80R4920 ESH-F
	By: Gallegos	S.B. No. 428

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of
	public schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsection (c-3) to
	read as follows:
	(c)  The salary factors per step are as follows:
	Years Experience 0 1 2 3 4
	Salary Factor .6682 [.6226] .6816 [.6360] .6948 [.6492] .7083 [.6627] .7366 [.6909]
	Years Experience 5 6 7 8 9
	Salary Factor .7648 [.7192] .8159 [.7474] .8421 [.7737] .8669 [.7985] .8904 [.8220]
	Years Experience 10 11 12 13 14
	Salary Factor .9125 [.8441] .9562 [.8650] .9763 [.8851] .9948 [.9035] 1.0125 [.9213]
	Years Experience 15 16 17 18 19
	Salary Factor 1.0292 [.9380] 1.0679 [.9539] 1.0827 [.9687] 1.0969 [.9828] 1.1103 [.9963]
	Years Experience     20  and  over
	Salary Factor 1.1228 [1.009]
	(c-3)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), 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 current school year under the district's salary
	schedule for the 2006-2007 school year, if that schedule had been in
	effect for the current school year, including any local supplement
	and any money representing a career ladder supplement the employee
	would have received in the current school year; and
	(2)  the following applicable amount, depending on the
	employee's years of experience:
	(A)  $200, if the employee has less than six years
	of experience;
	(B)  $300, if the employee has at least six but
	less than 11 years of experience;
	(C)  $400, if the employee has at least 11 but less
	than 16 years of experience; or
	(D)  $500, if the employee has at least 16 years of
	experience.
	(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 salary the
	employee received for the 2007-2008 [2006-2007] school year.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 42.2518 to read as follows:
	Sec. 42.2518.  ADDITIONAL STATE AID OR CREDIT AGAINST COST
	OF ATTENDANCE CREDITS 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
	sum of the following amounts, as determined 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:
	(1)  $2,000 multiplied by the number of eligible
	employees with less than six years of experience;
	(2)  $3,000 multiplied by the number of eligible
	employees with at least six but less than 11 years of experience;
	(3)  $4,000 multiplied by the number of eligible
	employees with at least 11 but less than 16 years of experience; and
	(4)  $5,000 multiplied by the number of eligible
	employees with at least 16 years of experience.
	(b)  A school district that is required to take action under
	Chapter 41 to reduce its wealth per student to the equalized wealth
	level is entitled to a credit, in the amount of state aid to which
	the district is entitled under this section, against the total
	amount required under Section 41.093 for the district to purchase
	attendance credits.
	(c)  A determination by the commissioner under this section
	is final and may not be appealed.
	(d)  The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this
	section.
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008
	school year.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.