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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of |
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Texas who resume certain employment with a school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (c-1) and adding Subsection (f-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), [or] (f), or |
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(f-1), a school district must pay each classroom teacher, full-time |
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librarian, full-time school counselor certified under Subchapter |
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B, or full-time school nurse not less than the minimum monthly |
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salary, based on the employee's level of experience in addition to |
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other factors, as determined by commissioner rule, determined by |
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the following formula: |
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MS = SF x FS |
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where: |
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"MS" is the minimum monthly salary; |
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"SF" is the applicable salary factor specified by Subsection |
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(c); and |
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"FS" is the amount, as determined by the commissioner under |
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Subsection (b), of the basic allotment as provided by Section |
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42.101(a) or (b) for a school district with a maintenance and |
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operations tax rate at least equal to the state maximum compressed |
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tax rate, as defined by Section 42.101(a). |
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(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b) and except as |
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provided by Subsection (f-1), each school district shall pay a |
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monthly salary to each classroom teacher, full-time speech |
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pathologist, full-time librarian, full-time school counselor |
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certified under Subchapter B, and full-time school nurse that is at |
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least equal to the following monthly salary or the monthly salary |
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determined by the commissioner under Subsections (a) and (b), |
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whichever is greater: |
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(f-1) This section does not apply to a person who is a |
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retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas described by |
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Section 825.4092(e)(2), Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 825.4092, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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follows: |
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(e) The amounts required to be paid under Subsections (b) |
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and (c) are not required to be paid by a reporting employer for a |
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retiree who retired from the retirement system: |
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(1) before September 1, 2005; or |
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(2) on or after September 1, 2005, if the retiree is: |
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(A) a teacher certified under Subchapter B, |
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Chapter 21, Education Code, and teaching on as much as a full-time |
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basis in an acute shortage area, as determined under rules adopted |
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by the commissioner of education; or |
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(B) a bus driver certified in accordance with |
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standards and qualifications adopted by the Department of Public |
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Safety of the State of Texas and employed on as much as a full-time |
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basis by a school district. |
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(f) For purposes of Subsection (e)(2)(A), an "acute |
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shortage area" may include: |
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(1) a school district in a region of this state in |
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which there is a shortage of teachers; or |
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(2) a subject area in which there is a shortage of |
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teachers certified to teach the subject area in the school |
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districts of this state or in school districts in a region of this |
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state. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a |
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retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas regardless of |
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whether the person retired from employment before, on, or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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beginning with the 2019-2020 school year. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |