By: LaMantia S.B. No. 693
 
 
 
   
 
 
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 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.