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2003S0628-1 03/13/03


By:  Barrientos                                                   S.B. No. 1441


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to salaries for certain public school employees.                     
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) 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 certified under Subchapter B, or full-time 
school 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).
	(c-2)  Subsection (c-1) and this subsection expire September 
1, 2005. 
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2003-2004 
school year.       
	SECTION 3.  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.