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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 certain professional employees of |
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public schools. |
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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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amending Subsections (c) and (g) and adding Subsections (c-2), |
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(c-3), and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) The salary factors per step are as follows: |
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1.1923 |
[.5464] |
1.2058 |
[.5582] |
1.2190 |
[.5698] |
1.2325 |
[.5816] |
1.2607 |
[.6064] |
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1.2890 |
[.6312] |
1.3172 |
[.6560] |
1.3434 |
[.6790] |
1.3683 |
[.7008] |
1.3918 |
[.7214] |
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1.4139 |
[.7408] |
1.4348 |
[.7592] |
1.4549 |
[.7768] |
1.4733 |
[.7930] |
1.4911 |
[.8086] |
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1.5077 |
[.8232] |
1.5237 |
[.8372] |
1.5385 |
[.8502] |
1.5526 |
[.8626] |
1.5661 |
[.8744] |
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(c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2019-2020 |
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school year, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time |
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school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school |
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nurse is entitled to a monthly salary that is at least equal to the |
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sum of: |
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(1) the monthly salary the employee would have |
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received for the 2019-2020 school year under the district's salary |
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schedule for the 2018-2019 school year, if that schedule had been in |
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effect for the 2019-2020 school year, including any local |
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supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement |
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the employee would have received in the 2019-2020 school year; and |
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(2) $2,500. |
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(c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September |
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1, 2020. |
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(d) A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time |
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school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school |
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nurse employed by a school district in the 2019-2020 school year is, |
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as long as the employee is employed by the same district, entitled |
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to a salary that is at least equal to the salary the employee |
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received for the 2019-2020 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 $25,000 multiplied by the number of |
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classroom teachers, full-time librarians, full-time school |
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counselors certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time |
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school nurses 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. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |