Texas 2017 - 85th 1st C.S.

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1	1	85S10270 MM-D
2	2	By: Menéndez S.B. No. 30
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by
8	8	public schools; making an appropriation.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
11	11	adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and (d) and amending Subsection
12	12	(g) to read as follows:
13	13	(c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2017-2018
14	14	school year, a classroom teacher is entitled to a monthly salary
15	15	that is at least equal to the sum of:
16	16	(1) the monthly salary the teacher would have received
17	17	for the 2017-2018 school year under the district's salary schedule
18	18	for the 2016-2017 school year, if that schedule had been in effect
19	19	for the 2017-2018 school year, including any local supplement and
20	20	any money representing a career ladder supplement the teacher would
21	21	have received in the 2017-2018 school year; and
22	22	(2) $100.
23	23	(c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September
24	24	1, 2018.
25	25	(d) A classroom teacher employed by a school district in the
26	26	2017-2018 school year is, as long as the teacher is employed by the
27	27	same district, entitled to a salary that is at least equal to the
28	28	salary the teacher received for the 2017-2018 school year.
29	29	(g) The commissioner may adopt rules to govern the
30	30	application of this section, including rules that:
31	31	(1) require the payment of a minimum salary under this
32	32	section to a person employed in more than one capacity for which a
33	33	minimum salary is provided and whose combined employment in those
34	34	capacities constitutes full-time employment; and
35	35	(2) specify the credentials a person must hold to be
36	36	considered a [speech pathologist or] school nurse under this
37	37	section.
38	38	SECTION 2. Section 42.2513(a), Education Code, is amended
39	39	to read as follows:
40	40	(a) A school district, including a school district that is
41	41	otherwise ineligible for state aid under this chapter, is entitled
42	42	to state aid in an amount equal to the sum of:
43	43	(1) the product of $500 multiplied by the number of
44	44	full-time district employees, other than administrators or
45	45	employees subject to the minimum salary schedule under Section
46	46	21.402; [and]
47	47	(2) the product of $1,000 multiplied by the number of
48	48	classroom teachers employed by the district; and
49	49	(3) the product of $250 multiplied by the number of
50	50	part-time district employees, other than administrators.
51	51	SECTION 3. The amount of $1 billion is appropriated from the
52	52	economic stabilization fund to the foundation school fund for
53	53	distribution by the commissioner of education during the state
54	54	fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2017, to school districts to
55	55	provide classroom teacher salary increases as provided by Section
56	56	42.2513, Education Code, as amended by this Act.
57	57	SECTION 4. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is
58	58	repealed.
59	59	SECTION 5. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section:
60	60	(1) this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
61	61	vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
62	62	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution; and
63	63	(2) if this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
64	64	immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
65	65	last day of the legislative session.
66	66	(b) This Act takes effect only if it receives a vote of
67	67	two-thirds of the members present in each house of the legislature,
68	68	as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas Constitution.