FISCAL NOTEWEST virginia legislature

2016 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4027

By DELEGATES AMBLER, PERRY, COOPER,
 D. EVANS, WAGNER, TRECOST, DUKE, UPSON, ROWAN, ROMINE AND MOYE

[Introduced January 15, 2016; referred to the Committee on Education then Finance.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18A-4-1b, relating to increasing pay to teachers and service personnel by two percent the first year, two percent the second and three percent in the third year.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18A-4-1b, all to read as follows:

 ARTICLE 4.  SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.

§18A-4-1b.  State minimum salaries for teachers and service personnel increased over three years.

(a) Beginning July 1, 2016, the state minimum salaries for teachers shall be in accordance with section two of this article, plus an additional two percent.

(b) Beginning July 1, 2017, the state minimum salaries for teachers shall be in accordance with section two of this article, plus an additional two percent.

(c) Beginning July 1, 2018, the state minimum salaries for teachers shall be in accordance with section two of this article, plus an additional one percent.

(d) Beginning July 1, 2016, the minimum monthly pay for each service employee shall be in accordance with section eight-a of this article, plus an additional two percent.

(e) Beginning July 1, 2017, the minimum monthly pay for each service employee shall be accordance with section eight-a of this article, plus an additional two percent.

(f) Beginning July 1, 2018, the minimum monthly pay for each service employee shall be in accordance with section eight-a of this article, plus an additional one percent.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase pay to teachers and service personnel by two percent the first year, two percent the second and three percent in the third year.

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