Columbus ISD
045902

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
SALARIES, WAGES, AND STIPENDS


DEA
(LEGAL)


MINIMUM SALARY The District shall pay each classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time counselor certified under Education Code Chapter 21, Subchapter B, or full-time nurse not less than the minimum monthly salary, based on the employee's level of experience, as specified in Education Code 21.402 and 19 TAC 153.1021.

A classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time counselor certified under Education Code Chapter 21, Subchapter B, or full-time nurse employed by the District in the 2000-01 school year is, for as long as the employee is employed by the District, entitled to a salary that is at least equal to the salary the employee received for the 2000-01 school year.

Education Code 21.402(d); 19 TAC 153.1021, 153.1022

PLACEMENT ON SALARY SCHEDULE The Commissioner's rules determine the experience for which a teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse is to be given credit in placing the teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse on the minimum salary schedule. The District shall credit the teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse for each year of experience, whether or not the years are consecutive. Education Code 21.403(c), 19 TAC 153.1022
EMPLOYEES FORMERLY ON CAREER LADDER As long as a teacher or librarian is employed by the same school district, the teacher or librarian is entitled to:
  1. Placement on the minimum salary schedule at the step above the step on which the teacher would otherwise be placed, if the teacher or librarian received a career ladder supplement for level two of the career ladder on August 31, 1993; or
  2. Placement on the minimum salary schedule at the step two steps above the step on which the teacher would otherwise be placed, if the teacher or librarian received a career ladder supplement for level three of the career ladder on August 31, 1993.

Education Code 21.403(d)

VALID CERTIFICATE An educator, as defined in Education Code 5.001(5), who does not hold a valid certificate may not be paid for teaching or work done before the effective date of issuance of a valid certificate. Education Code 21.053(b)
MINIMUM WAGE Employees not exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act shall be paid minimum wage and receive compensation for overtime under the conditions specified in the act. 29 U.S.C. 206, 207
WAGE AND HOUR RECORDS The District shall maintain and preserve payroll or other records for nonexempt employees containing the information required by the regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. 29 CFR 516.2
HRA ACCOUNT The state shall annually contribute the amount specified in the General Appropriations Act to a health reimbursement arrangement account established for each employee for the payment of qualified health-care expenses. The comptroller shall establish separate accounts for each participating employee or transfer funds to trust accounts in the custody of the comptroller established for the benefit of employees.

Effective September 1, 2004, the statutory provision allowing employees to choose to receive the TRS benefit as supplemental compensation is repealed.

ELIGIBILITY
A member of the professional staff of the District, as defined by TRS rule, is not eligible to receive the state supplement.

An employee is not eligible to receive the state contribution until the 90th day after the date the employee is employed.

Conference Comm. Rep. HB 1, 78th Leg., Reg. Sess., at 39 (Tex. 2003); Insurance Code 1580.051; 34 TAC 41.42(d)

ATTENDANCE SUPPLEMENT The District shall not deny an educator a salary bonus or similar compensation given in whole or in part on the basis of educator attendance because of the educator's absence from school for observance of a religious holy day observed by a religion whose places of worship are exempt from property taxation under Tax Code 11.20. Education Code 21.406
PRINCIPAL PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES A performance incentive awarded to a principal under Education Code 21.357 shall be distributed to the principal's school. The campus level committee shall determine the manner in which the performance incentive shall be used. Education Code 21.357(c)


DATE ISSUED: 07/22/2004
UPDATE 73
DEA(LEGAL)-P

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