HB 5296
AN ACT relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees.
House Bill
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.402, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-2), (c-3), and
(c) The salary factors per step are as follows:
Years Experience
0
1
2
3
4
Years Experience
0
1
2
3
4
Salary Factor
0.7899 [.5464]
0.8017 [.5582]
0.8133 [.5698]
0.8251 [.5816]
0.8499 [.6064]
Salary Factor
0.7899 [.5464]
0.8017 [.5582]
0.8133 [.5698]
0.8251 [.5816]
0.8499 [.6064]
Years Experience
5
6
7
8
9
Years Experience
5
6
7
8
9
Salary Factor
0.8747 [.6312]
0.8995 [.6560]
0.9225 [.6790]
0.9443 [.7008]
0.9649 [.7214]
Salary Factor
0.8747 [.6312]
0.8995 [.6560]
0.9225 [.6790]
0.9443 [.7008]
0.9649 [.7214]
Years Experience
10
11
12
13
14
Years Experience
10
11
12
13
14
Salary Factor
0.9843 [.7408]
1.0027 [.7592]
1.0203 [.7768]
1.0365 [.7930]
1.0521 [.8086]
Salary Factor
0.9843 [.7408]
1.0027 [.7592]
1.0203 [.7768]
1.0365 [.7930]
1.0521 [.8086]
Years Experience
15
16
17
18
19
Years Experience
15
16
17
18
19
Salary Factor
1.0667 [.8232]
1.0807 [.8372]
1.0937 [.8502]
1.1061 [.8626]
1.1179 [.8744]
Salary Factor
1.0667 [.8232]
1.0807 [.8372]
1.0937 [.8502]
1.1061 [.8626]
1.1179 [.8744]
Years Experience
20 and over
Years Experience
20 and over
Salary Factor
1.1289 [.8854]
Salary Factor
1.1289 [.8854]
(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
(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
(c-3) Subsection (c-2) and this subsection expire September
(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.
SECTION 2. Section 22.107, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) For the 2025-2026 school year, a school district shall
increase the wages of each full-time employee, other than an
administrator or an employee subject to the minimum salary schedule
under Section 21.402, by 25 percent over the wages received by that
employee in the 2024-2025 school year. A district employee to which
this subsection applies is entitled to wages in school years
subsequent to the 2025-2026 school year in an amount that is at
least equal to the amount paid by the district to that employee in
the 2025-2026 school year if the employee has remained employed in
SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 48, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 48.2521 to read as follows:
Sec. 48.2521. ADDITIONAL STATE AID FOR COMPENSATION
INCREASES FOR NONADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES. (a) A school district,
including a school district that is otherwise ineligible for state
aid under this chapter, is entitled to annual state aid in the sum
(1) the amount equal to the product of $15,000
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
(2) the amount the district is required to pay for wage
increases under Section 22.107(b-1).
(b) A school district shall use the amount received under
(1) salary increases under Section 21.402; and
(2) wage increases under Section 22.107(b-1).
SECTION 4. Section 21.402(c-1), Education Code, is
SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it 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, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025. Bill History
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