By: Talarico	H.B. No. 1548

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Education Code 21.402, Education Code 22.107 (Education Code 21, Education Code 22)

	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 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