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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the minimum salary schedule for public school |
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employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.402, subsection (a), Education Code |
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is amended 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, |
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educational diagnostician, speech pathologist or full-time school |
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nurse not less than the minimum monthly salary, based on the |
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employee's level of experience, determined by the following |
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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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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |