80R1709 KKA-D
	By: Lucio	S.B. No. 71

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to creation of an inflation adjustment to salaries for
	classroom teachers and certain other professional staff employed by
	school districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a), (c), and (d) and adding Subsections
	(c-3), (c-4), (c-5), and (i) 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 in addition to other
	factors, as determined by commissioner rule, prescribed by
	Subsection (c) and adjusted in accordance with Subsection (c-3)
	[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,
	including funds provided under Section 42.2516(b)(1)(B), but not
	funds provided under Section 42.2516(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(C), (b)(2),
	or (b)(3), available to a district eligible to receive state
	assistance under Section 42.302 with a maintenance and operations
	tax rate per $100 of taxable value equal to the product of the state
	compression percentage, as determined under Section 42.2516,
	multiplied by $1.50, 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 Chapter 1187, Acts of
	the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001].
	(c)  The minimum monthly salary under this section is
	[factors per step are] as follows:
	Years Experience 0 1 2
	Monthly Salary $2,732 [.6226] $2,791 [.6360] $2,849 [.6492]
	[Factor]
	Years Experience 3 4 5
	Monthly Salary $2,908 [.6627] $3,032 [.6909] $3,156 [.7192]
	[Factor]
	Years Experience 6 7 8
	Monthly Salary $3,280 [.7474] $3,395 [.7737] $3,504 [.7985]
	[Factor]
	Years Experience 9 10 11
	Monthly Salary $3,607 [.8220] $3,704 [.8441] $3,796 [.8650]
	[Factor]
	Years Experience 12 13 14
	Monthly Salary $3,884 [.8851] $3,965 [.9035] $4,043 [.9213]
	[Factor]
	Years Experience 15 16 17
	Monthly Salary $4,116 [.9380] $4,186 [.9539] $4,251 [.9687]
	[Factor]
	Years Experience 18 19 20 and over
	Monthly Salary $4,313 [.9828] $4,372 [.9963] $4,427 [1.009]
	[Factor]
	(c-3)  The amounts prescribed by Subsection (c) are adjusted
	annually in accordance with this subsection as necessary to reflect
	inflation. The commissioner shall determine the amount of the
	adjustment for each school year based on the difference, if any,
	between the Texas Consumer Price index most recently published by
	the comptroller as of May 1 of the calendar year in which the school
	year begins and the Texas Consumer Price index most recently
	published as of May 1, 2006.
	(c-4)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c-3), for the
	2007-2008 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 2007-2008 school year under the district's salary
	schedule for the 2006-2007 school year, if that schedule had been in
	effect for the 2007-2008 school year, including any local
	supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement
	the employee would have received in the 2007-2008 school year; and
	(2)  the amount necessary to reflect inflation, as
	determined by the commissioner in the manner provided by Subsection
	(c-3).
	(c-5)  Subsection (c-4) and this subsection expire September
	1, 2008.
	(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 2007-2008 [2006-2007] 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 greater of:
	(1)  the salary to which the employee is entitled under
	Subsection (c), as adjusted in accordance with Subsection (c-3); or
	(2)  the salary that is equal to the sum of:
	(A)  the salary the employee received for the
	preceding [2006-2007] school year; and
	(B)  the amount necessary to reflect inflation, as
	determined by the commissioner in accordance with Subsection (c-3).
	(i)  The commissioner's determination under this section of
	an amount necessary to reflect inflation is final and may not be
	appealed.
	SECTION 2.  Section 42.2512, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  In addition to the amount specified by Subsection (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 equal to the total amount of additional salary the
	district is required to pay under Section 21.402 solely to reflect
	inflation. If necessary to provide sufficient funds for purposes
	of this subsection, the Legislative Budget Board shall propose that
	the appropriate amount of money be transferred to the agency in
	accordance with procedures specified by Chapter 317, Government
	Code.
	SECTION 3.  Sections 21.402(b) and (e), Education Code, are
	repealed.
	SECTION 4.  This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008
	school year.
	SECTION 5.  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 September 1, 2007.