84R8683 JSL-D
	By: Bohac	H.B. No. 1682

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of
	public schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (c) and (g) and adding Subsections (c-2),
	(c-3), and (d) to read as follows:
	(c)  The salary factors per step are as follows:
	0 1 2 3 4
	.6464 [.5464] .6582 [.5582] .6698 [.5698] .6816 [.5816] .7064 [.6064]
	5 6 7 8 9
	.7312 [.6312] .7560 [.6560] .7790 [.6790] .8008 [.7008] .8214 [.7214]
	10 11 12 13 14
	.8408 [.7408] .8592 [.7592] .8768 [.7768] .8930 [.7930] .9086 [.8086]
	15 16 17 18 19
	.9232 [.8232] .9372 [.8372] .9502 [.8502] .9626 [.8626] .9744 [.8744]
	.9854 [.8854]
	(c-2)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2015-2016
	school year, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time
	school 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 2015-2016 school year under the district's salary
	schedule for the 2014-2015 school year, if that schedule had been in
	effect for the 2015-2016 school year, including any local
	supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement
	the employee would have received in the 2015-2016 school year; and
	(2)  $500.
	(c-3)  Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September
	1, 2016.
	(d)  A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time
	school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school
	nurse employed by a school district in the 2015-2016 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 2015-2016 school year.
	(g)  The commissioner may adopt rules to govern the
	application of this section, including rules that:
	(1)  require the payment of a minimum salary under this
	section to a person employed in more than one capacity for which a
	minimum salary is provided and whose combined employment in those
	capacities constitutes full-time employment; and
	(2)  specify the credentials a person must hold to be
	considered a [speech pathologist or] school nurse under this
	section.
	SECTION 2.  Section 42.2513(a), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  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 sum of:
	(1)  the product of $500 multiplied by the number of
	full-time district employees, other than administrators or
	employees subject to the minimum salary schedule under Section
	21.402; [and]
	(2)  the product of $5,000 multiplied by the number of
	classroom teachers, full-time librarians, full-time school
	counselors certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time
	school nurses employed by the district; and
	(3)  the product of $250 multiplied by the number of
	part-time district employees, other than administrators.
	SECTION 3.  Section 42.2516, Education Code, as effective
	until September 1, 2017, is amended by adding Subsection (e-1) to
	read as follows:
	(e-1)  The amount of state aid or credit to which a school
	district is entitled under Section 42.2513(a)(2) is in addition to
	the amount of revenue to which the district is entitled under
	Subsection (b).  This subsection expires September 1, 2017.
	SECTION 4.  Effective September 1, 2017, Section
	21.402(c-1), Education Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 5.  This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
	school year.
	SECTION 6.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.