Floor Packet Page No. 84
      Amend CSSB 4 as follows:
      Strike Section 21.402 as amended from line 17, page 21
through line 14, page 23 and substitute the following:
      Sec. 21.402. MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE FOR CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL
STAFF <CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND FULL TIME LIBRARIANS>.
      (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), <or (e)>, a
school district must pay each classroom teacher, <or> full-time
librarian, full-time counselor, or full-time school nurse not less
than the minimum annual <monthly> salary, based on the employee's
level of experience, specified in subsection (b) <determined by the
following formula:>
      <MS-SF X FS (FSP/ADA)>
      <where:>
      <"MS" is the minimum monthly salary;>
      <"SF" is the applicable salary factor specified by Subsection
(e);>
      <"FSP" is the amount appropriated in the General
Appropriations Act for the fiscal year for the Foundation School
Program, as determined by the commissioner as provided by
Subsection (b); and>
      <"ADA" is the total estimated average daily attendance, as
defined by Section 42.005, used for purposes of the General
Appropriations Act for the fiscal year>.
      <(a 1)Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 1997, 1998, and
1998-1999 school years, "FSP" for purposes of subsection (a):>
            <(1) includes amounts appropriated in HB 4, Acts of the
75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997; and>
            <(2) does not include the following amounts
appropriated in HB 1, Act of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session,
1997:>
                  <(A) amounts appropriated under Rider 73
following appropriations to the Texas Education Agency in Article
III of that Act; or>
                  <(B) amounts appropriated under Section 198 of
Article IX of that Act.>
            <(a 2) Subsection (a 1) and this subsection expire
September 1, 1999>.
      (b) <Not later than June 1 of each year, the commissioner
shall determine the amount appropriated for purposes of Chapter 42
for the state fiscal year beginning September 1.  The commissioner
shall exclude from the determination:>
            <(1) amounts designated solely for use in connection
with school facilities or for payment of principal of and interest
on bonds; and>
            <(2) local funds received under Subchapter D, Chapter
41>.
      <(c)> The minimum annual salaries <salary factors> per step
are as follows:
      Years Experience  0  1  2  3  4
      Salary <Factor>  24,249  24,810  25,390  25,960  27,170.
                  <.8470>  <.8699>  <.8928>  <.9156>  <.9639>
      Years Experience  5 6 7 8  9
      Salary <Factor>  28,380  29,590  30,720  31,780  32,790.
                  <1.0122>  <1.0605>  <1.1054>  <1.1477>  <1.1879>
      Years Experience  10  11  12  13  14
      Salary <Factor>  33,730  34,640  35,490  36,280  37,050.
                  <1.2256>  <1.2616>  <1.2955>  <1.3273>  <1.3578>
      Years Experience  15  16  17  18  19
      Salary <Factor>  37,760  38,440  39,080  39,680  40,260.
                  <1.3862>  <1.4133>  <1.4387>  <1.4628>  <1.4857>
      Years Experience 20 and over
      Salary <Factor>    40,800
                  <1.5073>