Senate Bill No. 335
(By Senator Dalton)
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[Introduced March 9, 1993; referred to the Committee
on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article four, chapter
eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to increased salary
increments paid to principals and assistant principals.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, 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:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES, AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-3. State minimum annual salary increments for principals
and assistant principals.
In addition to any salary increments for principals and
assistant principals, in effect on the first day of January, one
thousand nine hundred
eighty-six, ninety-three, and paid from
local funds, and in addition to the county schedule in effect for
classroom teachers, the county board shall pay each principal a
principal's salary increment and each assistant principal anassistant principal's salary increment as prescribed by this
section commencing on the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred
eighty-six, ninety-three, from state funds appropriated
therefor.
State funds for this purpose shall be paid within the West
Virginia public school support plan in accordance with article
nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code.
The salary increment herein for each principal shall be
determined by multiplying the
basic salary for teachers salary he
or she would receive as a classroom teacher in accordance with
the classification of certification and of training of said
principal as prescribed in this article, by the appropriate
percentage rate prescribed herein according to the number of
teachers supervised.
STATE MINIMUM SALARY INCREMENT RATES FOR PRINCIPALS
No. of Teachers
Supervised Rates
1-7
5.0% 7.0%
8-14
5.5% 7.5%
15-24
6.0% 8.0%
25-38
6.5% 8.5%
39-57
7.0% 9.0%
58 and up
7.5% 9.5%
The salary increment herein for each assistant principal
shall be determined in the same manner as that for principals, utilizing the number of teachers supervised by the principal
under whose direction the assistant principal works, except that
the percentage rate shall be fifty percent of the rate prescribed
for said principal.
Salaries for employment beyond the minimum employment term
for teachers shall be at the same daily rate as the salaries for
the minimum employment terms:
Provided, That the annual
employment term for principals shall be a minimum of two hundred
fifteen days.
For the purpose of determining the number of teachers
supervised by a principal, the county board shall use data for
the second school month of the prior school term and the number
of teachers shall be interpreted to mean the total number of
professional educators assigned to each school on a full-time
equivalency basis:
Provided, That due to a change in
circumstances because of consolidation or catastrophe, the county
board of education shall determine what is a reasonable number
of supervised teachers in order to establish the appropriate
increment percentage rate.
No county shall reduce local funds allocated for salary
increments for principals and assistant principals in effect on
the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred
eighty-six,
ninety-three, and used in supplementing the state minimum
salaries as provided for in this article, unless forced to do so
by defeat of a special levy, or a loss in assessed values or
events over which it has no control and for which the countyboard has received approval from the state board prior to making
such reduction.
Nothing herein shall prevent a county board from providing,
in a uniform manner, salary increments greater than those
required by this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase the salary
index of principals by two percentage points, base the index upon
years of experience, and establishes a 215 day minimum schedule
for principals.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.