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      87(R) HB 3580 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            87R9592 MEW-D
         
		By:  Talarico
            H.B.  No.  3580
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the salary paid to certain public school teachers.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by 
         
            amending Subsection (c-1) and adding Subsections (c-2) and (c-3) to 
         
            read as follows:
         
                          (c-1)    Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), each school 
         
            district shall pay a monthly salary to each [classroom teacher, 
         
            full-time speech pathologist,] full-time librarian, full-time 
         
            school counselor certified under Subchapter B, and full-time school 
         
            nurse that is at least equal to the following monthly salary or the 
         
            monthly salary determined by the commissioner under Subsections (a) 
         
            and (b), whichever is greater:
         
                     Years of
                      Monthly
                  
                     Experience
                      Salary
                  
                     0
                      2,732
                  
                     1
                      2,791
                  
                     2
                      2,849
                  
                     3
                      2,908
                  
                     4
                      3,032
                  
                     5
                      3,156
                  
                     6
                      3,280
                  
                     7
                      3,395
                  
                     8
                      3,504
                  
                     9
                      3,607
                  
                     10
                      3,704
                  
                     11
                      3,796
                  
                     12
                      3,884
                  
                     13
                      3,965
                  
                     14
                      4,043
                  
                     15
                      4,116
                  
                     16
                      4,186
                  
                     17
                      4,251
                  
                     18
                      4,313
                  
                     19
                      4,372
                  
                     20 & Over
                      4,427
                  
                          (c-2)    Subject to adjustment under Subsection (c-3), a 
         
            school district must pay each classroom teacher not less than the 
         
            following monthly salary, based on the teacher's level of 
         
            experience in addition to other factors, as determined by 
         
            commissioner rule:
         
                     Years of
                     Monthly
                  
                     Experience
                     Salary
                  
                     0
                     7,000
                  
                     1
                     7,050
                  
                     2
                     7,100
                  
                     3
                     7,150
                  
                     4
                     7,200
                  
                     5
                     7,250
                  
                     6
                     7,300