79S30726 SLO-F
By: Giddings H.B. No. 79
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the compensation 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
adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) and amending Subsection (d) to
read as follows:
(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2006-2007
school year, 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 sum of:
(1) the monthly salary the employee would have
received for the 2006-2007 school year under the district's salary
schedule for the 2005-2006 school year, if that schedule had been in
effect for the 2006-2007 school year, including any local
supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement
the employee would have received in the 2006-2007 school year; and
(2) $200.
(c-2) Subsection (c-1) and this subsection expire September
1, 2007.
(d) A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time
counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school nurse
employed by a school district in the 2006-2007 [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 2006-2007 [2000-2001] school year.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 22.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 22.008. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL
DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. (a) In addition to other compensation to which
an employee is entitled, a school district employee to whom this
section applies is entitled to an annual stipend in the amount of
$500.
(b) This section applies only to a school district employee
who is not:
(1) entitled to a minimum salary under Section 21.402;
or
(2) employed as a school district or campus
administrator.
SECTION 3. Section 42.152, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) In addition to the allotment provided under
Subsection (a), a school district is entitled to an additional
annual allotment equal to the adjusted basic allotment multiplied
by 0.5 for each district student who is enrolled at a campus at
which 85 percent or more of the students are educationally
disadvantaged. A school district must:
(1) spend the additional allotment only at a campus at
which 85 percent or more of the students are educationally
disadvantaged; and
(2) use at least 75 percent of the additional
allotment to provide additional compensation to a classroom teacher
who:
(A) is assigned to a campus at which 85 percent or
more of the students are educationally disadvantaged;
(B) has at least three years of classroom
teaching experience; and
(C) teaches a subject that the teacher is
certified to teach.
SECTION 4. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.2516 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.2516. 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
sum of:
(1) the product of $2,000 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; and
(2) the product of $500 multiplied by the number of
employees employed by the district and entitled to a stipend under
Section 22.008.
(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 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2006-2007
school year.
SECTION 6. 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.