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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to creation of an inflation adjustment to salaries for |
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classroom teachers and certain other professional staff employed by |
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school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (c), and (d) and adding Subsections |
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(c-3), (c-4), (c-5), and (i) to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d)[, (e),] or (f), a |
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school district must pay each classroom teacher, full-time |
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librarian, full-time counselor certified under Subchapter B, or |
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full-time school nurse not less than the minimum monthly salary, |
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based on the employee's level of experience in addition to other |
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factors, as determined by commissioner rule, prescribed by |
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Subsection (c) and adjusted in accordance with Subsection (c-3) |
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[determined by the following formula:
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[MS = SF x FS
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[where:
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["MS" is the minimum monthly salary;
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["SF" is the applicable salary factor specified by Subsection
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(c); and
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["FS" is the amount, as determined by the commissioner under
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Subsection (b), of state and local funds per weighted student,
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including funds provided under Section 42.2516(b)(1)(B), but not
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funds provided under Section 42.2516(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(C), (b)(2),
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or (b)(3), available to a district eligible to receive state
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assistance under Section 42.302 with a maintenance and operations
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tax rate per $100 of taxable value equal to the product of the state
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compression percentage, as determined under Section 42.2516,
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multiplied by $1.50, except that the amount of state and local funds
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per weighted student does not include the amount attributable to
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the increase in the guaranteed level made by Chapter 1187, Acts of
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the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001]. |
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(c) The minimum monthly salary under this section is |
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[factors per step are] as follows: |
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Monthly Salary |
$2,732 [.6226] |
$2,791 [.6360] |
$2,849 [.6492] |
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Monthly Salary |
$2,908 [.6627] |
$3,032 [.6909] |
$3,156 [.7192] |
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Monthly Salary |
$3,280 [.7474] |
$3,395 [.7737] |
$3,504 [.7985] |
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Monthly Salary |
$3,607 [.8220] |
$3,704 [.8441] |
$3,796 [.8650] |
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Years Experience |
12 |
13 |
14 |
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Monthly Salary |
$3,884 [.8851] |
$3,965 [.9035] |
$4,043 [.9213] |
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Years Experience |
15 |
16 |
17 |
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Monthly Salary |
$4,116 [.9380] |
$4,186 [.9539] |
$4,251 [.9687] |
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Years Experience |
18 |
19 |
20 and over |
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Monthly Salary |
$4,313 [.9828] |
$4,372 [.9963] |
$4,427 [1.009] |
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(c-3) The amounts prescribed by Subsection (c) are adjusted |
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annually in accordance with this subsection as necessary to reflect |
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inflation. The commissioner shall determine the amount of the |
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adjustment for each school year based on the difference, if any, |
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between the Texas Consumer Price index most recently published by |
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the comptroller as of May 1 of the calendar year in which the school |
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year begins and the Texas Consumer Price index most recently |
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published as of May 1, 2006. |
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(c-4) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c-3), for the |
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2007-2008 school year, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, |
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full-time counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time |
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school nurse is entitled to a monthly salary that is at least equal |
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to the sum of: |
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(1) the monthly salary the employee would have |
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received for the 2007-2008 school year under the district's salary |
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schedule for the 2006-2007 school year, if that schedule had been in |
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effect for the 2007-2008 school year, including any local |
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supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement |
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the employee would have received in the 2007-2008 school year; and |
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(2) the amount necessary to reflect inflation, as |
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determined by the commissioner in the manner provided by Subsection |
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(c-3). |
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(c-5) Subsection (c-4) and this subsection expire September |
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1, 2008. |
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(d) A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time |
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counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school nurse |
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employed by a school district in the 2007-2008 [2006-2007] school |
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year is, as long as the employee is employed by the same district, |
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entitled to a salary that is at least equal to the greater of: |
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(1) the salary to which the employee is entitled under |
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Subsection (c), as adjusted in accordance with Subsection (c-3); or |
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(2) the salary that is equal to the sum of: |
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(A) the salary the employee received for the |
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preceding [2006-2007] school year; and |
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(B) the amount necessary to reflect inflation, as |
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determined by the commissioner in accordance with Subsection (c-3). |
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(i) The commissioner's determination under this section of |
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an amount necessary to reflect inflation is final and may not be |
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appealed. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.2512, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) In addition to the amount specified by Subsection (a), |
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a school district, including a school district that is otherwise |
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ineligible for state aid under this chapter, is entitled to state |
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aid in an amount equal to the total amount of additional salary the |
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district is required to pay under Section 21.402 solely to reflect |
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inflation. If necessary to provide sufficient funds for purposes |
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of this subsection, the Legislative Budget Board shall propose that |
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the appropriate amount of money be transferred to the agency in |
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accordance with procedures specified by Chapter 317, Government |
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Code. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 21.402(b) and (e), Education Code, are |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |