Allen Bill Raises Teacher Minimum Pay $400 A Month

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89R12808 MEW-F

By: Allen
H.B. No. 3050

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees;

making an appropriation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by

adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and (d) and amending Subsection

(g) to read as follows:

(c-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2025-2026

school year, a classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time

school 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 2025-2026 school year under the district's salary

schedule for the 2024-2025 school year, if that schedule had been in

effect for the 2025-2026 school year, including any local

supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement

the employee would have received in the 2025-2026 school year; and

(2) $400.

(c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September

1, 2026.

(d) A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time

school counselor certified under Subchapter B, or full-time school

nurse employed by a school district in the 2025-2026 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 2025-2026 school year.

(g) The commissioner may adopt rules to govern the

application of this section, including rules that:

(1) require the payment of a minimum salary under this

section to a person employed in more than one capacity for which a

minimum salary is provided and whose combined employment in those

capacities constitutes full-time employment; and

(2) specify the credentials a person must hold to be

considered a [ speech pathologist or ] school nurse under this

section.

SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 48.2521 to read as follows:

Sec. 48.2521. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR SALARY INCREASES FOR

CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. 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

product of $4,000 multiplied by the number of classroom teachers,

full-time librarians, full-time school counselors certified under

Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and full-time school nurses employed by

the district.

SECTION 3. (a) The amount of $1 billion is appropriated

from the economic stabilization fund to the foundation school fund

for distribution by the commissioner of education during the state

fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2025, to school districts to

provide one-time retention bonuses to district support staff.

(b) The commissioner of education shall distribute the

amount appropriated under this section to school districts on the

basis of the number of full-time district employees, other than

administrators and employees subject to the minimum salary schedule

under Section 21.402, Education Code.

(c) Each school district may use funds distributed under

this section only to increase the salary that would otherwise be

provided to district employees described by Subsection (b) of this

section.

(d) This section takes effect only if this Act is approved

by a vote of two-thirds of the members present in each house of the

legislature, as provided by Section 49-g(m), Article III, Texas

Constitution.

SECTION 4. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is

repealed.

SECTION 5. Section 21.402, Education Code, as amended by

this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.

SECTION 6. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this Act,

this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

(b) Section 21.402, Education Code, as amended by this Act,

takes effect immediately if this Act receives a vote of two-thirds

of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39,

Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the

vote necessary for immediate effect, that provision takes effect

September 1, 2025.