85R6271 PAM-D     By: Bohac H.B. No. 1419       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 2017-2018   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 2017-2018 school year under the district's salary   schedule for the 2016-2017 school year, if that schedule had been in   effect for the 2017-2018 school year, including any local   supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement   the employee would have received in the 2017-2018 school year; and                (2)  $500.          (c-3)  Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September   1, 2018.          (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 2017-2018 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 2017-2018 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 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 4.  This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018   school year.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.