85R2440 PAM-D     By: Menéndez S.B. No. 216       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by   public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and   (d) to read as follows:          (c-2)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2017-2018   school year, a classroom teacher is entitled to a monthly salary   that is at least equal to the sum of:                (1)  the monthly salary the teacher 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 teacher would   have received in the 2017-2018 school year; and                (2)  $400.          (c-3)  Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September   1, 2018.          (d)  A classroom teacher employed by a school district in the   2017-2018 school year is, as long as the teacher is employed by the   same district, entitled to a salary that is at least equal to the   salary the teacher 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 $4,000 multiplied by the number of   classroom teachers 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.