By:  Raymond                                                      H.B. No. 3495



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to salaries for certain school employees.                            
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by 
adding (c-1) to read as follows:
	(c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2003-2004 and 
2004-2005 school years, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, 
full-time counselor or full-time nurse is entitled to a monthly 
salary that is at least equal to the greater of:
		(1)  the sum of:                                                       
			(A)  The monthly salary the employee would have 
received for the 2003-2004 or 2004-2005 school year, as applicable, 
under the district's salary schedule for the 2002-2003 school year, 
if that schedule had been in effect for the 2003-2004 or 2004-2005 
school year, including any local supplement and any money 
representing a career ladder supplement the employee would have 
received in the 2003-2004 or 2004-2005 school year; and
			(B)  $500; or                                                         
		(2)  the salary to which the employee is entitled under 
Subsection (a).
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2003-2004 
school year.