79S10054 SLO-D
By: Casteel H.B. No. 16
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of
public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a), (c), and (d) and adding Subsections (c-1)
and (c-2) 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 by
Subsection (c) [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 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
2000-2001] school
year is, as long as the employee is employed by the same district,
entitled to a salary that is at least equal to the salary the
employee received for the 2005-2006 [2000-2001] school year.
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.2513 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.2513. ADDITIONAL STATE AID OR CREDIT AGAINST COST
OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF SALARIES. (a) A
school district, including a school district that is otherwise
ineligible for state aid under this chapter, is entitled to state
aid in an amount, as determined by the commissioner, equal to the
product of $3,000 multiplied by the number of classroom teachers,
full-time librarians, full-time counselors certified under
Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time school nurses employed by
the district and entitled to a minimum salary under Section 21.402.
(b) A school district that is required to take action under
Chapter 41 to reduce its wealth per student to the equalized wealth
level is entitled to a credit, in the amount of state aid to which
the district is entitled under this section, against the total
amount required under Section 41.093 for the district to purchase
attendance credits.
(c) A determination by the commissioner under this section
is final and may not be appealed.
(d) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this
section.
SECTION 3. Sections 21.402(b) and (e), Education Code, are
repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006
school year.
SECTION 5. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.