HB 573 — Placement on the minimum salary schedule

90R712 RAL-F By: Bhojani H.B. No. 573 relating to placement on the minimum salary schedule and service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for certain public school career or technology education teachers.

SECTION 1. Section 21.403(b), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) For each year of work experience required for certification in a career or technological field, up to a maximum of five [ two ] years, a certified career or technology education teacher is entitled to salary step credit as if the work experience were teaching experience.

SECTION 2. Section 823.404(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) An eligible member may establish equivalent membership service credit for up to a maximum of five [ one or two ] years of work experience for which the member is entitled to salary step credit under Section 21.403(b), Education Code.

SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2027-2028 school year.

SECTION 4. 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, 2027.