Amend CSHB 400 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 24, line 18, strike Subsection (a)(4) and renumber the remaining subdivisions of Subsection (a) accordingly.
(2) Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION into the bill and renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 21.4031, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(a) In this section, "service[:
[(1)
"Salary schedule" means the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 or a comparable salary schedule used by a school district that specifies salary amounts based on an employee's level of experience.
[(2)
"Service] record" means a school district document that indicates the total years of service provided to the district by a classroom teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse.
(c) If a school district fails to provide an individual's service record as required by Subsection (b), the agency shall, to the extent that information is available to the agency, provide the employing school district with the information [sufficient to enable the district to determine proper placement of the individual on the district's salary schedule].
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules for determining the experience as a classroom teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse for a school district for which an individual is to be given credit for years of service for purposes of a service record. Each district shall maintain service records in accordance with commissioner rules adopted under this subsection. A district is not required to use commissioner rules adopted under this subsection in creating a local compensation plan under Section 21.4032.