78R2845 SLO-D

By:  Grusendorf                                                   H.B. No. 762



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the applicability to certain school districts of the 
minimum salary schedule for classroom teachers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (i) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), (e), [or] (f), or 
(i), a school district must pay each classroom teacher, full-time 
librarian, full-time counselor certified under Subchapter B, or 
full-time school nurse not less than the minimum monthly salary, 
based on the employee's level of experience, determined by the 
following formula:

MS = SF X FS

where:                                                                        
	"MS" is the minimum monthly salary;                                            
	"SF" is the applicable salary factor specified by Subsection 
(c);  and       
	"FS" is the amount, as determined by the commissioner under 
Subsection (b), of state and local funds per weighted student 
available to a district eligible to receive state assistance under 
Section 42.302 with an enrichment tax rate, as defined by Section 
42.302, equal to the maximum rate authorized under Section 42.303, 
except that the amount of state and local funds per weighted student 
does not include the amount attributable to the increase in the 
guaranteed level made by Chapter 1187 [H.B. No. 3343], Acts of the 
77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001.
	(i)  A school district in which the average salary for 
classroom teachers for a school year is greater than the national 
average salary for classroom teachers for that school year, as 
determined by the comptroller, is exempt from paying the minimum 
monthly salary determined under Subsection (a) for the following 
school year.
	SECTION 2.  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, 2003.