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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to professional staff salaries paid by certain school |
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districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 21.4021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.4021. SALARIES IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. (a) A school |
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district that pays each classroom teacher, full-time librarian, |
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full-time counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time |
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nurse a greater amount than the minimum monthly salary to which the |
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employee is entitled under Section 21.402 is not required by this |
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code to provide annual pay increases based on the employee's level |
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of experience. |
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(b) A school district described by this section may, in |
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addition to any other salary arrangement permissible under law, |
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establish a local minimum hiring schedule that prescribes the |
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minimum salary, based on the employee's level of experience, that |
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the district will pay a new employee, without prescribing a minimum |
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salary applicable to subsequent years of that employee's |
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employment with the district. |
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(c) If the minimum salaries prescribed by Section 21.402 are |
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increased and the state provides additional funding for the amount |
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of that increase, a school district described by this section is not |
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required to pay an employee more than the sum of the additional |
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funding per employee provided by the state and the employee's |
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salary for the school year immediately preceding the school year |
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for which the additional state funding is provided. |
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(d) To the extent of any conflict between this section and |
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Section 21.402, Section 21.402 prevails. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |