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FISCAL NOTEWEST virginia Legislature

2018 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 349

By Senators Maynard, Takubo, Cline, and Plymale

[Introduced January 23, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-4-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to providing teachers with a three percent pay raise.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:


ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.


§18A-4-2. State minimum salaries for teachers.

(a) It is the goal of the Legislature to increase the state minimum salary for teachers with zero years of experience and an A. B. degree, including the equity supplement, to at least $43,000 by fiscal year 2019.

(b) Beginning July 1, 2014, and continuing thereafter, 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 §18a-4-5a of this code during the contract year.

STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE

Years

4th

3rd

2nd

 

A.B.

 

M.A.

M.A.

M.A.

Doc-

Exp.

Class

Class

Class

A.B.

+15

M.A.

+15

+30

+45

torate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

27,917

28,606

28,872

30,315

31,076

32,843

33,604

34,365

35,126

36,161

1

28,245

28,934

29,200

30,833

31,594

33,362

34,123

34,883

35,644

36,679

2

28,574

29,262

29,528

31,352

32,113

33,880

34,641

35,402

36,163

37,198

3

28,902

29,590

29,856

31,871

32,631

34,399

35,160

35,920

36,681

37,716

4

29,474

30,162

30,428

32,633

33,394

35,162

35,923

36,683

37,444

38,479

5

29,802

30,490

30,756

33,152

33,913

35,680

36,441

37,202

37,963

38,998

6

30,130

30,818

31,084

33,670

34,431

36,199

36,960

37,720

38,481

39,516

7

30,458

31,147

31,412

34,189

34,950

36,717

37,478

38,239

39,000

40,035

8

30,786

31,475

31,741

34,707

35,468

37,236

37,997

38,757

39,518

40,553

9

31,114

31,803

32,069

35,226

35,987

37,754

38,515

39,276

40,037

41,072

10

31,443

32,131

32,397

35,746

36,506

38,274

39,035

39,796

40,556

41,591

11

31,771

32,459

32,725

36,264

37,025

38,793

39,553

40,314

41,075

42,110

12

32,099

32,787

33,053

36,783

37,543

39,311

40,072

40,833

41,593

42,628

13

32,427

33,115

33,381

37,301

38,062

39,830

40,590

41,351

42,112

43,147

14

32,755

33,443

33,709

37,820

38,580

40,348

41,109

41,870

42,630

43,665

15

33,083

33,771

34,037

38,338

39,099

40,867

41,627

42,388

43,149

44,184

16

33,411

34,099

34,365

38,857

39,617

41,385

42,146

42,907

43,667

44,702

17

33,739

34,428

34,693

39,375

40,136

41,904

42,665

43,425

44,186

45,221

18

34,067

34,756

35,022

39,894

40,655

42,422

43,183

43,944

44,705

45,740

19

34,395

35,084

35,350

40,412

41,173

42,941

43,702

44,462

45,223

46,258

20

34,723

35,412

35,678

40,931

41,692

43,459

44,220

44,981

45,742

46,777

21

35,052

35,740

36,006

41,449

42,210

43,978

44,739

45,499

46,260

47,295

22

35,380

36,068

36,334

41,968

42,729

44,496

45,257

46,018

46,779

47,814

23

35,708

36,396

36,662

42,487

43,247

45,015

45,776

46,536

47,297

48,332

24

36,036

36,724

36,990

43,005

43,766

45,534

46,294

47,055

47,816

48,851

25

36,364

37,052

37,318

43,524

44,284

46,052

46,813

47,574

48,334

49,369

26

36,692

37,380

37,646

44,042

44,803

46,571

47,331

48,092

48,853

49,888

27

37,020

37,708

37,974

44,561

45,321

47,089

47,850

48,611

49,371

50,406

28

37,348

38,037

38,302

45,079

45,840

47,608

48,368

49,129

49,890

50,925

29

37,676

38,365

38,631

45,598

46,358

48,126

48,887

49,648

50,408

51,443

30

38,004

38,693

38,959

46,116

46,877

48,645

49,405

50,166

50,927

51,962

31

38,333

39,021

39,287

46,635

47,396

49,163

49,924

50,685

51,445

52,480

32

38,661

39,349

39,615

47,153

47,914

49,682

50,443

51,203

51,964

52,999

33

38,989

39,677

39,943

47,672

48,433

50,200

50,961

51,722

52,483

53,518

34

39,317

40,005

40,271

48,190

48,951

50,719

51,480

52,240

53,001

54,036

35

39,645

40,333

40,599

48,709

49,470

51,237

51,998

52,759

53,520

54,555

(c) (1) Effective July 1, 2018, the minimum pay for teachers as found in the schedule in subsection (b) of this section, is increased by three percent of each salary listed.

(2) Six hundred dollars shall be paid annually to each classroom teacher who has at least twenty years of teaching experience.

(3) The payments required by subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection: (i) (A) Shall be in addition to any amounts prescribed in the applicable State Minimum Salary Schedule; (ii) (B) shall be paid in equal monthly installments; and (iii) (C) shall be considered a part of the state minimum salaries for teachers.

(d) To meet the objective of salary equity among the counties as set forth in §18a-4-5 of this code, each teacher shall be paid an equity supplement amount as applicable for his or her classification of certification or classification of training and years of experience as follows, subject to the provisions of that section:

(1) For "4th Class" at zero years of experience, $1,781. An additional $38 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(2) For "3rd Class" at zero years of experience, $1,796. An additional $67 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(3) For "2nd Class" at zero years of experience, $1,877. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(4) For "A. B." at zero years of experience, $2,360. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(5) For "A. B. + 15" at zero years of experience, $2,452. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(6) For "M. A." at zero years of experience, $2,644. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(7) For "M. A. + 15" at zero years of experience, $2,740. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(8) For "M. A. + 30" at zero years of experience, $2,836. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(9) For "M. A. + 45" at zero years of experience, $2,836. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience; and

(10) For "Doctorate" at zero years of experience, $2,927. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience.

These payments: (i) Shall be in addition to any amounts prescribed in the applicable State Minimum Salary Schedule, any specific additional amounts prescribed in this section and article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to §18a-4-5a of this code; (ii) shall be paid in equal monthly installments; and (iii) shall be considered a part of the state minimum salaries for teachers.


 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to raise the minimum salary for teachers by three percent.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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