79S30203 SLO-D

By:  Eltife, Ellis                                                S.B. No. 24 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the salary and benefits of certain 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 Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) 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)  $300.                                                             
	(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.  Section 22.104, Education Code, as added by 
Chapter 899, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, 
is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 22.104.  DISTRIBUTION BY AGENCY.  (a) Subject to the 
availability of funds, each month the agency shall deliver to each 
district, including a district that is ineligible for state aid 
under Chapter 42, each other educational district that is a member 
of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, each participating 
charter school, and each regional education service center state 
funds in an amount, as determined by the agency, equal to the 
product of:
		(1)  the number of eligible full-time employees 
employed by the district, school, or service center multiplied by 
$1,000 or a greater [the] amount specified in the General 
Appropriations Act for purposes of this subchapter and divided by 
12; and
		(2)  the number of eligible part-time employees 
employed by the district, school, or service center multiplied by 
$500 or a greater amount specified in the General Appropriations 
Act for purposes of this subchapter and divided by 12.
	(b)  The agency shall distribute funding to only one entity 
for employees who are employed by more than one entity listed in 
this section.
	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 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 4.  Sections 22.103-22.109, Education Code, as added 
by Chapter 1359, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 
2005, are repealed.
	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.