89R4237 MEW-F     By: Allen H.B. No. 1413       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   adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and (d) and amending Subsection   (g) to read as follows:          (c-2)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2025-2026   school year, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time   school 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 2025-2026 school year under the district's salary   schedule for the 2024-2025 school year, if that schedule had been in   effect for the 2025-2026 school year, including any local   supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement   the employee would have received in the 2025-2026 school year; and                (2)  $400.          (c-3)  Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September   1, 2025.          (d)  A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time   school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school   nurse employed by a school district in the 2025-2026 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 2025-2026 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.  Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 48.2521 to read as follows:          Sec. 48.2521.  ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR   CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. 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 $4,000 multiplied by the number of classroom teachers,   full-time librarians, full-time school counselors certified under   Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time school nurses employed by   the district.          SECTION 3.  Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 4.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.