86R9435 TSR/SOS-D
By: Ashby H.B. No. 3066
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of
Texas who resume certain employment with a school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (c-1) and adding Subsection (f-1) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), [or] (f), or
(f-1), 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 by
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).
(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) and except as
provided by Subsection (f-1), 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 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
(f-1) This section does not apply to a person who is a
retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas described by
Section 825.4092(e)(2), Government Code.
SECTION 2. Section 825.4092, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(e) The amounts required to be paid under Subsections (b)
and (c) are not required to be paid by a reporting employer for a
retiree who retired from the retirement system:
(1) before September 1, 2005; or
(2) on or after September 1, 2005, if the retiree is:
(A) a teacher certified under Subchapter B,
Chapter 21, Education Code, and teaching on as much as a full-time
basis in an acute shortage area, as determined under rules adopted
by the commissioner of education; or
(B) a bus driver certified in accordance with
standards and qualifications adopted by the Department of Public
Safety of the State of Texas and employed on as much as a full-time
basis by a school district.
(f) For purposes of Subsection (e)(2)(A), an "acute
shortage area" may include:
(1) a school district in a region of this state in
which there is a shortage of teachers; or
(2) a subject area in which there is a shortage of
teachers certified to teach the subject area in the school
districts of this state or in school districts in a region of this
state.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a
retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas regardless of
whether the person retired from employment before, on, or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply
beginning with the 2019-2020 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 September 1, 2019.
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