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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by |
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public schools; making an appropriation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), (c-4), and (d) and amending |
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Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2017-2018 |
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school year, a classroom teacher is entitled to a monthly salary |
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that is at least equal to the sum of: |
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(1) the monthly salary the teacher would have received |
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for the 2017-2018 school year under the district's salary schedule |
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for the 2016-2017 school year, if that schedule had been in effect |
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for the 2017-2018 school year, including any local supplement and |
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any money representing a career ladder supplement the teacher would |
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have received in the 2017-2018 school year; and |
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(2) the amount determined by the commissioner under |
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Subsection (c-3), not to exceed $100. |
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(c-3) The commissioner, in collaboration with |
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representatives from school districts and using publicly available |
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data, shall determine a cost-of-living adjustment for classroom |
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teacher salaries based on any change in the average cost of living |
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since the most recent state-funded pay raise for classroom |
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teachers. |
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(c-4) Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and this subsection expire |
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September 1, 2018. |
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(d) A classroom teacher employed by a school district in the |
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2017-2018 school year is, as long as the teacher is employed by the |
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same district, entitled to a salary that is at least equal to the |
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salary the teacher received for the 2017-2018 school year. |
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(g) The commissioner may adopt rules to govern the |
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application of this section, including rules that: |
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(1) require the payment of a minimum salary under this |
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section to a person employed in more than one capacity for which a |
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minimum salary is provided and whose combined employment in those |
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capacities constitutes full-time employment; and |
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(2) specify the credentials a person must hold to be |
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considered a [speech pathologist or] school nurse under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.2513(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A school district, including a school district that is |
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otherwise ineligible for state aid under this chapter, is entitled |
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to state aid in an amount equal to the sum of: |
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(1) the product of $500 multiplied by the number of |
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full-time district employees, other than administrators or |
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employees subject to the minimum salary schedule under Section |
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21.402; [and] |
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(2) the product of the annual raise provided as a |
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result of Section 21.402(c-2), as added by __.B. ____, Acts of the |
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85th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2017, multiplied by the |
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number of classroom teachers employed by the district; and |
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(3) the product of $250 multiplied by the number of |
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part-time district employees, other than administrators. |
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SECTION 3. The amount of $1 billion is appropriated from the |
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economic stabilization fund to the foundation school fund for |
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distribution by the commissioner of education during the state |
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fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2017, to school districts to |
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provide classroom teacher salary increases as provided by Section |
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42.2513, Education Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 5. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this section: |
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(1) this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a |
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vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution; and |
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(2) if this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |
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(b) This Act takes effect only if it receives a vote of |
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two-thirds of the members present in each house of the legislature, |
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as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas Constitution. |