEACHER DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK. (a) The
19		-	commissioner by rule shall adopt a teacher development framework to
20		-	be used by a school district in making decisions regarding
	13	+	commissioner by rule shall adopt a teacher development framework
	14	+	that may be used by a school district in making decisions regarding
21	15		teachers, including decisions related to:
22	16		(1) appraisals of performance;
23	17		(2) professional development opportunities;
24	18		(3) career advancement; and
25	19		(4) compensation.
26	20		(b) The teacher development framework must require that
27	21		decisions regarding a teacher's professional development
28	22		opportunities, career advancement, and compensation include the
29	23		teacher's appraisal as a substantial factor. Decisions regarding
30	24		career advancement for a teacher must be based on consecutive
31	25		appraisals of the teacher from at least two consecutive years, if
32	26		available.
33	27		(c) The commissioner shall appoint a committee composed of
34	28		educators and other stakeholders to assist the commissioner in
35	29		reviewing and revising the teacher development framework at least
36	30		once every five years.
37	31		SECTION 2. Section 21.054, Education Code, is amended by
38	32		amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (d-1) to
39	33		read as follows:
40	34		(a) The board shall propose rules establishing processes [a
41	35		process] for:
42	36		(1) identifying continuing education courses and
43	37		programs that fulfill educators' continuing education
44	38		requirements; and
45	39		(2) enabling an educator to provide feedback to the
46	40		board regarding a course or program completed by the educator.
47	41		(a-1) The feedback received by the board regarding a
48	42		continuing education course or program completed by an educator
49	43		must be accessible to the public.
50	44		(d-1) Continuing education requirements for a classroom
51	45		teacher must provide that a significant percentage of the training
52	46		required every five years includes instruction designed to advance
53	47		any knowledge and skill identified in the teacher's appraisal as
54	48		needing improvement.
55	49		SECTION 3. Section 21.203(a), Education Code, is amended to
56	50		read as follows:
57	51		(a) The [Except as provided by Section 21.352(c), the]
58	52		employment policies adopted by a board of trustees must require a
59	53		written evaluation of each teacher at annual or more frequent
60	54		intervals. The policies adopted by the board may include the use of
61	55		peer-to-peer review and other measures involving the participation
62	56		of teachers in the evaluation process. The board must consider the
63	57		most recent evaluations before making a decision not to renew a
64	58		teacher's contract if the evaluations are relevant to the reason
65	59		for the board's action.
66	60		SECTION 4. Section 21.351, Education Code, is amended by
67	61		amending Subsections (a), (b), and (d) and adding Subsection (a-1)
68	62		to read as follows:
69	63		(a) The commissioner shall adopt a recommended appraisal
70	64		process and criteria on which to appraise the performance of
71	65		teachers. The criteria must be based on measures of a teacher's
72	66		performance [observable, job-related behavior], including:
73	67		(1) the teacher's [teachers'] implementation of
74	68		discipline management procedures; [and]
75	69		(2) the academic performance of the teacher's
76	70		students;
77	71		(3) teaching standards that articulate expected
78	72		teacher knowledge, understanding, skill, and practice to ensure
79	73		student educational growth in academics;
80	74		(4) classroom observations; and
81	75		(5) data related to the teacher's efforts, both
82	76		individually and as part of collaborative settings, to improve the
83	77		teacher's professional performance, as evident in the teacher's
84	78		level of professional engagement and growth [the performance of
85	79		teachers' students].
86	80		(a-1) In adopting criteria relating to the academic
87	81		performance of a teacher's students as required by Subsection
88	82		(a)(2), the commissioner shall include measures of student
89	83		educational growth based on academics. The measures of student
90	84		educational growth adopted by the commissioner under this
91	85		subsection may not be limited to examining the performance of the
92	86		teacher's students on assessment instruments required under
93	87		Section 39.023 but must include other measures of student
94	88		educational growth.
95	89		(b) The commissioner shall solicit and consider the advice
96	90		of teachers and other stakeholders in developing the recommended
97	91		appraisal process and performance criteria.
98	92		(d) Under the recommended appraisal process, appraisal for
99	93		teachers must be detailed by category of professional skill and
100	94		characteristic and must provide for separate ratings for each
101	95		category. The appraisal process shall guarantee a conference
102	96		between the teacher and the appraiser. The conference shall be
103	97		diagnostic and prescriptive with regard to improvement and
104	98		professional development [remediation] needed in overall
105	99		performance and by category.
