Position Classification Act Administration

Position Classification Plan

The Texas Position Classification Plan (“the plan”) was established under the Position Classification Act (PCA) in 1961 and provides generic job descriptions and a salary structure for certain state employments. The salary structure organizes state job titles into specific classifications (job classes), which are then assigned to specific salary schedules.

The plan applies to all hourly, part-time, temporary and regular full-time salaried employments in the state departments, agencies or judicial entities that receive appropriated funds, even if the agency’s funds are held outside of the state treasury.

Agencies covered under the PCA must adhere to established standards for employing positions, including the classes of work described in the position classification plan, the job titles authorized by the plan, and the salary rates and provisions in the General Appropriations Act.

Exceptions

The Position Classification Plan does not apply to:

• Constitutional officers or officials.
• Elected officers or officials.
• Officers appointed by the governor.
• The chief executive of a state agency.
• Teachers in public schools, special schools of the state or state institutions of higher education.
• Personnel in state institutions of higher education.
• Professionals compensated for services on a fee basis.
  – or –
• Any employments excluded from the plan:
  • By executive order of the governor.
    – or –
  • At the direction of the Legislature.

Sources

Texas Government Code, Sections 654.002, 654.011, 654.012, 654.0125, 654.014, 654.038; General Appropriations Act, Article IX.