Floor Packet Page No. 338                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 2 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  On page 60, line 21, strike "(c-1) and (c-2)" and 
substitute "(c-1), (c-2), and (c-3)".
	(2)  On page 62, between lines 21 and 22, insert the 
following:              
	(c-2)  This subsection applies only to a classroom teacher, 
full-time librarian, full-time counselor certified under 
Subchapter B, or full-time school nurse employed by a school 
district that demonstrates to the commissioner's satisfaction that 
the district paid the employee an additional amount during each of 
the 2003–2004 and 2004–2005 school years to compensate for 
reductions made in the health coverage or compensation 
supplementation provided by former Article 3.50-8, Insurance Code, 
by the amendment of that article by Section 57, Chapter 201, Acts of 
the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003. Notwithstanding 
Subsection (a) or (c-1), for the 2005–2006 school year, an employee 
to whom this subsection applies 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 2005-2006 school year under the district's salary schedule 
for the 2004-2005 school year, if that schedule had been in effect 
for the 2005–2006 school year, including any local supplement and 
any money representing a career ladder supplement the employee 
would have received in the 2005-2006 school year; and
		(2)  an amount equal to $100 less the additional amount 
paid by the school district as determined by the commissioner.
	(3)  On page 62, line 22, strike "(c-2) Subsection (c-1)" and 
substitute "(c-3) Subsections (c-1), (c-2),".