106		-	SECTION 5. Sections 21.352(a) and (c), Education Code, are
107		-	amended to read as follows:
	100	+	SECTION 5. Section 21.352, Education Code, is amended by
	101	+	amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (g) to read
	102	+	as follows:
108	103		(a) In appraising teachers, each school district shall use:
109	104		(1) the appraisal process and performance criteria
110	105		developed by the commissioner, in conformity with:
111	106		(A) the teacher development framework described
112	107		by Section 21.009; and
113	108		(B) the measures described by Section 21.351(a);
114	109		or
115		-	(2) an appraisal process and performance criteria[:
116		-	[(A) developed by the district- and campus-level
	110	+	(2) an appraisal process and performance criteria:
	111	+	(A) developed by the district- and campus-level
117	112		committees established under Section 11.251;
118		-	[(B)] containing the items described by Section
119		-	[Sections] 21.351(a)[(1) and (2);] and
120		-	[(C)] adopted by the board of trustees.
	113	+	(B) containing the items described by Section
	114	+	[Sections] 21.351(a)[(1) and (2)]; and
	115	+	(C) adopted by the board of trustees.
121	116		(c) Appraisal [Except as otherwise provided by this
122	117		subsection, appraisal] must be done at least once during each
123	118		school year. [A teacher may be appraised less frequently if the
124	119		teacher agrees in writing and the teacher's most recent evaluation
125	120		rated the teacher as at least proficient, or the equivalent, and did
126	121		not identify any area of deficiency. A teacher who is appraised
127	122		less frequently than annually must be appraised at least once
128	123		during each period of five school years.] The district shall
129	124		maintain a [written] copy of the evaluation of each teacher's
130	125		performance in the teacher's personnel file. Each teacher is
131	126		entitled to receive a written or electronic copy of the evaluation
132	127		promptly on its completion. After receiving a [written] copy of the
133	128		evaluation, a teacher is entitled to a second appraisal by a
134	129		different appraiser or to submit a written rebuttal to the
135	130		evaluation to be attached to the evaluation in the teacher's
136	131		personnel file. The evaluation and any rebuttal may be given to
137	132		another school district at which the teacher has applied for
138	133		employment at the request of that district.
	134	+	(g) The commissioner shall develop a training course to
	135	+	assist and provide support to school administrators in successfully
	136	+	implementing teacher appraisal processes under this section.
139	137		SECTION 6. The heading to Section 21.402, Education Code,
140	138		is amended to read as follows:
141	139		Sec. 21.402. MINIMUM SALARY [SCHEDULE] FOR CERTAIN
142	140		PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
143	141		SECTION 7. Section 21.402(a), Education Code, as effective
144	142		until September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
145	143		(a) Except as provided by Subsection (f), a school district
146	144		must pay each [classroom teacher,] full-time librarian, full-time
147	145		school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school
148	146		nurse not less than the minimum monthly salary, based on the
149	147		employee's level of experience in addition to other factors, as
150	148		determined by commissioner rule, determined by the following
151	149		formula:
152	150		MS = SF x FS
153	151		where:
154	152		"MS" is the minimum monthly salary;
155	153		"SF" is the applicable salary factor specified by
156	154		Subsection (c); and
157	155		"FS" is the amount, as determined by the commissioner
158	156		under Subsection (b), of the basic allotment as provided by Section
159	157		42.101(a) or (b) for a school district with a maintenance and
160	158		operations tax rate at least equal to the state maximum compressed
161	159		tax rate, as defined by Section 42.101(a).
162	160		SECTION 8. Section 21.402(a), Education Code, as effective
163	161		September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
164	162		(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1) or (f), a school
165	163		district must pay each [classroom teacher,] full-time librarian,
166	164		full-time school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or
167	165		full-time school nurse not less than the minimum monthly salary,
168	166		based on the employee's level of experience in addition to other
169	167		factors, as determined by commissioner rule, determined by the
170	168		following formula:
171	169		MS = SF x FS
172	170		where:
173	171		"MS" is the minimum monthly salary;
174	172		"SF" is the applicable salary factor specified by
175	173		Subsection (c); and
176	174		"FS" is the amount, as determined by the commissioner
177	175		under Subsection (b), of the basic allotment as provided by Section
178	176		42.101(a) or (b) for a school district with a maintenance and
179	177		operations tax rate at least equal to the state maximum compressed
180	178		tax rate, as defined by Section 42.101(a).
