87R4770 MEW-D
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 1088
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
adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and (d) and amending Subsection
(g) to read as follows:
(c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2021-2022
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 2021-2022 school year under the district's salary
schedule for the 2020-2021 school year, if that schedule had been in
effect for the 2021-2022 school year, including any local
supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement
the employee would have received in the 2021-2022 school year; and
(2) $400.
(c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September
1, 2022.
(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 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 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. Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 48.2521 to read as follows:
Sec. 48.2521. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR
CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. (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
product of $4,000 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.
(b) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this
section.
SECTION 3. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
school year.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.