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HB1057 • 2025

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.

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.

Education Technology
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Bhojani | Ashby | Talarico | Kerwin | Allen
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
05/27/2025 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 27 2025 8:53PM
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

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.

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.

What This Bill Does

  • 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.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Posting rule suspended

  2. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  3. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  4. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  5. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  6. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  7. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  8. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Finance

  9. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  10. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  11. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  12. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2298

  13. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  15. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  16. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  17. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2233

  18. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  20. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  21. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  22. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  23. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  24. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  25. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  26. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  27. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  28. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  29. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  30. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  31. 2025-03-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  32. 2025-03-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to s/c on Academic & Career-Oriented Education by Speaker

  33. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

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.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 1057 - Senate Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: Bhojani, et al.

H.B. No. 1057

(Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa of Nueces)

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 14, 2025;

May 16, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;

May 27, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 13,

Nays 0; May 27, 2025, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

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.

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

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 2025-2026

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, 2025.

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