181	179		SECTION 9. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
182	180		adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsections (c-1), (f), and
183	181		(h) to read as follows:
184	182		(a-1) Each school district shall pay a minimum monthly
185	183		salary to each classroom teacher that is not less than $2,754. A
186		-	district may pay a higher monthly salary based on criteria that are
187		-	not inconsistent with the teacher development framework adopted by
188		-	the commissioner under Section 21.009.
	184	+	district may pay a higher monthly salary after considering criteria
	185	+	included in the teacher development framework adopted by the
	186	+	commissioner under Section 21.009 or included in a locally
	187	+	developed framework.
189	188		(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), each school
190	189		district shall pay a monthly salary to each [classroom teacher,]
191	190		full-time speech pathologist, full-time librarian, full-time
192	191		school counselor certified under Subchapter B, and full-time school
193	192		nurse that is at least equal to the following monthly salary or the
194	193		monthly salary determined by the commissioner under Subsections (a)
195	194		and (b), whichever is greater:
196	195		Years of Monthly Years of Monthly
197	196		Years of Monthly
198	197		Experience Salary Experience Salary
199	198		Experience Salary
200	199		0 2,732 0 2,732
201	200		0 2,732
202	201		1 2,791 1 2,791
203	202		1 2,791
204	203		2 2,849 2 2,849
205	204		2 2,849
206	205		3 2,908 3 2,908
207	206		3 2,908
208	207		4 3,032 4 3,032
209	208		4 3,032
210	209		5 3,156 5 3,156
211	210		5 3,156
212	211		6 3,280 6 3,280
213	212		6 3,280
214	213		7 3,395 7 3,395
215	214		7 3,395
216	215		8 3,504 8 3,504
217	216		8 3,504
218	217		9 3,607 9 3,607
219	218		9 3,607
220	219		10 3,704 10 3,704
221	220		10 3,704
222	221		11 3,796 11 3,796
223	222		11 3,796
224	223		12 3,884 12 3,884
225	224		12 3,884
226	225		13 3,965 13 3,965
227	226		13 3,965
228	227		14 4,043 14 4,043
229	228		14 4,043
230	229		15 4,116 15 4,116
231	230		15 4,116
232	231		16 4,186 16 4,186
233	232		16 4,186
234	233		17 4,251 17 4,251
235	234		17 4,251
236	235		18 4,313 18 4,313
237	236		18 4,313
238	237		19 4,372 19 4,372
239	238		19 4,372
240	239		20 & Over 4,427 20 & Over 4,427
241	240		20 & Over 4,427
242	241		(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a [teacher or]
243	242		librarian who received a career ladder supplement on August 31,
244	243		1993, is entitled to at least the same gross monthly salary the
245	244		[teacher or] librarian received for the 1994-1995 school year as
246	245		long as the [teacher or] librarian is employed by the same district.
247	246		(h) In this section, "gross monthly salary" must include the
248	247		amount a [teacher or] librarian received that represented a career
249	248		ladder salary supplement under Section 16.057, as that section
250	249		existed January 1, 1993.
251	250		SECTION 10. Sections 21.403(a), (c), and (d), Education
252	251		Code, are amended to read as follows:
253	252		(a) A [teacher,] librarian, school counselor, or nurse
254	253		shall advance one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section
255	254		21.402 for each year of experience as a [teacher,] librarian,
256	255		school counselor, or nurse until step 20 is reached.
257	256		(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules for determining the
258	257		experience for which a [teacher,] librarian, school counselor, or
259	258		nurse is to be given credit in placing the [teacher,] librarian,
260	259		school counselor, or nurse on the minimum salary schedule. A
261	260		district shall credit the [teacher,] librarian, school counselor,
262	261		or nurse for each year of experience without regard to whether the
263	262		years are consecutive.
264	263		(d) As long as a [teacher or] librarian who received a
265	264		career ladder supplement is employed by the same school district,
266	265		the [teacher or] librarian is entitled to:
267	266		(1) placement on the minimum salary schedule at the
268	267		step above the step on which the librarian [teacher] would
269	268		otherwise be placed, if the [teacher or] librarian received a
270	269		career ladder supplement for level two of the career ladder on
271	270		August 31, 1993; or
272	271		(2) placement on the minimum salary schedule at the
273	272		step two steps above the step on which the librarian [teacher] would
274	273		otherwise be placed, if the [teacher or] librarian received a
275	274		career ladder supplement for level three of the career ladder on
276	275		August 31, 1993.
