By: Talarico H.B. No. 1548
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-2) and
  (d) to read as follows:
         (c)  The salary factors per step are as follow:
 
  Years of Experience Salary Factor
 
0 0.7899    [0.5464]
 
1 0.8017    [0.5582]
 
2 0.8133    [0.5698]
 
3 0.8251    [0.5816]
 
4 0.8499    [0.6064]
 
5 0.8747    [0.6312]
 
6 0.8995    [0.6560]
 
7 0.9225    [0.6790]
 
8 0.9443    [0.7008]
 
9 0.9649    [0.7214]
 
10 0.9843    [0.7408]
 
11 1.0027    [0.7592]
 
12 1.0203    [0.7768]
 
13 1.0365    [0.7930]
 
14 1.0521    [0.8086]
 
15 1.0667    [0.8232]
 
16 1.0807    [0.8372]
 
17 1.0937    [0.8502]
 
18 1.1061    [0.8626]
 
19 1.1179    [0.8744]
 
20 and over 1.1289    [0.8854]
         (c-2)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2023-2024
  school year, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time
  counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school nurse
  is entitled to a monthly salary that is at least equal to the sum of:
               (1)  the monthly salary the employee would have
  received for the 2023-2024 school year under the district's salary
  schedule for the 2022-2023 school year, if that schedule had been in
  effect for the 2023-2024 school year, including any local
  supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement
  the employee would have received in the 2023-2024 school year; and 
               (2)  $1,500. 
         (d)  A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time
  counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school nurse
  employed by a school district in the 2023-2024 school year is, as
  long as the employee is employed by the same district, entitled to a
  salary that is at least equal to the salary the employee received
  for the 2023-2024 school year. 
         SECTION 2.  Section 22.107, Education Code, is amended to
  add subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  For the 2022-2023 school year, a school district shall
  provide a 25 percent increase to the wages of each full-time
  employee, other than an administrator or an employee subject to the
  minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402. A full-time
  employee, other than an administrator, and except as otherwise
  provided by Section 21.402(d) who is employed by a district in the
  2023-2024 school year is, as long as the employee is employed by the
  same district and in the same position, entitled to a salary that is
  at least equal to the salary the employee received for the 2023-2024
  school year. 
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 48, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 48.053 to read as follows:
         Sec. 48.053.  ADDITIONAL STATE AID OR CREDIT AGAINST COST OF
  ATTENDANCE CREDITS FOR NONADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES. (a) For each
  school year, 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 product of $15,000 multiplied
  by the number of classroom teachers, full-time librarians,
  full-time counselors, and full-time nurses employed by the district
  and the amount the district is required to pay for wage increases
  under Section 22.107(d). 
         (b)  A school district shall use the amount received under
  this section to provide the salary allotments required under
  Section 21.402 and the wage increases under Section 22.107(d). 
         (c)  A school district that is required to reduce its revenue
  pursuant to Section 48.257 is entitled to a credit, in the amount of
  state aid to which the district is entitled under this section. 
         (d)  The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this
  section.
         SECTION 4.  Section 21.402 (c-1), Education Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 5.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  school year.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.