89R9022 ANG-F     By: Gerdes H.B. No. 2499       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to placement on the minimum salary schedule for certain   public school employees.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 21.403, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:          (e)  Notwithstanding any other law, an employee who is   employed as a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time   school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school   nurse and who has less than five years of experience is entitled to   salary step credit for at least five years of experience if, not   later than one year after the date on which the employee earned a   bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degree, the employee is   employed:                (1)  by the district from which the employee received a   high school diploma; and                (2)  at a district campus located within a county with a   population of 150,000 or less.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 3.  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.