H. B. 2028
(By Delegate Marshall)
[Introduced February 13, 2013; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact
§18-5-18
a
of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §18A-4-8 and
§18A-4-8a
, all relating to the employment and compensation of
school service personnel; creating two new job titles for bus
drivers; establishing the pay grades of those two new job
titles; providing for additional payment to classroom aides in
prekindergarten or kindergarten classes for any pupils over
the twenty maximum pupil-teacher ratio; and establishing a
pupil-teacher ratio of twenty to one in all prekindergarten
classes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That
§18-5-18a
of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted; and that
§18A-4-8 and
§18A-4-8a of said
code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 18. EDUCATION.
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-18a. Maximum teacher-pupil ratio.
County boards of education shall provide, by the school year
1983-1984, and thereafter, sufficient personnel, equipment and
facilities as will ensure that each first and second grade
classroom, or classrooms having two or more grades that include
either the first or second grades shall not have more than
twenty-five pupils for each teacher of the grade or grades and
shall not have more than twenty pupils for each prekindergarten or
kindergarten teacher per session, unless the state superintendent
has excepted a specific classroom upon application therefor by a
county board.
County boards shall provide by the school year 1984-1985 and
continue thereafter, sufficient personnel, equipment and facilities
as will ensure that each third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade
classroom, or classrooms having two or more grades that include one
or more of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades, shall not
have more than twenty-five pupils for each teacher of the grade or
grades.
Beginning with the school year 1986-1987, and thereafter, no
county shall maintain a greater number of classrooms having two or
more grades that include one or more of the grade levels referred
to in this section than were in existence in said county as of
January 1, 1983:
Provided, That for the prior school years, and only if there is insufficient classroom space available in the
school or county, a county may maintain one hundred ten percent of
such number of classrooms.
During the school year 1984-1985, and thereafter, the state
superintendent is authorized, consistent with sound educational
policy: (a) To permit on a statewide basis, in grades four through
six, more than twenty-five pupils per teacher in a classroom for
the purposes of instruction in physical education; and (b) to
permit more than twenty pupils per teacher in a specific
kindergarten classroom and twenty-five pupils per teacher in a
specific classroom in grades one through six during a school year
in the event of extraordinary circumstances as determined by the
state superintendent after application by a county board of
education.
The state board shall establish guidelines for the exceptions
authorized in this section, but in no event shall the
superintendent except classrooms having more than three pupils
above the pupil-teacher ratio as set forth in this section.
The requirement for approval of an exception to exceed the
twenty pupils per prekindergarten or
kindergarten teacher per
session limit or the twenty-five pupils per teacher limit in grades
one through six is waived in schools where the schoolwide
pupil-teacher ratio is twenty-five or less in grades one through
six:
Provided, That a teacher shall not have more than three pupils above the teacher/pupil ratio as set forth in this section.
Any prekindergarten or
kindergarten teacher who has more than
twenty pupils per session and any classroom teacher of grades one
through six who has more than twenty-five pupils shall be paid
additional compensation based on the affected classroom teacher's
average daily salary divided by twenty for prekindergarten or
kindergarten teachers or twenty-five for teachers of grades one
through six for every day times the number of additional pupils
enrolled up to the maximum pupils permitted in the teacher's
classroom. Any classroom aide assigned to a prekindergarten or
kindergarten classroom wherein there are more than twenty-five
pupils enrolled shall also be paid additional compensation based
upon his or her daily rate of pay and otherwise utilizing the same
calculation used for prekindergarten and kindergarten teachers.
All such additional compensation shall be paid from county funds
exclusively.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the
contrary, commencing with the school year beginning on July 1,
1984, a teacher in grades one, two or three or classrooms having
two or more such grade levels, shall not have more than two pupils
above the teacher/pupil ratio as set forth in this section:
Provided, That commencing with the school year beginning on July 1,
1995, such teacher shall not have more than one pupil above the
teacher/pupil ratio as set forth in this section:
Provided, however, That commencing with the school year beginning July 1,
1996, such teacher shall not have any pupils above the
teacher/pupil ratio as set forth in this section.
