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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the salary step credit for a certified career and |
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technology education teacher. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.403, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A teacher, librarian, school counselor, or nurse shall |
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advance one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section |
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21.402 for each year of experience as a teacher, librarian, school |
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counselor, or nurse until step 20 is reached. |
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(b) For each year of work experience required for |
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certification in a career or technological field, up to a maximum of |
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twofive years, a certified career or technology education teacher |
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is entitled to salary step credit as if the work experience were |
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teaching experience. |
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(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules for determining the |
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experience for which a teacher, librarian, school counselor, or |
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nurse is to be given credit in placing the teacher, librarian, |
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school counselor, or nurse on the minimum salary schedule. A |
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district shall credit the teacher, librarian, school counselor, or |
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nurse for each year of experience without regard to whether the |
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years are consecutive. |
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(d) As long as a teacher or librarian who received a career |
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ladder supplement is employed by the same school district, the |
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teacher or librarian is entitled to: |
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(1) placement on the minimum salary schedule at the |
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step above the step on which the teacher would otherwise be placed, |
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if the teacher or librarian received a career ladder supplement for |
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level two of the career ladder on August 31, 1993; or |
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(2) placement on the minimum salary schedule at the |
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step two steps above the step on which the teacher would otherwise |
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be placed, if the teacher or librarian received a career ladder |
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supplement for level three of the career ladder on August 31, 1993. |
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SECTION 2. Section 823.404, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) An eligible member may establish equivalent membership |
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service credit for up to a maximum of fiveone or two years of work |
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experience for which the member is entitled to salary step credit |
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under Section 21.403(b), Education Code. |
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(b) A member is eligible to establish equivalent membership |
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service credit under this section if the member has at least five |
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years of membership service credit. |
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(c) A member may establish credit under this section by |
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depositing with the retirement system, for each year of service, |
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the actuarial present value, at the time of deposit, of the |
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additional standard retirement annuity benefits that would be |
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attributable to the conversion of the work experience into service |
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credit based on rates and tables recommended by the actuary and |
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adopted by the board of trustees. |
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(d) After a member makes the deposits required by this |
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section, the retirement system shall grant the member one year of |
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equivalent membership service credit for each year of service |
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approved. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |