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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 21.402, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and (d) and amending Subsection |
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(g) to read as follows: |
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(c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2025-2026 |
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school year, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time |
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school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school |
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nurse is entitled to a monthly salary that is at least equal to the |
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sum of: |
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(1) the monthly salary the employee would have |
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received for the 2025-2026 school year under the district's salary |
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schedule for the 2024-2025 school year, if that schedule had been in |
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effect for the 2025-2026 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 2025-2026 school year; and |
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(2) $400. |
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(c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September |
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1, 2025. |
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(d) A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time |
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school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school |
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nurse employed by a school district in the 2025-2026 school year is, |
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as long as the employee is employed by the same district, entitled |
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to a salary that is at least equal to the salary the employee |
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received for the 2025-2026 school year. |
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(g) The commissioner may adopt rules to govern the |
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application of this section, including rules that: |
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(1) require the payment of a minimum salary under this |
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section to a person employed in more than one capacity for which a |
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minimum salary is provided and whose combined employment in those |
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capacities constitutes full-time employment; and |
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(2) specify the credentials a person must hold to be |
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considered a [speech pathologist or] school nurse under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 48.2521 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 48.2521. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR |
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CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. A school district, including a |
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school district that is otherwise ineligible for state aid under |
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this chapter, is entitled to state aid in an amount equal to the |
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product of $4,000 multiplied by the number of classroom teachers, |
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full-time librarians, full-time school counselors certified under |
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Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time school nurses employed by |
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the district. |
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SECTION 3. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |