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78R3518 ESH-D

By:  Eissler                                                      H.B. No. 1107



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the minimum salary schedule for certain professional 
public school employees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 21.402(a) and (c), Education Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (d)[, (e),] or (f), 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, prescribed 
[determined] by Subsection (c) [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 H.B. No. 3343, Acts of the 77th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001].
	(c)  The minimum monthly salary under this section is
[factors per step are] as follows:
Years Experience       0       1       2       
Monthly Salary [Factor]       $2,424 [.5656]       $2,481 [.5790]       $2,539 [.5924]       
Years Experience       3       4       5       
Monthly Salary [Factor]       $2,596 [.6058]       $2,717 [.6340]       $2,838 [.6623]       
Years Experience       6       7       8       
Monthly Salary [Factor]       $2,959 [.6906]       $3,072 [.7168]       $3,178 [.7416]       
Years Experience       9       10       11       
Monthly Salary [Factor]       $3,279 [.7651]       $3,373 [.7872]       $3,464 [.8082]       
Years Experience       12       13       14       
Monthly Salary [Factor]       $3,549 [.8281]       $3,628 [.8467]       $3,705 [.8645]       
Years Experience       15       16       17       
Monthly Salary [Factor]       $3,776 [.8811]       $3,844 [.8970]       $3,908 [.9119]       
Years Experience       18       19       20 and over       
Monthly Salary [Factor]       $3,968 [.9260]       $4,026 [.9394]       $4,080 [.9520]       
	SECTION 2.  Sections 21.402(b) and (e), Education Code, are 
repealed.        
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.