85R6271 PAM-D
By: Bohac H.B. No. 1419
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of
public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (c) and (g) and adding Subsections (c-2),
(c-3), and (d) to read as follows:
(c) The salary factors per step are as follows:
0 1 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 4
0 1 2 3 4
.6464 [.5464] .6582 [.5582] .6698 [.5698] .6816 [.5816] .7064 [.6064] .6464 [.5464] .6582 [.5582] .6698 [.5698] .6816 [.5816] .7064 [.6064]
.6464 [.5464] .6582 [.5582] .6698 [.5698] .6816 [.5816] .7064 [.6064]
5 6 7 8 9 5 6 7 8 9
5 6 7 8 9
.7312 [.6312] .7560 [.6560] .7790 [.6790] .8008 [.7008] .8214 [.7214] .7312 [.6312] .7560 [.6560] .7790 [.6790] .8008 [.7008] .8214 [.7214]
.7312 [.6312] .7560 [.6560] .7790 [.6790] .8008 [.7008] .8214 [.7214]
10 11 12 13 14 10 11 12 13 14
10 11 12 13 14
.8408 [.7408] .8592 [.7592] .8768 [.7768] .8930 [.7930] .9086 [.8086] .8408 [.7408] .8592 [.7592] .8768 [.7768] .8930 [.7930] .9086 [.8086]
.8408 [.7408] .8592 [.7592] .8768 [.7768] .8930 [.7930] .9086 [.8086]
15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19
15 16 17 18 19
.9232 [.8232] .9372 [.8372] .9502 [.8502] .9626 [.8626] .9744 [.8744] .9232 [.8232] .9372 [.8372] .9502 [.8502] .9626 [.8626] .9744 [.8744]
.9232 [.8232] .9372 [.8372] .9502 [.8502] .9626 [.8626] .9744 [.8744]
.9854 [.8854] .9854 [.8854]
.9854 [.8854]
(c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2017-2018
school year, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time
school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school
nurse is entitled to a monthly salary that is at least equal to the
sum of:
(1) the monthly salary the employee would have
received for the 2017-2018 school year under the district's salary
schedule for the 2016-2017 school year, if that schedule had been in
effect for the 2017-2018 school year, including any local
supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement
the employee would have received in the 2017-2018 school year; and
(2) $500.
(c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September
1, 2018.
(d) A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time
school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school
nurse employed by a school district in the 2017-2018 school year is,
as long as the employee is employed by the same district, entitled
to a salary that is at least equal to the salary the employee
received for the 2017-2018 school year.
(g) The commissioner may adopt rules to govern the
application of this section, including rules that:
(1) require the payment of a minimum salary under this
section to a person employed in more than one capacity for which a
minimum salary is provided and whose combined employment in those
capacities constitutes full-time employment; and
(2) specify the credentials a person must hold to be
considered a [speech pathologist or] school nurse under this
section.
SECTION 2. Section 42.2513(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A school district, including a school district that is
otherwise ineligible for state aid under this chapter, is entitled
to state aid in an amount equal to the sum of:
(1) the product of $500 multiplied by the number of
full-time district employees, other than administrators or
employees subject to the minimum salary schedule under Section
21.402; [and]
(2) the product of $5,000 multiplied by the number of
classroom teachers, full-time librarians, full-time school
counselors certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time
school nurses employed by the district; and
(3) the product of $250 multiplied by the number of
part-time district employees, other than administrators.
SECTION 3. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
0 1 2 3 4
.6464 [.5464] .6582 [.5582] .6698 [.5698] .6816 [.5816] .7064 [.6064]
5 6 7 8 9
.7312 [.6312] .7560 [.6560] .7790 [.6790] .8008 [.7008] .8214 [.7214]
10 11 12 13 14
.8408 [.7408] .8592 [.7592] .8768 [.7768] .8930 [.7930] .9086 [.8086]
15 16 17 18 19
.9232 [.8232] .9372 [.8372] .9502 [.8502] .9626 [.8626] .9744 [.8744]
.9854 [.8854]