81R289 CAE-D
 
  By: Raymond H.B. No. 546
 
 
 
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-1) to
  read as follows:
         (c)  The salary factors per step are as follows:
 
 
0 1 2 3 4
 
 
.6682 [.6226] .6816 [.6360] .6948 [.6492] .7083 [.6627] .7366 [.6909]
 
 
5 6 7 8 9
 
 
.7648 [.7192] .8159 [.7474] .8421 [.7737] .8669 [.7985] .8904 [.8220]
 
 
10 11 12 13 14
 
 
.9125 [.8441] .9562 [.8650] .9763 [.8851] .9948 [.9035] 1.0125 [.9213]
 
 
15 16 17 18 19
 
 
1.0292 [.9380] 1.0679 [.9539] 1.0827 [.9687] 1.0969 [.9828] 1.1103 [.9963]
 
 
 
 
 
1.1228 [1.009]
         (c-1)  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 2008-2009 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 2009-2010 [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 2009-2010 [2006-2007] school year.
         SECTION 2.  Section 42.2516, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
         (e-1)  The amount of state aid or credit 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 3.  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 4.  This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
  school year.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.