Bill Text: TX HB3862 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a wage increase for certain public school employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-30 - Referred to Public Education [HB3862 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3862-Introduced.html

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By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 3862

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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
$1,000 [$500]; and
(2) for part-time employees, an average increase at
least equal to $500 [$250].
(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 $1,000 [$500] multiplied by the
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 $500 [$250] multiplied by the
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 $1,000 [$500].
(b) A school district shall pay each part-time district
employee, other than an administrator, an amount at least equal to
$500 [$250].
SECTION 3. Secti
on 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 $1,000 [$500] multiplied by the
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 $500 [$250] multiplied by the
number of part-time district employees, other than administrators.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.