By Staples S.B. No. 655
77R5851 KKA-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to minimum salaries for public school classroom teachers,
1-3 librarians, counselors, and nurses.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
1-6 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (i) to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), (e), [or] (f), or
1-9 (i), a school district must pay each classroom teacher, full-time
1-10 librarian, full-time counselor certified under Subchapter B, or
1-11 full-time school nurse not less than the minimum monthly salary,
1-12 based on the employee's level of experience, determined by the
1-13 following formula:
1-14 MS = SF X FS
1-15 where:
1-16 "MS" is the minimum monthly salary;
1-17 "SF" is the applicable salary factor specified by Subsection
1-18 (c); and
1-19 "FS" is the amount, as determined by the commissioner under
1-20 Subsection (b), of state and local funds per weighted student
1-21 available to a district eligible to receive state assistance under
1-22 Section 42.302 with an enrichment tax rate, as defined by Section
1-23 42.302, equal to the maximum rate authorized under Section 42.303.
1-24 (i) A school district must pay each classroom teacher,
2-1 full-time librarian, full-time counselor certified under Subchapter
2-2 B, or full-time school nurse with at least 25 years of experience a
2-3 monthly salary that is not less than $500 greater than the minimum
2-4 monthly salary required to be paid under Subsection (a) to a
2-5 person with 20 or more years of experience.
2-6 SECTION 2. Sections 21.403(a) and (c), Education Code, are
2-7 amended to read as follows:
2-8 (a) A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
2-9 one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
2-10 each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
2-11 nurse until step 20 is reached. After reaching step 20, additional
2-12 years of experience are rewarded in accordance with Section
2-13 21.402(i).
2-14 (c) The commissioner shall adopt rules for determining the
2-15 experience for which a teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse is
2-16 to be given credit in placing the teacher, librarian, counselor, or
2-17 nurse on the minimum salary schedule and for determining the
2-18 entitlement of the person to compensation under Section 21.402(i).
2-19 A district shall credit the teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse
2-20 for each year of experience without regard to whether the years are
2-21 consecutive.
2-22 SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
2-23 school year.
2-24 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-25 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-26 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-27 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-1 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.