Bill Text: TX HB1088 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Public Education [HB1088 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1088-Introduced.html
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| By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 1088 | |
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| relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of | ||
| public schools. | ||
| 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 2021-2022 | ||
| 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 2021-2022 school year under the district's salary | ||
| schedule for the 2020-2021 school year, if that schedule had been in | ||
| effect for the 2021-2022 school year, including any local | ||
| supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement | ||
| the employee would have received in the 2021-2022 school year; and | ||
| (2) $400. | ||
| (c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September | ||
| 1, 2022. | ||
| (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 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 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 [ |
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| 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) 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. | ||
| (b) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is | ||
| repealed. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
