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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of |
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public schools. |
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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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amending Subsections (c) and (g) and adding Subsections (c-2), |
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(c-3), and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) The salary factors per step are as follows: |
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.6464 |
[.5464] |
.6582 |
[.5582] |
.6698 |
[.5698] |
.6816 |
[.5816] |
.7064 |
[.6064] |
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.7312 |
[.6312] |
.7560 |
[.6560] |
.7790 |
[.6790] |
.8008 |
[.7008] |
.8214 |
[.7214] |
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.8408 |
[.7408] |
.8592 |
[.7592] |
.8768 |
[.7768] |
.8930 |
[.7930] |
.9086 |
[.8086] |
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.9232 |
[.8232] |
.9372 |
[.8372] |
.9502 |
[.8502] |
.9626 |
[.8626] |
.9744 |
[.8744] |
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(c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2015-2016 |
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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 2015-2016 school year under the district's salary |
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schedule for the 2014-2015 school year, if that schedule had been in |
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effect for the 2015-2016 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 2015-2016 school year; and |
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(2) $500. |
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(c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September |
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1, 2016. |
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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 2015-2016 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 2015-2016 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. Section 42.2513(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) 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 sum of: |
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(1) the product of $500 multiplied by the number of |
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full-time district employees, other than administrators or |
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employees subject to the minimum salary schedule under Section |
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21.402; [and] |
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(2) the product of $5,000 multiplied by the number of |
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classroom teachers, full-time librarians, full-time school |
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counselors certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time |
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school nurses employed by the district; and |
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(3) the product of $250 multiplied by the number of |
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part-time district employees, other than administrators. |
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SECTION 3. Section 42.2516, Education Code, as effective |
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until September 1, 2017, is amended by adding Subsection (e-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(e-1) The amount of state aid or credit to which a school |
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district is entitled under Section 42.2513(a)(2) is in addition to |
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the amount of revenue to which the district is entitled under |
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Subsection (b). This subsection expires September 1, 2017. |
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SECTION 4. Effective September 1, 2017, Section |
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21.402(c-1), Education Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |