| 1 | 1 | | 89R15526 ANG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Miles S.B. No. 2279 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a wage increase for certain public school employees. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 22.107, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b-1) For the 2025-2026 school year, a school district shall |
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| 14 | 14 | | increase the wages of each full-time employee, other than an |
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| 15 | 15 | | administrator or an employee subject to the minimum salary schedule |
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| 16 | 16 | | under Section 21.402, by $2 an hour over the wages received by that |
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| 17 | 17 | | employee in the 2024-2025 school year. A district employee to which |
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| 18 | 18 | | this subsection applies is entitled to wages in school years |
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| 19 | 19 | | subsequent to the 2025-2026 school year in an amount that is at |
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| 20 | 20 | | least equal to the amount paid by the district to that employee in |
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| 21 | 21 | | the 2025-2026 school year if the employee has remained employed in |
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| 22 | 22 | | the same position. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is |
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| 24 | 24 | | amended by adding Section 48.2521 to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 48.2521. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR COMPENSATION |
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| 26 | 26 | | INCREASES FOR SUPPORT STAFF. (a) A school district, including a |
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| 27 | 27 | | school district that is otherwise ineligible for state aid under |
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| 28 | 28 | | this chapter, is entitled to annual state aid in the amount the |
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| 29 | 29 | | district is required to pay for wage increases under Section |
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| 30 | 30 | | 22.107(b-1). |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) A school district shall use the amount received under |
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| 32 | 32 | | this section for purposes of wage increases under Section |
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| 33 | 33 | | 22.107(b-1). |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is |
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| 35 | 35 | | repealed. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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| 37 | 37 | | school year. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 39 | 39 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 40 | 40 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 42 | 42 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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