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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 staff employed |
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by 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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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 2017-2018 |
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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 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 2017-2018 school year under the district's salary |
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schedule for the 2016-2017 school year, if that schedule had been in |
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effect for the 2017-2018 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 2017-2018 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, 2018. |
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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 nurse |
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employed by a school district in the 2017-2018 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 2017-2018 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 $4,000 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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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 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, if this |
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Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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If this Act does not receive the vote necessary to take effect |
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September 1, 2017, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |