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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-2) and |
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(d) to read as follows: |
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(c) The salary factors per step are as follow: |
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20 and over |
1.1289 [0.8854] |
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(c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2023-2024 |
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school year, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time |
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counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school nurse |
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is entitled to a monthly salary that is at least equal to the sum of: |
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(1) the monthly salary the employee would have |
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received for the 2023-2024 school year under the district's salary |
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schedule for the 2022-2023 school year, if that schedule had been in |
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effect for the 2023-2024 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 2023-2024 school year; and |
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(2) $1,500. |
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(d) A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time |
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counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school nurse |
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employed by a school district in the 2023-2024 school year is, as |
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long as the employee is employed by the same district, entitled to a |
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salary that is at least equal to the salary the employee received |
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for the 2023-2024 school year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 22.107, Education Code, is amended to |
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add subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) For the 2022-2023 school year, a school district shall |
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provide a 25 percent increase to the wages of each full-time |
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employee, other than an administrator or an employee subject to the |
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minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402. A full-time |
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employee, other than an administrator, and except as otherwise |
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provided by Section 21.402(d) who is employed by a district in the |
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2023-2024 school year is, as long as the employee is employed by the |
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same district and in the same position, entitled to a salary that is |
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at least equal to the salary the employee received for the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 48, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 48.053 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 48.053. ADDITIONAL STATE AID OR CREDIT AGAINST COST OF |
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ATTENDANCE CREDITS FOR NONADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES. (a) For each |
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school year, 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 product of $15,000 multiplied |
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by the number of classroom teachers, full-time librarians, |
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full-time counselors, and full-time nurses employed by the district |
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and the amount the district is required to pay for wage increases |
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under Section 22.107(d). |
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(b) A school district shall use the amount received under |
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this section to provide the salary allotments required under |
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Section 21.402 and the wage increases under Section 22.107(d). |
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(c) A school district that is required to reduce its revenue |
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pursuant to Section 48.257 is entitled to a credit, in the amount of |
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state aid to which the district is entitled under this section. |
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(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this |
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section. |
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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. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |