Bill Text: TX HB79 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-20 - Referred to Public Education [HB79 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB79-Introduced.html
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| By: Darby | H.B. No. 79 | |
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| relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by | ||
| 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 2017-2018 | ||
| school year, a classroom teacher is entitled to a monthly salary | ||
| that is at least equal to the sum of: | ||
| (1) the monthly salary the teacher would have received | ||
| for the 2017-2018 school year under the district's salary schedule | ||
| for the 2016-2017 school year, if that schedule had been in effect | ||
| for the 2017-2018 school year, including any local supplement and | ||
| any money representing a career ladder supplement the teacher would | ||
| have received in the 2017-2018 school year; and | ||
| (2) $100. | ||
| (c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September | ||
| 1, 2018. | ||
| (d) A classroom teacher employed by a school district in the | ||
| 2017-2018 school year is, as long as the teacher is employed by the | ||
| same district, entitled to a salary that is at least equal to the | ||
| salary the teacher received for the 2017-2018 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 2. Section 42.2513(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (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 sum of: | ||
| (1) the product of $500 multiplied by the number of | ||
| full-time district employees, other than administrators or | ||
| employees subject to the minimum salary schedule under Section | ||
| 21.402; [ |
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| (2) the product of $1,000 multiplied by the number of | ||
| classroom teachers employed by the district; and | ||
| (3) the product of $250 multiplied by the number of | ||
| part-time district employees, other than administrators. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is | ||
| repealed. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