No provision of this section is intended to limit the number
of pupils per teacher in a classroom for the purpose of instruction
in choral, band or orchestra music.
Each school principal shall assign students equitably among
the classroom teachers, taking into consideration reasonable
differences due to subject areas and/or grade levels.
The state board shall collect from each county board of
education information on class size and the number of pupils per
teacher for all classes in grades seven through twelve. The state
board shall report such information to the Legislative Oversight
Commission on Education Accountability before January 1 of each
year.
CHAPTER 18A. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-8. Employment term and class titles of service personnel;
definitions.
(a) The purpose of this section is to establish an employment
term and class titles for service personnel. The employment term
for service personnel may not be less than ten months. A month is
defined as twenty employment days. The county board may contract with all or part of these service personnel for a longer term. The
beginning and closing dates of the ten-month employment term may
not exceed forty-three weeks.
(b) Service personnel employed on a yearly or twelve-month
basis may be employed by calendar months. Whenever there is a
change in job assignment during the school year, the minimum pay
scale and any county supplement are applicable.
(c) Service personnel employed in the same classification for
more than the two hundred-day minimum employment term shall be paid
for additional employment at a daily rate of not less than the
daily rate paid for the two hundred-day minimum employment term.
(d) A service person may not be required to report for work
more than five days per week without his or her agreement, and no
part of any working day may be accumulated by the employer for
future work assignments, unless the employee agrees thereto.
(e) If a service person whose regular work week is scheduled
from Monday through Friday agrees to perform any work assignments
on a Saturday or Sunday, the service person shall be paid for at
least one-half day of work for each day he or she reports for work.
If the service person works more than three and one-half hours on
any Saturday or Sunday, he or she shall be paid for at least a full
day of work for each day.
(f) A custodian, aide, maintenance, office and school lunch
service person required to work a daily work schedule that is interrupted shall be paid additional compensation in accordance
with this subsection.
(1) A maintenance person means a person who holds a
classification title other than in a custodial, aide, school lunch,
office or transportation category as provided in section one,
article one of this chapter.
(2) A service person's schedule is considered to be
interrupted if he or she does not work a continuous period in one
day. Aides are not regarded as working an interrupted schedule
when engaged exclusively in the duties of transporting students;
(3) The additional compensation provided for in this
subsection:
(A) Is equal to at least one eighth of a service person's
total salary as provided by the state minimum pay scale and any
county pay supplement; and
(B) Is payable entirely from county board funds.
(g) When there is a change in classification or when a service
person meets the requirements of an advanced classification, his or
her salary shall be made to comply with the requirements of this
article and any county salary schedule in excess of the minimum
requirements of this article, based upon the service person's
advanced classification and allowable years of employment.
(h) A service person's contract, as provided in section five,
article two of this chapter, shall state the appropriate monthly salary the employee is to be paid, based on the class title as
provided in this article and on any county salary schedule in
excess of the minimum requirements of this article.
(i) The column heads of the state minimum pay scale and class
titles, set forth in section eight-a of this article, are defined
as follows:
(1) "Pay grade" means the monthly salary applicable to class
titles of service personnel;
(2) "Years of employment" means the number of years which an
employee classified as a service person has been employed by a
county board in any position prior to or subsequent to the
effective date of this section and includes service in the Armed
Forces of the United States, if the employee was employed at the
time of his or her induction. For the purpose of section eight-a
of this article, years of employment is limited to the number of
years shown and allowed under the state minimum pay scale as set
forth in section eight-a of this article;
(3) "Class title" means the name of the position or job held
by a service person;
(4) "Accountant I" means a person employed to maintain payroll
records and reports and perform one or more operations relating to
a phase of the total payroll;
(5) "Accountant II" means a person employed to maintain
accounting records and to be responsible for the accounting process associated with billing, budgets, purchasing and related
operations;
(6) "Accountant III" means a person employed in the county
board office to manage and supervise accounts payable, payroll
procedures, or both;
(7) "Accounts payable supervisor" means a person employed in
the county board office who has primary responsibility for the
accounts payable function and who either has completed twelve
college hours of accounting courses from an accredited institution
of higher education or has at least eight years of experience
performing progressively difficult accounting tasks.
