79S30127 ESH-D
By: Hughes H.B. No. 81
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. Section 21.402(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The salary factors per step are as follows:
YearsExperience 0 1 2
Salary Factor .5656 .5790 .5924
Years Experience 3 4 5
Salary Factor .6058 .6340 .6623
Years Experience 6 7 8
Salary Factor .6906 .7168 .7416
Years Experience 9 10 11
Salary Factor .7651 .7872 .8082
Years Experience 12 13 14
Salary Factor .8281 .8467 .8645
Years Experience 15 16 17
Salary Factor .8811 .8970 .9119
Years Experience 18 19 20 [and over]
Salary Factor .9260 .9394 .9520
Years Experience 21 22 23
Salary Factor .9646 .9772 .9898
Years Experience 24 25 26
Salary Factor 1.0024 1.0150 1.0276
Years Experience 27 28 29
Salary Factor 1.0402 1.0528 1.0654
Years Experience 30 and over
Salary Factor 1.0780
SECTION 2. Section 21.403(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
nurse until step 30 [20] is reached.
SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.2516 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.2516. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR EXTENSION OF
PROFESSIONAL STAFF SALARY SCHEDULE. (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, necessary to compensate the school
district for additional salary costs the district incurs because of
the increased number of years covered by the minimum salary
schedule for certain professional staff made by __.B. No. _____,
Acts of the 79th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2006.
(b) A district may use state aid received under this section
only to pay salary costs incurred because of the increased number of
years covered by the minimum salary schedule.
(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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2006.