89R12808 MEW-F     By: Allen H.B. No. 3050       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees;   making an appropriation.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and (d) and amending Subsection   (g) to read as follows:          (c-2)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2025-2026   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 2025-2026 school year under the district's salary   schedule for the 2024-2025 school year, if that schedule had been in   effect for the 2025-2026 school year, including any local   supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement   the employee would have received in the 2025-2026 school year; and                (2)  $400.          (c-3)  Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September   1, 2026.          (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 2025-2026 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 2025-2026 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.  Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 48.2521 to read as follows:          Sec. 48.2521.  ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR   CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. 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 $4,000 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.          SECTION 3.  (a)  The amount of $1 billion is appropriated   from the economic stabilization fund to the foundation school fund   for distribution by the commissioner of education during the state   fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2025, to school districts to   provide one-time retention bonuses to district support staff.          (b)  The commissioner of education shall distribute the   amount appropriated under this section to school districts on the   basis of the number of full-time district employees, other than   administrators and employees subject to the minimum salary schedule   under Section 21.402, Education Code.          (c)  Each school district may use funds distributed under   this section only to increase the salary that would otherwise be   provided to district employees described by Subsection (b) of this   section.          (d)  This section takes effect only if this Act is approved   by a vote of two-thirds of the members present in each house of the   legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas   Constitution.          SECTION 4.  Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 5.  Section 21.402, Education Code, as amended by   this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.          SECTION 6.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this Act,   this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.          (b)  Section 21.402, Education Code, as amended by this Act,   takes effect immediately if this Act receives a vote of two-thirds   of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39,   Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the   vote necessary for immediate effect, that provision takes effect   September 1, 2025.