H. B. 2656
(By Delegates Facemyer, L. White
and Beane)
[Introduced February 4, 1999; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section eighteen, article four,
chapter eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
requiring that all professional and service personnel
employed by the state department of education receive at
least the same pay as comparable employees of the county
board of education, instead of just professional employees
receiving that salary minimum.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eighteen, 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-4-18. Department of education certified staff salaries.
Personnel employed by the state department of education
who
are required to hold a teaching certificate shall receive a
salary that is at least equal to the salary paid to comparable
professional
and service personnel employed by the county board
wherein their
office principal place of employment is located,
minus the six hundred dollars authorized pursuant to section two
of this article for classroom teachers with twenty years of
experience
for professional personnel.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that all
professional and service personnel employed by the state
department of education receive at least the same salary as
comparable employees of the county board of education.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.