| 1 | 1 | | 87R10420 MEW-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Allen H.B. No. 3296 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees; |
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| 8 | 8 | | making an appropriation. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and (d) and amending Subsection |
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| 12 | 12 | | (g) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2021-2022 |
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| 14 | 14 | | school year, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time |
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| 15 | 15 | | school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school |
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| 16 | 16 | | nurse is entitled to a monthly salary that is at least equal to the |
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| 17 | 17 | | sum of: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the monthly salary the employee would have |
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| 19 | 19 | | received for the 2021-2022 school year under the district's salary |
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| 20 | 20 | | schedule for the 2020-2021 school year, if that schedule had been in |
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| 21 | 21 | | effect for the 2021-2022 school year, including any local |
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| 22 | 22 | | supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement |
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| 23 | 23 | | the employee would have received in the 2021-2022 school year; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) $400. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September |
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| 26 | 26 | | 1, 2022. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (d) A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time |
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| 28 | 28 | | school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school |
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| 29 | 29 | | nurse employed by a school district in the 2021-2022 school year is, |
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| 30 | 30 | | as long as the employee is employed by the same district, entitled |
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| 31 | 31 | | to a salary that is at least equal to the salary the employee |
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| 32 | 32 | | received for the 2021-2022 school year. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (g) The commissioner may adopt rules to govern the |
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| 34 | 34 | | application of this section, including rules that: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) require the payment of a minimum salary under this |
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| 36 | 36 | | section to a person employed in more than one capacity for which a |
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| 37 | 37 | | minimum salary is provided and whose combined employment in those |
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| 38 | 38 | | capacities constitutes full-time employment; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) specify the credentials a person must hold to be |
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| 40 | 40 | | considered a [speech pathologist or] school nurse under this |
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| 41 | 41 | | section. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is |
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| 43 | 43 | | amended by adding Section 48.2521 to read as follows: |
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| 44 | 44 | | Sec. 48.2521. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR |
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| 45 | 45 | | CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. (a) A school district, including |
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| 46 | 46 | | a school district that is otherwise ineligible for state aid under |
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| 47 | 47 | | this chapter, is entitled to state aid in an amount equal to the |
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| 48 | 48 | | product of $4,000 multiplied by the number of classroom teachers, |
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| 49 | 49 | | full-time librarians, full-time school counselors certified under |
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| 50 | 50 | | Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time school nurses employed by |
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| 51 | 51 | | the district. |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this |
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| 53 | 53 | | section. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 3. (a) The amount of $1 billion is appropriated |
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| 55 | 55 | | from the economic stabilization fund to the foundation school fund |
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| 56 | 56 | | for distribution by the commissioner of education during the state |
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| 57 | 57 | | fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2021, to school districts to |
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| 58 | 58 | | provide one-time retention bonuses to district support staff. |
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| 59 | 59 | | (b) The commissioner of education shall distribute the |
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| 60 | 60 | | amount appropriated under this section to school districts on the |
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| 61 | 61 | | basis of the number of full-time district employees, other than |
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| 62 | 62 | | administrators and employees subject to the minimum salary schedule |
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| 63 | 63 | | under Section 21.402, Education Code. |
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| 64 | 64 | | (c) Each school district may use funds distributed under |
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| 65 | 65 | | this section only to increase the salary that would otherwise be |
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| 66 | 66 | | provided to district employees described by Subsection (b) of this |
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| 67 | 67 | | section. |
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| 68 | 68 | | (d) This section takes effect only if this Act is approved |
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| 69 | 69 | | by a vote of two-thirds of the members present in each house of the |
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| 70 | 70 | | legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas |
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| 71 | 71 | | Constitution. |
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| 72 | 72 | | SECTION 4. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is |
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| 73 | 73 | | repealed. |
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| 74 | 74 | | SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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| 75 | 75 | | school year. |
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| 76 | 76 | | SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this |
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| 77 | 77 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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