277	276		SECTION 11. Section 21.4031(a)(2), Education Code, is
278	277		amended to read as follows:
279	278		(2) "Service record" means a school district document
280	279		that indicates the total years of service provided to the district
281	280		by a [classroom teacher,] librarian, school counselor, or nurse.
282	281		SECTION 12. Section 21.4031(b), Education Code, is amended
283	282		to read as follows:
284	283		(b) On request by a [classroom teacher,] librarian, school
285	284		counselor, or nurse or by the school district employing one of those
286	285		individuals, a school district that previously employed the
287	286		individual shall provide a copy of the individual's service record
288	287		to the school district employing the individual. The district must
289	288		provide the copy not later than the 30th day after the later of:
290	289		(1) the date the request is made; or
291	290		(2) the date of the last day of the individual's
292	291		service to the district.
293	292		SECTION 13. The heading to Subchapter J, Chapter 21,
294	293		Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
295	294		SUBCHAPTER J. EDUCATOR PROFESSIONAL [STAFF] DEVELOPMENT AND
296	295		TRAINING
297	296		SECTION 14. The heading to Section 21.451, Education Code,
298	297		is amended to read as follows:
299	298		Sec. 21.451. EDUCATOR PROFESSIONAL [STAFF] DEVELOPMENT AND
300	299		TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.
301	300		SECTION 15. Sections 21.451(a), (b), (c), (d), and (g),
302	301		Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
303	302		(a) The professional [staff] development opportunities, not
304	303		including the training described by Subsection (c), provided by a
305	304		school district to an educator other than a principal must [be]:
306	305		(1) be designed to increase the effectiveness of
307	306		classroom instruction and improve student achievement;
308	307		(2) be conducted in accordance with standards
309	308		developed by the district;
310	309		(3) enable an educator to advance knowledge and skills
311	310		identified as needing improvement in the educator's appraisal;
312	311		(4) include a range of instructional formats,
313	312		including intensive and sustained in-class coaching, collaborative
314	313		learning, and blended learning;
315	314		(5) enable an educator to select the content and
316	315		format of the educator's professional development opportunities;
317	316		and
318	317		(6) be [(2)] designed to improve education in the
319	318		district.
320	319		(b) The professional [staff] development described by
321	320		Subsection (a) must include opportunities that address:
322	321		(1) [be predominantly] campus-based performance
323	322		objectives; and
324	323		(2) performance objectives of individual educators
325	324		established as part of educator appraisals[, related to achieving
326	325		campus performance objectives established under Section 11.253,
327	326		and developed and approved by the campus-level committee
328	327		established under Section 11.251].
329	328		(c) For professional [staff] development under Subsection
330	329		(a), a school district may use district-wide training [staff
331	330		development] developed and approved through the district-level
332	331		decision process under Section 11.251, provided that training
333	332		developed under this subsection does not represent the majority of
334	333		the district's professional development opportunities.
335	334		(d) The training described by Subsection (c) [staff
336	335		development]:
337	336		(1) may include training in:
338	337		(A) technology;
339	338		(B) conflict resolution;
340	339		(C) discipline strategies, including classroom
341	340		management, district discipline policies, and the student code of
342	341		conduct adopted under Section 37.001, and Chapter 37; and
343	342		(D) preventing, identifying, responding to, and
344	343		reporting incidents of bullying; and
345	344		(2) subject to Subsection (e) and to Section 21.3541
346	345		and rules adopted under that section, must include training based
347	346		on scientifically based research, as defined by Section 9101, No
348	347		Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Section 7801), that:
349	348		(A) relates to instruction of students with
350	349		disabilities; and
351	350		(B) is designed for educators who work primarily
352	351		outside the area of special education.
353	352		(g) The professional [staff] development may include
354	353		instruction as to what is permissible under law, including opinions
355	354		of the United States Supreme Court, regarding prayer in public
356	355		school.
