By: LaMantia S.B. No. 693               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 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.