86R9435 TSR/SOS-D
	By: Ashby	H.B. No. 3066

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of
	Texas who resume certain employment with a school district.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) and (c-1) and adding Subsection (f-1) to
	read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), [or] (f), or
	(f-1), a school district must pay each classroom teacher, full-time
	librarian, full-time school counselor certified under Subchapter
	B, or full-time school nurse not less than the minimum monthly
	salary, based on the employee's level of experience in addition to
	other factors, as determined by commissioner rule, determined by
	the following formula:
	MS = SF x FS
	where:
	"MS" is the minimum monthly salary;
	"SF" is the applicable salary factor specified by Subsection
	(c); and
	"FS" is the amount, as determined by the commissioner under
	Subsection (b), of the basic allotment as provided by Section
	42.101(a) or (b) for a school district with a maintenance and
	operations tax rate at least equal to the state maximum compressed
	tax rate, as defined by Section 42.101(a).
	(c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) and except as
	provided by Subsection (f-1), each school district shall pay a
	monthly salary to each classroom teacher, full-time speech
	pathologist, full-time librarian, full-time school counselor
	certified under Subchapter B, and full-time school nurse that is at
	least equal to the following monthly salary or the monthly salary
	determined by the commissioner under Subsections (a) and (b),
	whichever is greater:
	Years of Monthly
	Experience Salary
	0 2,732
	1 2,791
	2 2,849
	3 2,908
	4 3,032
	5 3,156
	6 3,280
	7 3,395
	8 3,504
	9 3,607
	10 3,704
	11 3,796
	12 3,884
	13 3,965
	14 4,043
	15 4,116
	16 4,186
	17 4,251
	18 4,313
	19 4,372
	20 & Over 4,427
	(f-1)  This section does not apply to a person who is a
	retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas described by
	Section 825.4092(e)(2), Government Code.
	SECTION 2.  Section 825.4092, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
	follows:
	(e)  The amounts required to be paid under Subsections (b)
	and (c) are not required to be paid by a reporting employer for a
	retiree who retired from the retirement system:
	(1)   before September 1, 2005; or
	(2)  on or after September 1, 2005, if the retiree is:
	(A)  a teacher certified under Subchapter B,
	Chapter 21, Education Code, and teaching on as much as a full-time
	basis in an acute shortage area, as determined under rules adopted
	by the commissioner of education; or
	(B)  a bus driver certified in accordance with
	standards and qualifications adopted by the Department of Public
	Safety of the State of Texas and employed on as much as a full-time
	basis by a school district.
	(f)  For purposes of Subsection (e)(2)(A), an "acute
	shortage area" may include:
	(1)  a school district in a region of this state in
	which there is a shortage of teachers; or
	(2)  a subject area in which there is a shortage of
	teachers certified to teach the subject area in the school
	districts of this state or in school districts in a region of this
	state.
	SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to a
	retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas regardless of
	whether the person retired from employment before, on, or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply
	beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.