357	356		SECTION 16. Sections 21.4511(a) and (b), Education Code,
358	357		are amended to read as follows:
359	358		(a) From funds appropriated for that purpose in an amount
360	359		not to exceed $2.5 million each year, the commissioner may develop
361	360		and award grants to school districts, regional education service
362	361		centers, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher
363	362		education for establishing and providing technical assistance and
364	363		professional development activities in the professional [staff]
365	364		development [training] of public school teachers and
366	365		administrators.
367	366		(b) The professional development [training] under this
368	367		section shall include professional development [training] relating
369	368		to implementing curriculum and instruction that is aligned with the
370	369		foundation curriculum described by Section 28.002(a)(1) and
371	370		standards and expectations for college readiness, as determined by
372	371		State Board of Education rule under Section 28.008(d).
373	372		SECTION 17. The heading to Section 21.453, Education Code,
374	373		is amended to read as follows:
375	374		Sec. 21.453. PROFESSIONAL [STAFF] DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT.
376	375		SECTION 18. Sections 21.453(a) and (b), Education Code, are
377	376		amended to read as follows:
378	377		(a) The professional [staff] development account is an
379	378		account in the general revenue fund. The account consists of gifts,
380	379		grants, donations, appropriations for the purpose of professional
381	380		[staff] development under this subchapter, and any other money
382	381		transferred by law to the account. Funds in the account may be used
383	382		only as provided by this section.
384	383		(b) The commissioner may allocate funds from the account to
385	384		regional education service centers to provide professional [staff]
386	385		development resources to school districts that:
387	386		(1) are rated academically unacceptable;
388	387		(2) have one or more campuses rated as academically
389	388		unacceptable; or
390	389		(3) are otherwise in need of assistance as indicated
391	390		by the academic performance of students, as determined by the
392	391		commissioner.
393		-	SECTION 19. Section 21.7061(a), Education Code, is amended
394		-	to read as follows:
395		-	(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code and
396		-	subject to Subsection (b), a school district may apply to the
397		-	commissioner in writing in accordance with commissioner rule for a
398		-	waiver to exempt the district or one or more district campuses from
399		-	Section 21.352(a)(2) [21.352(a)(2)(B)], 21.353, 21.354(d),
400		-	21.3541(g), 21.451, or 21.458, as specified in the waiver
401		-	application. The district's application for a waiver under this
402		-	section must demonstrate that the waiver is necessary to carry out
403		-	purposes of the program as described by Section 21.7011, in
404		-	accordance with the district's local educator excellence
405		-	innovation plan.
406		-	SECTION 20. Section 22.107(a), Education Code, is amended
	392	+	SECTION 19. Section 22.107(a), Education Code, is amended
407	393		to read as follows:
408	394		(a) A school district shall pay each full-time district
409	395		employee, other than an administrator or an employee entitled
410	396		[subject] to a [the] minimum salary [schedule] under Section
411	397		21.402, an amount at least equal to $500.
	398	+	SECTION 20. Sections 28.053(a), (d), and (e), Education
	399	+	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	400	+	(a) A school participating in the program may be awarded[:
	401	+	[(1)] a one-time $3,000 equipment grant for providing
	402	+	a college advanced placement course or international baccalaureate
	403	+	course to be paid to a school based on need as determined by the
	404	+	commissioner[; and
	405	+	[(2) $100 for each student who scores a three or better
	406	+	on a college advanced placement test or four or better on an
	407	+	international baccalaureate examination].
	408	+	(d) A teacher participating in the program may be awarded:
	409	+	(1) subsidized teacher training, not to exceed $450
	410	+	for each teacher, for a college advanced placement course or an
	411	+	international baccalaureate course; and
	412	+	(2) $50 for each student enrolled in the teacher's
	413	+	college advanced placement or international baccalaureate course
	414	+	who scores a three or better on the college advanced placement test
	415	+	or four or better on the international baccalaureate examination,
	416	+	as applicable, not to exceed a total amount of $2,000 each year [a
	417	+	one-time award of $250 for teaching a college advanced placement
	418	+	course or an international baccalaureate course for the first time;
	419	+	and
	420	+	[(3) a share of the teacher bonus pool, which shall be
	421	+	distributed by the teacher's school in shares proportional to the
	422	+	number of courses taught].
	423	+	(e) To be eligible for an award under Subsection (d)(2)
	424	+	[(d)], a teacher must teach a college advanced placement course or
	425	+	an international baccalaureate course at a school with a student
	426	+	enrollment in which at least 50 percent of the students are
	427	+	educationally disadvantaged.
