89R4753 RAL-F     By: Bhojani H.B. No. 1057       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to placement on the minimum salary schedule and service   credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for certain public   school career or technology education teachers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 21.403(b), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  For each year of work experience required for   certification in a career or technological field, up to a maximum of   five [two] years, a certified career or technology education   teacher is entitled to salary step credit as if the work experience   were teaching experience.          SECTION 2.  Section 823.404(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  An eligible member may establish equivalent membership   service credit for up to a maximum of five [one or two] years of work   experience for which the member is entitled to salary step credit   under Section 21.403(b), Education Code.          SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it 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, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.