Bill Text: TX HB3259 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a wage increase for certain public school employees.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB3259 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3259-Introduced.html
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By: Allen | H.B. No. 3259 |
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relating to a wage increase for certain public school employees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 12.133(b-1) and (d-1), Education Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) Using state funds received by the charter holder for | ||
that purpose under Subsection (d-1), a charter holder that | ||
participated in the program under Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, for | ||
the 2005-2006 school year shall provide employees of the charter | ||
holder, other than administrators, compensation in the form of | ||
annual salaries, incentives, or other compensation determined | ||
appropriate by the charter holder that results in average | ||
compensation increases as follows: | ||
(1) for full-time employees other than employees who | ||
would be entitled to a minimum salary under Section 21.402 if | ||
employed by a school district, an average increase at least equal to | ||
$2,500 [ |
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(2) for part-time employees, an average increase at | ||
least equal to $1,250 [ |
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(d-1) In addition to any amounts to which a charter holder | ||
is entitled under this chapter, a charter holder that participated | ||
in the program under Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, for the | ||
2005-2006 school year is entitled to state aid in an amount, as | ||
determined by the commissioner, equal to the sum of: | ||
(1) the product of $2,500 [ |
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number of full-time employees other than employees who would be | ||
entitled to a minimum salary under Section 21.402 if employed by a | ||
school district; and | ||
(2) the product of $1,250 [ |
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number of part-time employees. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 22.107(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A school district shall pay each full-time district | ||
employee, other than an administrator or an employee subject to the | ||
minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402, an amount at least | ||
equal to $2,500 [ |
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(b) A school district shall pay each part-time district | ||
employee, other than an administrator, an amount at least equal to | ||
$1,250 [ |
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SECTION 3. 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 $2,500 [ |
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number of full-time district employees, other than administrators | ||
or employees subject to the minimum salary schedule under Section | ||
21.402; and | ||
(2) the product of $1,250 [ |
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number of part-time district employees, other than administrators. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |