87R9592 MEW-D
	By: Talarico	H.B. No. 3580

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the salary paid to certain public school teachers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (c-1) and adding Subsections (c-2) and (c-3) to
	read as follows:
	(c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), 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
	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
	(c-2)  Subject to adjustment under Subsection (c-3), a
	school district must pay each classroom teacher not less than the
	following monthly salary, based on the teacher's level of
	experience in addition to other factors, as determined by
	commissioner rule:
	Years of Monthly
	Experience Salary
	0 7,000
	1 7,050
	2 7,100
	3 7,150
	4 7,200
	5 7,250
	6 7,300
	7 7,350
	8 7,400
	9 7,450
	10 7,500
	11 7,550
	12 7,600
	13 7,650
	14 7,700
	15 7,750
	16 7,800
	17 7,850
	18 7,900
	19 7,950
	20 & Over 8,000
	(c-3)  Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the minimum
	monthly salary that a school district must pay each classroom
	teacher under Subsection (c-2) is adjusted annually to increase the
	minimum monthly salary by the amount that results from applying the
	inflation rate, as determined by the comptroller on the basis of
	changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
	published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States
	Department of Labor, to the minimum monthly salary required under
	Subsection (c-2) for the preceding school year.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
	school year.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2021.