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1	1	85S10504 MM/TSR-D
2	2	By: Guillen H.B. No. 181
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the salary and retirement benefits paid to certain
8	8	teachers employed by or retired from public schools.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	ARTICLE 1. CLASSROOM TEACHER SALARIES
11	11	SECTION 1.01. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
12	12	adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and (d) and amending Subsection
13	13	(g) to read as follows:
14	14	(c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2017-2018
15	15	school year, a classroom teacher is entitled to a monthly salary
16	16	that is at least equal to the sum of:
17	17	(1) the monthly salary the teacher would have received
18	18	for the 2017-2018 school year under the district's salary schedule
19	19	for the 2016-2017 school year, if that schedule had been in effect
20	20	for the 2017-2018 school year, including any local supplement and
21	21	any money representing a career ladder supplement the teacher would
22	22	have received in the 2017-2018 school year; and
23	23	(2) $100.
24	24	(c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September
25	25	1, 2018.
26	26	(d) A classroom teacher employed by a school district in the
27	27	2017-2018 school year is, as long as the teacher is employed by the
28	28	same district, entitled to a salary that is at least equal to the
29	29	salary the teacher received for the 2017-2018 school year.
30	30	(g) The commissioner may adopt rules to govern the
31	31	application of this section, including rules that:
32	32	(1) require the payment of a minimum salary under this
33	33	section to a person employed in more than one capacity for which a
34	34	minimum salary is provided and whose combined employment in those
35	35	capacities constitutes full-time employment; and
36	36	(2) specify the credentials a person must hold to be
37	37	considered a [speech pathologist or] school nurse under this
38	38	section.
39	39	SECTION 1.02. Section 42.2513(a), Education Code, is
40	40	amended to read as follows:
41	41	(a) A school district, including a school district that is
42	42	otherwise ineligible for state aid under this chapter, is entitled
43	43	to state aid in an amount equal to the sum of:
44	44	(1) the product of $500 multiplied by the number of
45	45	full-time district employees, other than administrators or
46	46	employees subject to the minimum salary schedule under Section
47	47	21.402; [and]
48	48	(2) the product of $1,000 multiplied by the number of
49	49	classroom teachers employed by the district; and
50	50	(3) the product of $250 multiplied by the number of
51	51	part-time district employees, other than administrators.
52	52	SECTION 1.03. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is
53	53	repealed.
54	54	SECTION 1.04. This article applies beginning with the
55	55	2017-2018 school year.
56	56	ARTICLE 2. TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT
57	57	SECTION 2.01. Subchapter H, Chapter 824, Government Code,
58	58	is amended by adding Section 824.703 to read as follows:
59	59	Sec. 824.703. ADDITIONAL COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT. (a)
60	60	Notwithstanding Section 824.702, the retirement system shall make a
61	61	one-time cost-of-living adjustment of $1,000 payable to annuitants
62	62	receiving a monthly death or retirement benefit annuity, as
63	63	provided by this section.
64	64	(b) Subject to Subsections (c) and (d), to be eligible for
65	65	the adjustment, a person must be, on the effective date of the
66	66	adjustment and disregarding any forfeiture of benefits under
67	67	Section 824.601, an annuitant eligible to receive:
68	68	(1) a standard service or disability retirement
69	69	annuity payment;
70	70	(2) an optional service or disability retirement
71	71	annuity payment as either a retiree or beneficiary;
72	72	(3) an annuity payment under Section 824.402(a)(3) or
73	73	(4);
74	74	(4) an annuity payment under Section 824.502; or
75	75	(5) an alternate payee annuity payment under Section
76	76	804.005.
77	77	(c) If the annuitant:
78	78	(1) is a retiree or is a beneficiary under an optional
79	79	retirement payment plan, to be eligible for the adjustment under
80	80	this section:
81	81	(A) the annuitant must be living on the effective
82	82	date of the adjustment; and
83	83	(B) the effective date of the retirement of the
84	84	member of the retirement system must have been after August 31,
85	85	2004, and on or before June 30, 2017;
86	86	(2) is a beneficiary under Section 824.402(a)(3) or
87	87	(4) or 824.502, to be eligible for the adjustment:
88	88	(A) the annuitant must be living on the effective
89	89	date of the adjustment; and
90	90	(B) the date of death of the member of the
91	91	retirement system must have been after August 31, 2004, and on or
92	92	before June 30, 2017; or
93	93	(3) is an alternate payee under Section 804.005, the
94	94	annuitant is eligible for the adjustment only if the effective date
95	95	of the election to receive the annuity payment was after August 31,
96	96	2004, and on or before June 30, 2017.
97	97	(d) An adjustment made under this section does not apply to
98	98	payments under:
99	99	(1) Section 824.203(d), relating to retirees who
100	100	receive a standard service retirement annuity in an amount fixed by
101	101	statute;
102	102	(2) Section 824.304(a), relating to disability
103	103	retirees with less than 10 years of service credit;
104	104	(3) Section 824.304(b)(2), relating to disability
105	105	retirees who receive a disability annuity in an amount fixed by
106	106	statute;
107	107	(4) Section 824.404(a), relating to active member
108	108	survivor beneficiaries who receive a survivor annuity in an amount
109	109	fixed by statute;
110	110	(5) Section 824.501(a), relating to retiree survivor
111	111	beneficiaries who receive a survivor annuity in an amount fixed by
112	112	statute; or
113	113	(6) Section 824.804(b), relating to participants in
114	114	the deferred retirement option plan with regard to payments from
115	115	their deferred retirement option plan accounts.
116	116	(e) An adjustment under this section must be made beginning
117	117	with an annuity payable for the month of December 2017.
118	118	(f) The board of trustees shall:
119	119	(1) recompute the amount of a benefit paid monthly
120	120	under this chapter by applying the $1,000 adjustment to the monthly
121	121	amount otherwise required to be paid as determined in accordance
122	122	with the other applicable provisions of this chapter; and
123	123	(2) determine the eligibility for and the amount of
124	124	any adjustment in monthly annuities in accordance with this
125	125	section.
126	126	ARTICLE 3. EFFECTIVE DATE
127	127	SECTION 3.01. This Act takes effect immediately if it
128	128	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
129	129	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
130	130	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
131	131	effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of
132	132	the legislative session.