H. B. 4495
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Ashley)
[By Request of the Executive]
[Introduced February 19, 1998; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article four, chapter
eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to salary increases
for teachers.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article four, chapter eighteen-a of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§18A-4-2. State minimum salaries for teachers.
(a) Each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in
the "state minimum salary schedule" as set forth in this section,
specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or
article, and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant
to section five-a of this article during the contract year.
STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
(1)
|
(2)
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(3)
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(4)
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(5)
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(6)
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(7)
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Years
|
4th
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3rd
|
2nd
|
|
A.B.
|
|
Exp.
|
Class
|
Class
|
Class
|
A.B.
|
+15
|
M.A.
|
0
|
17,816
|
18,453
|
18,708
|
19,918
|
20,653
|
22,361
|
1
|
18,097
|
18,734
|
18,989
|
20,383
|
21,118
|
22,826
|
2
|
18,378
|
19,016
|
19,271
|
20,848
|
21,583
|
23,291
|
3
|
18,660
|
19,297
|
19,552
|
21,313
|
22,048
|
23,756
|
4
|
19,177
|
19,814
|
20,070
|
22,014
|
22,749
|
24,457
|
5
|
19,458
|
20,096
|
20,351
|
22,479
|
23,214
|
24,922
|
6
|
19,740
|
20,377
|
20,632
|
22,944
|
23,679
|
25,387
|
7
|
|
20,658
|
20,914
|
23,409
|
24,144
|
25,852
|
8
|
|
20,940
|
21,195
|
23,874
|
24,609
|
26,317
|
9
|
|
|
21,476
|
24,339
|
25,074
|
26,782
|
10
|
|
|
21,757
|
24,805
|
25,540
|
27,248
|
11
|
|
|
|
25,270
|
26,005
|
27,713
|
12
|
|
|
|
25,735
|
26,470
|
28,178
|
13
|
|
|
|
26,200
|
26,935
|
28,643
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,108
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,573
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,038
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
(8)
|
(9)
|
(10)
|
(11)
|
Years
|
M.A.
|
M.A.
|
M.A.
|
Doc-
|
Exp.
|
+15
|
+30
|
+45
|
torate
|
0
|
23,096
|
23,831
|
24,566
|
25,566
|
1
|
23,561
|
24,296
|
25,031
|
26,031
|
2
|
24,026
|
24,761
|
25,496
|
26,496
|
3
|
24,491
|
25,226
|
25,961
|
26,961
|
4
|
25,192
|
25,927
|
26,662
|
27,662
|
5
|
25,657
|
26,392
|
27,127
|
28,127
|
6
|
26,122
|
26,857
|
27,592
|
28,592
|
7
|
26,587
|
27,322
|
28,057
|
29,057
|
8
|
27,052
|
27,787
|
28,522
|
29,522
|
9
|
27,517
|
28,252
|
28,987
|
29,987
|
10
|
27,983
|
28,718
|
29,453
|
30,453
|
11
|
28,448
|
29,183
|
29,918
|
30,918
|
12
|
28,913
|
29,648
|
30,383
|
31,383
|
13
|
29,378
|
30,113
|
30,848
|
31,848
|
14
|
29,843
|
30,578
|
31,313
|
32,313
|
15
|
30,308
|
31,043
|
31,778
|
32,778
|
16
|
30,773
|
31,508
|
32,243
|
33,243
|
17
|
|
31,973
|
32,708
|
33,708
|
18
|
|
32,438
|
33,173
|
34,173
|
19
|
|
32,903
|
33,638
|
34,638
|
STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(4)
|
(5)
|
(6)
|
(7)
|
Years
|
4th
|
3rd
|
2nd
|
|
A.B.
|
|
Exp.
|
Class
|
Class
|
Class
|
A.B.
|
+15
|
M.A.
|
0
|
18,572
|
19,209
|
19,464
|
20,674
|
21,409
|
23,117
|
1
|
18,853
|
19,490
|
19,745
|
21,139
|
21,874
|
23,582
|
2
|
19,134
|
19,772
|
20,027
|
21,604
|
22,339
|
24,047
|
3
|
19,416
|
20,053
|
20,308
|
22,069
|
22,804
|
24,512
|
4
|
19,933
|
20,570
|
20,826
|
22,770
|
23,505
|
25,213
|
5
|
20,214
|
20,852
|
21,107
|
23,235
|
23,970
|
25,678
|
6
|
20,496
|
21,133
|
21,388
|
23,700
|
24,435
|
26,143
|
7
|
|
21,414
|
21,670
|
24,165
|
24,900
|
26,608
|
8
|
|
21,696
|
21,951
|
24,630
|
25,365
|
27,073
|
9
|
|
|
22,232
|
25,095
|
25,830
|
27,538
|
10
|
|
|
22,513
|
25,561
|
26,296
|
28,004
|
11
|
|
|
|
26,026
|
26,761
|
28,469
|
12
|
|
|
|
26,491
|
27,226
|
28,934
|
13
|
|
|
|
26,956
|
27,691
|
29,399
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,864
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,329
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,794
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
(8)
|
(9)
|
(10)
|
(11)
|
Years
|
M.A.
|
M.A.
|
M.A.
|
Doc-
|
Exp.
|
+15
|
+30
|
+45
|
torate
|
0
|
23,852
|
24,587
|
25,322
|
26,322
|
1
|
24,317
|
25,052
|
25,787
|
26,787
|
2
|
24,782
|
25,517
|
26,252
|
27,252
|
3
|
25,247
|
25,982
|
26,717
|
27,717
|
4
|
25,948
|
26,683
|
27,418
|
28,418
|
5
|
26,413
|
27,148
|
27,883
|
28,883
|
6
|
26,878
|
27,613
|
28,348
|
29,348
|
7
|
27,343
|
28,078
|
28,813
|
29,813
|
8
|
27,808
|
28,543
|
29,278
|
30,278
|
9
|
28,273
|
29,008
|
29,743
|
30,743
|
10
|
28,739
|
29,474
|
30,209
|
31,209
|
11
|
29,204
|
29,939
|
30,674
|
31,674
|
12
|
29,669
|
30,404
|
31,139
|
32,139
|
13
|
30,134
|
30,869
|
31,604
|
32,604
|
14
|
30,599
|
31,334
|
32,069
|
33,069
|
15
|
31,064
|
31,799
|
32,534
|
33,534
|
16
|
31,529
|
32,264
|
32,999
|
33,999
|
17
|
|
32,729
|
33,464
|
34,464
|
18
|
|
33,194
|
33,929
|
34,929
|
19
|
|
33,659
|
34,394
|
35,394
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b) Six hundred dollars shall be paid annually to each
classroom teacher who has at least twenty years of teaching
experience. The payments: (i) Shall be in addition to any
amounts prescribed in the "state minimum salary schedule"; (ii)
shall be paid in equal monthly installments; and (iii) shall be
considered a part of the state minimum salaries for teachers.
(c) Subject to an appropriation by the Legislature
therefore, it shall be the intent to increase the state minimum
salary schedule by seven hundred fifty-six dollars in the fiscal
year commencing on the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-nine and to increase the schedule again by seven
hundred fifty-six dollars in the fiscal year commencing on the
first day of July, two thousand.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the salaries
of teachers.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.