412	428		SECTION 21. Section 38.0041(f), Education Code, is amended
413	429		to read as follows:
414	430		(f) The training under Subsection (c) may be included in
415	431		professional [staff] development and training under Section
416	432		21.451.
417	433		SECTION 22. Section 42.2513(a), Education Code, is amended
418	434		to read as follows:
419	435		(a) A school district, including a school district that is
420	436		otherwise ineligible for state aid under this chapter, is entitled
421	437		to state aid in an amount equal to the sum of:
422	438		(1) the product of $500 multiplied by the number of
423	439		full-time district employees, other than administrators or
424	440		employees entitled [subject] to a [the] minimum salary [schedule]
425	441		under Section 21.402; and
426	442		(2) the product of $250 multiplied by the number of
427	443		part-time district employees, other than administrators.
428	444		SECTION 23. Section 823.404(a), Government Code, is amended
429	445		to read as follows:
430	446		(a) An eligible member may establish one year of equivalent
431	447		membership service credit for each year [one or two years] of work
432	448		experience that was required for the member's certification under
433	449		Chapter 21, Education Code, in a career or technological field for a
434	450		maximum of two years [for which the member is entitled to salary
435	451		step credit under Section 21.403(b), Education Code].
436	452		SECTION 24. Subchapter E, Chapter 825, Government Code, is
437	453		amended by adding Section 825.4051 to read as follows:
438	454		Sec. 825.4051. MAINTENANCE OF STATE CONTRIBUTION. (a) The
439	455		board of trustees shall adopt and maintain a schedule based on the
440	456		minimum salary schedule for certain professional staff under
441	457		Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, as that subsection existed on
442	458		January 1, 2015, for the purposes of calculating the required state
443	459		contribution for retirement benefits for classroom teachers under
444	460		this subtitle.
445	461		(b) The board of trustees may adopt rules to implement this
446	462		section.
447		-	SECTION 25. Sections 21.352(b) and 21.403(b), Education
448		-	Code, are repealed.
449		-	SECTION 26. This Act applies beginning with the 2016-2017
450		-	school year.
	463	+	SECTION 25. (a) Sections 21.352(b) and 28.053(b), (c),
	464	+	(f), and (g), Education Code, are repealed.
	465	+	(b) Effective September 1, 2016, Section 21.403(b),
	466	+	Education Code, is repealed.
	467	+	SECTION 26. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
	468	+	this section, this Act applies beginning with the 2016-2017 school
	469	+	year.
	470	+	(b) Section 28.053, Education Code, as amended by this Act,
	471	+	applies beginning with the 2015-2016 school year.
451	472		SECTION 27. (a) Sections 21.402, 21.403, 21.4031, and
452	473		42.2513, Education Code, as amended by this Act, take effect
453	474		September 1, 2016.
454	475		(b) Section 823.404(a), Government Code, as amended by this
455	476		Act, and Section 825.4051, Government Code, as added by this Act,
456	477		take effect September 1, 2016.
457		-	(c) Except as provided by Subsections (a) and (b) of this
458		-	section, this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of
459		-	two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by
460		-	Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not
461		-	receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes
462		-	effect September 1, 2015.
463		-	* * * * *
	478	+	(c) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this Act takes
	479	+	effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the
	480	+	members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article
	481	+	III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote
	482	+	necessary for immediate effect, this Act, except as otherwise
	483	+	provided, takes effect September 1, 2015.
464	484
465	485		Years of Monthly
466	486
467	487		Experience Salary
468	488
469	489		0 2,732
470	490
471	491		1 2,791
472	492
473	493		2 2,849
474	494
475	495		3 2,908
476	496
477	497		4 3,032
478	498
479	499		5 3,156
480	500
481	501		6 3,280
482	502
483	503		7 3,395
484	504
485	505		8 3,504
486	506
487	507		9 3,607
488	508
489	509		10 3,704
490	510
491	511		11 3,796
492	512
493	513		12 3,884
494	514
495	515		13 3,965
496	516
497	517		14 4,043
498	518
499	519		15 4,116
500	520
501	521		16 4,186
502	522
503	523		17 4,251
504	524
505	525		18 4,313
506	526
507	527		19 4,372
508	528
509	529		20 & Over 4,427