87R9592 MEW-D
 
  By: Talarico H.B. No. 3580
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the salary paid to certain public school teachers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (c-1) and adding Subsections (c-2) and (c-3) to
  read as follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), 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
         (c-2)  Subject to adjustment under Subsection (c-3), a
  school district must pay each classroom teacher not less than the
  following monthly salary, based on the teacher's level of
  experience in addition to other factors, as determined by
  commissioner rule:
 
Years of Monthly
 
Experience Salary
 
0 7,000
 
1 7,050
 
2 7,100
 
3 7,150
 
4 7,200
 
5 7,250
 
6 7,300
 
7 7,350
 
8 7,400
 
9 7,450
 
10 7,500
 
11 7,550
 
12 7,600
 
13 7,650
 
14 7,700
 
15 7,750
 
16 7,800
 
17 7,850
 
18 7,900
 
19 7,950
 
20 & Over 8,000
         (c-3)  Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the minimum
  monthly salary that a school district must pay each classroom
  teacher under Subsection (c-2) is adjusted annually to increase the
  minimum monthly salary by the amount that results from applying the
  inflation rate, as determined by the comptroller on the basis of
  changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
  published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States
  Department of Labor, to the minimum monthly salary required under
  Subsection (c-2) for the preceding school year.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2021.