By: Talarico H.B. No. 1548       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is   amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-2) and   (d) to read as follows:          (c)  The salary factors per step are as follow:     Years of Experience Salary Factor   0 0.7899    [0.5464]   1 0.8017    [0.5582]   2 0.8133    [0.5698]   3 0.8251    [0.5816]   4 0.8499    [0.6064]   5 0.8747    [0.6312]   6 0.8995    [0.6560]   7 0.9225    [0.6790]   8 0.9443    [0.7008]   9 0.9649    [0.7214]   10 0.9843    [0.7408]   11 1.0027    [0.7592]   12 1.0203    [0.7768]   13 1.0365    [0.7930]   14 1.0521    [0.8086]   15 1.0667    [0.8232]   16 1.0807    [0.8372]   17 1.0937    [0.8502]   18 1.1061    [0.8626]   19 1.1179    [0.8744]   20 and over 1.1289    [0.8854]          (c-2)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2023-2024   school year, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time   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 2023-2024 school year under the district's salary   schedule for the 2022-2023 school year, if that schedule had been in   effect for the 2023-2024 school year, including any local   supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement   the employee would have received in the 2023-2024 school year; and                 (2)  $1,500.           (d)  A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time   counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school nurse   employed by a school district in the 2023-2024 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 2023-2024 school year.           SECTION 2.  Section 22.107, Education Code, is amended to   add subsection (e) to read as follows:          (e)  For the 2022-2023 school year, a school district shall   provide a 25 percent increase to the wages of each full-time   employee, other than an administrator or an employee subject to the   minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402. A full-time   employee, other than an administrator, and except as otherwise   provided by Section 21.402(d) who is employed by a district in the   2023-2024 school year is, as long as the employee is employed by the   same district and in the same position, entitled to a salary that is   at least equal to the salary the employee received for the 2023-2024   school year.           SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 48, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 48.053 to read as follows:          Sec. 48.053.  ADDITIONAL STATE AID OR CREDIT AGAINST COST OF   ATTENDANCE CREDITS FOR NONADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES. (a) For each   school year, 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 $15,000 multiplied   by the number of classroom teachers, full-time librarians,   full-time counselors, and full-time nurses employed by the district   and the amount the district is required to pay for wage increases   under Section 22.107(d).           (b)  A school district shall use the amount received under   this section to provide the salary allotments required under   Section 21.402 and the wage increases under Section 22.107(d).           (c)  A school district that is required to reduce its revenue   pursuant to Section 48.257 is entitled to a credit, in the amount of   state aid to which the district is entitled under this section.           (d)  The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this   section.          SECTION 4.  Section 21.402 (c-1), Education Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 5.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024   school year.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.