85S10204 MM-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 218
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(a), Education Code, as effective
September 1, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1) or (f), a school
district must pay each classroom teacher, full-time librarian,
full-time school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or
full-time school nurse not less than the minimum monthly salary[,
based on the employee's level of experience in addition to other
factors, as determined by commissioner rule,] determined as
provided by Subsection (b) [the following formula:
[MS = SF x FS
[where:
["MS" is the minimum monthly salary;
["SF" is the applicable salary factor specified by Subsection
(c); and
["FS" is the amount, as determined by the commissioner under
Subsection (b), of the basic allotment as provided by Section
42.101(a) or (b) for a school district with a maintenance and
operations tax rate at least equal to the state maximum compressed
tax rate, as defined by Section 42.101(a)].
SECTION 2. Sections 21.402(b), (c-1), and (e-1), Education
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules to establish a method
for annually setting a salary schedule for classroom teachers,
full-time librarians, full-time school counselors certified under
Subchapter B, and full-time school nurses based on the employee's
level of experience. The commissioner's method must provide a
salary level for each year of experience from 0 years through 20
years. The commissioner shall ensure that the salary schedule is
consistent with the national average salary, based on experience,
for those employees as determined by statistics gathered by the
National Center for Education Statistics or a similar independent
education-oriented institution. Not later than June 1 of each
year, the commissioner shall determine, based on the salary
schedule, the minimum monthly salary for each classroom teacher,
full-time librarian, full-time school counselor certified under
Subchapter B, and full-time school nurse for the following school
year [the basic allotment and resulting monthly salaries to be paid
by school districts as provided by Subsection (a)].
(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), each school
district shall pay a monthly salary to each classroom teacher,
full-time speech pathologist, full-time librarian, full-time
school counselor certified under Subchapter B, and full-time school
nurse that is at least equal to the following monthly salary or the
monthly salary determined by the commissioner under Subsection
[Subsections (a) and] (b), whichever is greater:
Years of Monthly Years of Monthly
Years of Monthly
Experience Salary Experience Salary
Experience Salary
0 2,732 0 2,732
0 2,732
1 2,791 1 2,791
1 2,791
2 2,849 2 2,849
2 2,849
3 2,908 3 2,908
3 2,908
4 3,032 4 3,032
4 3,032
5 3,156 5 3,156
5 3,156
6 3,280 6 3,280
6 3,280
7 3,395 7 3,395
7 3,395
8 3,504 8 3,504
8 3,504
9 3,607 9 3,607
9 3,607
10 3,704 10 3,704
10 3,704
11 3,796 11 3,796
11 3,796
12 3,884 12 3,884
12 3,884
13 3,965 13 3,965
13 3,965
14 4,043 14 4,043
14 4,043
15 4,116 15 4,116
15 4,116
16 4,186 16 4,186
16 4,186
17 4,251 17 4,251
17 4,251
18 4,313 18 4,313
18 4,313
19 4,372 19 4,372
19 4,372
20 & Over 4,427 20 & Over 4,427
20 & Over 4,427
(e-1) If the minimum monthly salary determined under
Subsection (b) [(a)] for a particular level of experience is less
than the minimum monthly salary for that level of experience in the
preceding year, the minimum monthly salary is the minimum monthly
salary for the preceding year.
SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.2520 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.2520. ADDITIONAL STATE AID OR CREDIT AGAINST COST
OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF SALARIES. (a) For
each school year, 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, as determined by the
commissioner, equal to the difference between the district's salary
cost under Section 21.402, as amended by __.B. ___, Acts of the 85th
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2017, for all 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 an amount equal to what the district's salary costs
would have been for that school year under Section 21.402, as it
existed before amendment by __.B. ___, Acts of the 85th
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2017.
(b) A school district that is required to take action under
Chapter 41 to reduce its wealth per student to the equalized wealth
level is entitled to a credit, in the amount of state aid to which
the district is entitled under this section, against the total
amount required under Section 41.093 for the district to purchase
attendance credits.
(c) A determination by the commissioner under this section
is final and may not be appealed.
(d) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this
section.
SECTION 4. Section 21.402(c), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. Not later than March 1, 2018, the commissioner of
education shall adopt rules to establish a method for annually
setting a salary schedule as provided by Section 21.402(b),
Education Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 6. This Act applies beginning with the 2018-2019
school year.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, if it
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that
date, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.
Years of Monthly
Experience Salary
0 2,732
1 2,791
2 2,849
3 2,908
4 3,032
5 3,156
6 3,280
7 3,395
8 3,504
9 3,607
10 3,704
11 3,796
12 3,884
13 3,965
14 4,043
15 4,116
16 4,186
17 4,251
18 4,313
19 4,372
20 & Over 4,427