Texas 2017 - 85th 1st C.S.

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1	1	85S10269 MM-D
2	2	By: Menéndez S.B. No. 32
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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.
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 2019-2020
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 2019-2020 school year under the district's salary schedule
18	18	for the 2018-2019 school year, if that schedule had been in effect
19	19	for the 2019-2020 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 2019-2020 school year; and
22	22	(2) $100.
23	23	(c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September
24	24	1, 2020.
25	25	(d) A classroom teacher employed by a school district in the
26	26	2019-2020 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 2019-2020 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. Effective August 1, 2019, Section 42.2513(a),
39	39	Education Code, is amended 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. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is
52	52	repealed.
53	53	SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
54	54	school year.
55	55	SECTION 5. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
56	56	Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of
57	57	all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39,
58	58	Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the
59	59	vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the
60	60	91st day after the last day of the legislative session.