Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1636 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/12/2019

                            86R9359 SOS-D
 By: Bohac H.B. No. 1636


 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, Education Code, is amended by
 amending Subsections (c) and (g) and adding Subsections (c-2),
 (c-3), and (d) to read as follows:
 (c)  The salary factors per step are as follows:
 0  1  2  3  4   0  1  2  3  4
  0  1  2  3  4
 1.1923 [.5464] 1.2058 [.5582] 1.2190 [.5698] 1.2325 [.5816] 1.2607 [.6064]  1.1923 [.5464] 1.2058 [.5582] 1.2190 [.5698] 1.2325 [.5816] 1.2607 [.6064]
 1.1923 [.5464] 1.2058 [.5582] 1.2190 [.5698] 1.2325 [.5816] 1.2607 [.6064]
 5  6  7  8  9   5  6  7  8  9
  5  6  7  8  9
 1.2890 [.6312] 1.3172 [.6560] 1.3434 [.6790] 1.3683 [.7008] 1.3918 [.7214]  1.2890 [.6312] 1.3172 [.6560] 1.3434 [.6790] 1.3683 [.7008] 1.3918 [.7214]
 1.2890 [.6312] 1.3172 [.6560] 1.3434 [.6790] 1.3683 [.7008] 1.3918 [.7214]
 10  11  12  13  14   10  11  12  13  14
  10  11  12  13  14
 1.4139 [.7408] 1.4348 [.7592] 1.4549 [.7768] 1.4733 [.7930] 1.4911 [.8086]  1.4139 [.7408] 1.4348 [.7592] 1.4549 [.7768] 1.4733 [.7930] 1.4911 [.8086]
 1.4139 [.7408] 1.4348 [.7592] 1.4549 [.7768] 1.4733 [.7930] 1.4911 [.8086]
 15  16  17  18  19   15  16  17  18  19
  15  16  17  18  19
 1.5077 [.8232] 1.5237 [.8372] 1.5385 [.8502] 1.5526 [.8626] 1.5661 [.8744]  1.5077 [.8232] 1.5237 [.8372] 1.5385 [.8502] 1.5526 [.8626] 1.5661 [.8744]
 1.5077 [.8232] 1.5237 [.8372] 1.5385 [.8502] 1.5526 [.8626] 1.5661 [.8744]
 1.5786 [.8854]  1.5786 [.8854]
 1.5786 [.8854]
 (c-2)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2019-2020
 school year, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time
 school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school
 nurse is entitled to a monthly salary that is at least equal to the
 sum of:
 (1)  the monthly salary the employee would have
 received for the 2019-2020 school year under the district's salary
 schedule for the 2018-2019 school year, if that schedule had been in
 effect for the 2019-2020 school year, including any local
 supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement
 the employee would have received in the 2019-2020 school year; and
 (2)  $2,500.
 (c-3)  Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September
 1, 2020.
 (d)  A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time
 school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school
 nurse employed by a school district in the 2019-2020 school year is,
 as long as the employee is employed by the same district, entitled
 to a salary that is at least equal to the salary the employee
 received for the 2019-2020 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 $25,000 multiplied by the number of
 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
 (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 2019-2020
 school year.
 SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

  0  1  2  3  4

 1.1923 [.5464] 1.2058 [.5582] 1.2190 [.5698] 1.2325 [.5816] 1.2607 [.6064]

  5  6  7  8  9

 1.2890 [.6312] 1.3172 [.6560] 1.3434 [.6790] 1.3683 [.7008] 1.3918 [.7214]

  10  11  12  13  14

 1.4139 [.7408] 1.4348 [.7592] 1.4549 [.7768] 1.4733 [.7930] 1.4911 [.8086]

  15  16  17  18  19

 1.5077 [.8232] 1.5237 [.8372] 1.5385 [.8502] 1.5526 [.8626] 1.5661 [.8744]



 1.5786 [.8854]