Senate Bill No. 412
(By Senators Redd, Wooton, Prezioso, Hunter, Edgell,
Mitchell, Bowman, Kessler, Unger, Chafin, Bailey, Plymale,
Sharpe, Helmick, Minard, Fanning, Facemyer, Snyder,
Love, Sprouse, McCabe, Caldwell, McKenzie, Deem, Rowe, Minear,
Anderson, Oliverio, Ross, Jackson and Tomblin, Mr. President)
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[Introduced January 25, 2002; referred to the Committee
on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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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 teachers'
salaries; increasing the minimum salary paid to teachers each
year for three years; and, for three years, increasing the
experience steps in the state minimum salary schedules from
nineteen years to thirty-five years.
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:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-2. State Minimum salaries for teachers.
(a) Each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the "state minimum salary schedule I" 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:
Provided, That
beginning on the first day of
July, the second quarter of the
teacher's employment term in the school year two thousand
one two
and continuing through the thirtieth day of June, two thousand
two
three, and thereafter, each teacher shall receive the amount
prescribed in "state minimum salary schedule II" 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.
Beginning on the first day of July, two thousand three and
continuing through the thirtieth day of June, two thousand four,
each teacher shall receive the minimum amount prescribed in "state
minimum salary schedule III" as set forth in this section, specific
additional amounts prescribed in this section or article, and any
county salary supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section
five-a of this article during the contract year. Beginning on the
first day of July, two thousand four, and thereafter, each teacher
shall receive the amount prescribed in "state minimum salary
schedule IV" as set forth in this section, specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article, and any county
salary supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a
of this article during each contract year.
STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE I
|
1
Yrs
Exp
|
2
4th
Class
|
3
3rd
Class
|
4
2nd
Class
|
5
A.B.
|
6
A.B.
+15
|
7
M.A.
|
8
M.A.
+15
|
9
M.A.
+30
|
10
M.A.
+45
|
11
Doctorate
|
0
|
20,084
|
20,721
|
20,976
|
22,186
|
22,921
|
24,629
|
25,364
|
26,099
|
26,834
|
27,834
|
1
|
20,365
|
21,002
|
21,257
|
22,651
|
23,386
|
25,094
|
25,829
|
26,564
|
27,299
|
28,299
|
2
|
20,646
|
21,284
|
21,539
|
23,116
|
23,851
|
25,559
|
26,294
|
27,029
|
27,764
|
28,764
|
3
|
20,928
|
21,565
|
21,820
|
23,581
|
24,316
|
26,024
|
26,759
|
27,494
|
28,229
|
29,229
|
4
|
21,445
|
22,082
|
22,338
|
24,282
|
25,017
|
26,725
|
27,460
|
28,195
|
28,930
|
29,930
|
5
|
21,726
|
22,364
|
22,619
|
24,747
|
25,482
|
27,190
|
27,925
|
28,660
|
29,395
|
30,395
|
6
|
22,008
|
22,645
|
22,900
|
25,212
|
25,947
|
27,655
|
28,390
|
29,125
|
29,860
|
30,860
|
7
|
22,008
|
22,926
|
23,182
|
25,677
|
26,412
|
28,120
|
28,855
|
29,590
|
30,325
|
31,325
|
8
|
22,008
|
23,208
|
23,463
|
26,142
|
26,877
|
28,585
|
29,320
|
30,055
|
30,790
|
31,790
|
9
|
22,008
|
|
23,744
|
26,607
|
27,342
|
29,050
|
29,785
|
30,520
|
31,255
|
32,255
|
10
|
22,008
|
|
24,025
|
27,073
|
27,808
|
29,516
|
30,251
|
30,986
|
31,721
|
32,721
|
11
|
22,008
|
|
|
27,538
|
28,273
|
29,981
|
30,716
|
31,451
|
32,186
|
33,186
|
12
|
22,008
|
|
|
28,003
|
28,738
|
30,446
|
31,181
|
31,916
|
32,651
|
33,651
|
13
|
22,008
|
|
|
28,468
|
29,203
|
30,911
|
31,646
|
32,381
|
33,116
|
34,116
|
14
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
31,376
|
32,111
|
32,846
|
33,581
|
34,581
|
15
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
31,841
|
32,576
|
33,311
|
34,046
|
35,046
|
16
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
32,306
|
33,041
|
33,776
|
34,511
|
35,511
|
17
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34,241
|
34,976
|
35,976
|
18
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34,706
|
35,441
|
36,441
|
19
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,171
|
35,906
|
36,906
|