89R4753 RAL-F
By: Bhojani H.B. No. 1057
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to placement on the minimum salary schedule and service
credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for certain public
school career or technology education teachers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.403(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) For each year of work experience required for
certification in a career or technological field, up to a maximum of
five [two] years, a certified career or technology education
teacher is entitled to salary step credit as if the work experience
were teaching experience.
SECTION 2. Section 823.404(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) An eligible member may establish equivalent membership
service credit for up to a maximum of five [one or two] years of work
experience for which the member is entitled to salary step credit
under Section 21.403(b), Education Code.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2025.