82R8758 CAE-D
 
  By: Allen H.B. No. 3787
 
 
 
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 Subsections (c-4) and
  (c-5) 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] .7931 [.7474] .8193 [.7737] .8441 [.7985] .8676 [.8220]
 
 
10 11 12 13 14
 
 
.8897 [.8441] .9107 [.8650] .9307 [.8851] .9492 [.9035] .9670 [.9213]
 
 
15 16 17 18 19
 
 
.9836 [.9380] .9995 [.9539] 1.0144 [.9687] 1.0285 [.9828] 1.0419 [.9963]
 
 
 
 
 
1.0545 [1.009]
         (c-4)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2011-2012
  school year, 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 2011-2012 school year under the district's salary
  schedule for the 2010-2011 school year, if that schedule had been in
  effect for the 2011-2012 school year, including any local
  supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement
  the employee would have received in the 2011-2012 school year; and
               (2)  $200.
         (c-5)  Subsection (c-4) and this subsection expire September
  1, 2012.
         (d)  A classroom teacher, full-time speech pathologist,
  full-time librarian, full-time counselor certified under
  Subchapter B, or full-time school nurse employed by a school
  district in the 2011-2012 [2010-2011] 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
  2011-2012 [2010-2011] 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
  product of $2,000 multiplied 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.
         (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 2011-2012
  school year.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.