Amend the Eissler substitute for the amendment to the Casteel
amendment to CSHB 2 by striking the text and substituting the
following:
Amend the Casteel amendment to CSHB 2 (amendment packet, page
171) by striking the text from page 1, line 2 of the amendment
through page 2, line 23 of the amendment and substituting the
following:
(1) On page 32, between lines 22 and 23 by inserting the
following:
"Sec. 42.3111. ADDITIONAL STATE AID 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 difference, if any, between:
(1) an amount equal to the product of $2400 multiplied
by the number of professional employees employed by the district
and entitled to a minimum salary under Section 21.402; and
(2) an amount equal to 80 percent of the amount of
additional funds to which the district is entitled due to the
increases made by HB 2, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2005."
(2) Strike SECTION 2A.04 substitute the following:
"SECTION 2A.04 Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections (c-1),
(c-2), (c-3), (e) and (f) 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, 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 HB 3343, Acts of the 77th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2001 or by HB 2, Acts of the 79th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2005.
(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2005–2006
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 2005-2006 school year under the district's salary schedule
or other compensation system, 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) $200.
(c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2006–2007
school year, a classroom teacher, a 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
or other compensation system, 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) $400.
(c-3) Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) and this subsection expire
September 1, 2006.
(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.
(e-1) For the 2005-2006 school year, in addition the amounts
specified in (c-1), each school district shall spend an amount
equal to the product of $400 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 on:
(1) additional across the board salary increases for
all employees subject to the minimum salary schedule; or
(2) additional stipends, in amounts determined by the
district, to encourage successful classroom teachers who hold
appropriate certificates issued as provided by Subchapter B and
have at least three years of classroom experience to:
(A) teach or serve as a mentor or master teacher at
a campus that is considered low-performing under Section 39.132;
(B) teach or serve as a mentor or master teacher at
a campus or in a program where at least 70 percent of the students
are educationally disadvantaged;
(C) serve as a mentor or master teacher in a
subject for which they are certified and which is designated by the
Commissioner as a critical shortage area; or
(D) teach or serve in a program that is designed
to provide highly qualified teachers to students that are at risk of
failing or dropping out.
(e-2) Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, in addition
to the amounts specified in (c-2), each school district shall spend
an amount equal to the product of $800 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 on:
(1) additional across the board salary increases for
all employees subject to the minimum salary schedule; or
(2) additional stipends, in amounts determined by the
district, to encourage successful classroom teachers who hold
appropriate certificates issued as provided by Subchapter B and
have at least three years of classroom experience to:
(A) teach or serve as a mentor or master teacher
at a campus that is considered low-performing under Section 39.132;
(B) teach or serve as a mentor or master teacher
at a campus or in a program where at least 70 percent of the students
are educationally disadvantaged;
(C) serve as a mentor or master teacher in a
subject for which they are certified and which is designated by the
Commissioner as a critical shortage area; or
(D) teach or serve in a program that is designed
to provide highly qualified teachers to students that are at risk of
failing or dropping out.
(f) No later than June 1, 2007, the commissioner shall adjust
the factors in Subsection (a) above such that the minimum monthly
salary calculated under Subsection (a) is $400 greater than the
minimum monthly salary that formula would have generated."