81R842 KKA-D
 
  By: Phillips H.B. No. 106
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a minimum salary schedule for certain professional
  public school employees with more than 20 years of experience.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Effective September 1, 2009, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factor for purposes of this section for an employee with
  21 or more years of experience is 1.0217.
         SECTION 2.  Effective September 1, 2010, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344
         SECTION 3.  Effective September 1, 2011, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 23 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344 1.0471
         SECTION 4.  Effective September 1, 2012, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 23
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344 1.0471
 
Years Experience 24 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.0598
         SECTION 5.  Effective September 1, 2013, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 23
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344 1.0471
 
Years Experience 24 25 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.0598 1.0725
         SECTION 6.  Effective September 1, 2014, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 23
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344 1.0471
 
Years Experience 24 25 26 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.0598 1.0725 1.0852
         SECTION 7.  Effective September 1, 2015, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 23
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344 1.0471
 
Years Experience 24 25 26
 
Salary Factor 1.0598 1.0725 1.0852
 
Years Experience 27 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.0979
         SECTION 8.  Effective September 1, 2016, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 23
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344 1.0471
 
Years Experience 24 25 26
 
Salary Factor 1.0598 1.0725 1.0852
 
Years Experience 27 28 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.0979 1.1106
         SECTION 9.  Effective September 1, 2017, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 23
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344 1.0471
 
Years Experience 24 25 26
 
Salary Factor 1.0598 1.0725 1.0852
 
Years Experience 27 28 29 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.0979 1.1106 1.1233
         SECTION 10.  Effective September 1, 2018, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 23
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344 1.0471
 
Years Experience 24 25 26
 
Salary Factor 1.0598 1.0725 1.0852
 
Years Experience 27 28 29
 
Salary Factor 1.0979 1.1106 1.1233
 
Years Experience 30 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.1360
         SECTION 11.  Effective September 1, 2019, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 23
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344 1.0471
 
Years Experience 24 25 26
 
Salary Factor 1.0598 1.0725 1.0852
 
Years Experience 27 28 29
 
Salary Factor 1.0979 1.1106 1.1233
 
Years Experience 30 31 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.1360 1.1487
         SECTION 12.  Effective September 1, 2020, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 23
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344 1.0471
 
Years Experience 24 25 26
 
Salary Factor 1.0598 1.0725 1.0852
 
Years Experience 27 28 29
 
Salary Factor 1.0979 1.1106 1.1233
 
Years Experience 30 31 32 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.1360 1.1487 1.1614
         SECTION 13.  Effective September 1, 2021, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 23
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344 1.0471
 
Years Experience 24 25 26
 
Salary Factor 1.0598 1.0725 1.0852
 
Years Experience 27 28 29
 
Salary Factor 1.0979 1.1106 1.1233
 
Years Experience 30 31 32
 
Salary Factor 1.1360 1.1487 1.1614
 
Years Experience 33 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.1741
         SECTION 14.  Effective September 1, 2022, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 23
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344 1.0471
 
Years Experience 24 25 26
 
Salary Factor 1.0598 1.0725 1.0852
 
Years Experience 27 28 29
 
Salary Factor 1.0979 1.1106 1.1233
 
Years Experience 30 31 32
 
Salary Factor 1.1360 1.1487 1.1614
 
Years Experience 33 34 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.1741 1.1868
         SECTION 15.  Effective September 1, 2023, Section 21.402,
  Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
  the salary factors per step for purposes of this section for an
  employee with 21 or more years of experience are as follows:
 
Years Experience 21 22 23
 
Salary Factor 1.0217 1.0344 1.0471
 
Years Experience 24 25 26
 
Salary Factor 1.0598 1.0725 1.0852
 
Years Experience 27 28 29
 
Salary Factor 1.0979 1.1106 1.1233
 
Years Experience 30 31 32
 
Salary Factor 1.1360 1.1487 1.1614
 
Years Experience 33 34 35 and over
 
Salary Factor 1.1741 1.1868 1.1995
         SECTION 16.  Effective September 1, 2009, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 21 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 17.  Effective September 1, 2010, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 22 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 18.  Effective September 1, 2011, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 23 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 19.  Effective September 1, 2012, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 24 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 20.  Effective September 1, 2013, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 25 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 21.  Effective September 1, 2014, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 26 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 22.  Effective September 1, 2015, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 27 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 23.  Effective September 1, 2016, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 28 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 24.  Effective September 1, 2017, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 29 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 25.  Effective September 1, 2018, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 30 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 26.  Effective September 1, 2019, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 31 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 27.  Effective September 1, 2020, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 32 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 28.  Effective September 1, 2021, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 33 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 29.  Effective September 1, 2022, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 34 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 30.  Effective September 1, 2023, Section 21.403(a),
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance
  one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for
  each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, counselor, or
  nurse until step 35 [20] is reached.
         SECTION 31.  Section 42.2516, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
         (e-1)  The amount of revenue to which a school district is
  entitled under Section 42.2518 is in addition to the amount of
  revenue to which the district is entitled under Subsection (b).
         SECTION 32.  Subchapter E, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 42.2518 to read as follows:
         Sec. 42.2518.  ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR EXTENSION OF
  PROFESSIONAL STAFF SALARY SCHEDULE.  (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, necessary to compensate the school
  district for additional salary costs the district incurs because of
  the increased number of years covered by the minimum salary
  schedule for certain professional staff made by _.B. No. ___, Acts
  of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009.
         (b)  A district may use state aid received under this section
  only to pay salary costs incurred because of the increased number of
  years covered by the minimum salary schedule.
         (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 33.  A change in law made by this Act does not affect
  a contract between a school district and a person entitled to a
  minimum salary under Section 21.402, Education Code, if the
  contract:
               (1)  was entered into before the effective date of the
  change in law made by this Act; and
               (2)  provides for a salary greater than the minimum
  salary to which the person would be entitled under Section 21.402,
  Education Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 34.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.