TITLE: Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools.

SUMMARY: Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT 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 amending Subsections (c) and (g) and adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and (d) to read as follows: (c) The salary factors per step are as follows: 0 1 2 3 4.6464 [.5464].6582 [.5582].6698 [.5698].6816 [.5816].7064 [.6064] 5 6 7 8 9.7312 [.6312].7560 [.6560].7790 [.6790].8008 [.7008].8214 [.7214] 10 11 12 13 14.8408 [.7408].8592 [.7592].8768 [.7768].8930 [.7930].9086 [.8086] 15 16 17 18 19.9232 [.8232].9372 [.8372].9502 [.8502].9626 [.8626].9744 [.8744].9854 [.8854] (c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2013-2014 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 2013-2014 school year under the district's salary schedule for the 2012-2013 school year, if that schedule had been in effect for the 2013-2014 school year, including any local supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement the employee would have received in the 2013-2014 school year; and (2) $500. (c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September 1, 2014. (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 2013-2014 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 2013-2014 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. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 school year. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.