85S10289 MM-D
By: Darby H.B. No. 79
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by
public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and (d) and amending Subsection
(g) to read as follows:
(c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2017-2018
school year, a classroom teacher is entitled to a monthly salary
that is at least equal to the sum of:
(1) the monthly salary the teacher 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 teacher would
have received in the 2017-2018 school year; and
(2) $100.
(c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September
1, 2018.
(d) A classroom teacher employed by a school district in the
2017-2018 school year is, as long as the teacher is employed by the
same district, entitled to a salary that is at least equal to the
salary the teacher 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 $1,000 multiplied by the number of
classroom teachers 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repealed.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 immediately 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 immediate effect, this
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.