84R7741 JSL-D
 
  By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1303
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by
  public schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and
  (d) to read as follows:
         (c-2)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2015-2016
  school year, a classroom teacher is entitled to a monthly salary
  that is at least equal to the sum of:
               (1)  the monthly salary the teacher would have received
  for the 2015-2016 school year under the district's salary schedule
  for the 2014-2015 school year, if that schedule had been in effect
  for the 2015-2016 school year, including any local supplement and
  any money representing a career ladder supplement the teacher would
  have received in the 2015-2016 school year; and
               (2)  $400.
         (c-3)  Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September
  1, 2016.
         (d)  A classroom teacher employed by a school district in the
  2015-2016 school year is, as long as the teacher is employed by the
  same district, entitled to a salary that is at least equal to the
  salary the teacher received for the 2015-2016 school year.
         (g)  The commissioner may adopt rules to govern the
  application of this section, including rules that:
               (1)  require the payment of a minimum salary under this
  section to a person employed in more than one capacity for which a
  minimum salary is provided and whose combined employment in those
  capacities constitutes full-time employment; and
               (2)  specify the credentials a person must hold to be
  considered a [speech pathologist or] school nurse under this
  section.
         SECTION 2.  Section 42.2513(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (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 equal to the sum of:
               (1)  the product of $500 multiplied by the number of
  full-time district employees, other than administrators or
  employees subject to the minimum salary schedule under Section
  21.402; [and]
               (2)  the product of $4,000 multiplied by the number of
  classroom teachers employed by the district; and
               (3)  the product of $250 multiplied by the number of
  part-time district employees, other than administrators.
         SECTION 3.  Effective September 1, 2017, Section
  21.402(c-1), Education Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 4.  This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
  school year.
         SECTION 5.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.