Responsibilities of this class title may include supervision of
other personnel;
(8) "Aide I" means a person selected and trained for a
teacher-aide classification such as monitor aide, clerical aide,
classroom aide or general aide;
(9) "Aide II" means a service person referred to in the "Aide
I" classification who has completed a training program approved by
the state board, or who holds a high school diploma or has received
a general educational development certificate. Only a person
classified in an Aide II class title may be employed as an aide in
any special education program;
(10) "Aide III" means a service person referred to in the
"Aide I" classification who holds a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate; and
(A) Has completed six semester hours of college credit at an
institution of higher education; or
(B) Is employed as an aide in a special education program and
has one year's experience as an aide in special education;
(11) "Aide IV" means a service person referred to in the "Aide
I" classification who holds a high school diploma or a general
educational development certificate; and
(A) Has completed eighteen hours of state board-approved
college credit at a regionally accredited institution of higher
education, or
(B) Has completed fifteen hours of state board-approved
college credit at a regionally accredited institution of higher
education; and has successfully completed an in-service training
program determined by the state board to be the equivalent of three
hours of college credit;
(12) "Audiovisual technician" means a person employed to
perform minor maintenance on audiovisual equipment, films, and
supplies and who fills requests for equipment;
(13) "Auditor" means a person employed to examine and verify
accounts of individual schools and to assist schools and school
personnel in maintaining complete and accurate records of their
accounts;
(14) "Autism mentor" means a person who works with autistic students and who meets standards and experience to be determined by
the state board. A person who has held or holds an aide title and
becomes employed as an autism mentor shall hold a
multiclassification status that includes both aide and autism
mentor titles, in accordance with section eight-b of this article;
(15) "Braille or sign language specialist" means a person
employed to provide braille and/or sign language assistance to
students. A service person who has held or holds an aide title and
becomes employed as a braille or sign language specialist shall
hold a multiclassification status that includes both aide and
braille or sign language specialist title, in accordance with
section eight-b of this article;
(16) "Bus operator" means a person employed to operate school
buses and other school transportation vehicles as provided by the
state board;
(17) "Bus operator II" means personnel employed to operate
school buses and other transportation vehicles as provided by the
state Board of Education, who have served in a position which meets
the definition of "Bus operator I" for ten years;
__________(18) "Bus operator III" means personnel employed to operate
school buses and other school transportation vehicles as provided
by the state Board of Education, who have served in a position
which meets the definition of "Bus operator I" or "Bus operator II"
for twenty years;
__________(17) (19) "Buyer" means a person employed to review and write
specifications, negotiate purchase bids and recommend purchase
agreements for materials and services that meet predetermined
specifications at the lowest available costs;
(18) (20) "Cabinetmaker" means a person employed to construct
cabinets, tables, bookcases and other furniture;
(19) (21) "Cafeteria manager" means a person employed to
direct the operation of a food services program in a school,
including assigning duties to employees, approving requisitions for
supplies and repairs, keeping inventories, inspecting areas to
maintain high standards of sanitation, preparing financial reports
and keeping records pertinent to food services of a school;
(20) (22) "Carpenter I" means a person classified as a
carpenter's helper;
(21) (23) "Carpenter II" means a person classified as a
journeyman carpenter;
(22) (24) "Chief mechanic" means a person employed to be
responsible for directing activities which ensure that student
transportation or other county board-owned vehicles are properly
and safely maintained;
(23) (25) "Clerk I" means a person employed to perform
clerical tasks;
(24) (26) "Clerk II" means a person employed to perform
general clerical tasks, prepare reports and tabulations and operate office machines;
(25) (27) "Computer operator" means a qualified person
employed to operate computers;
(26) (28) "Cook I" means a person employed as a cook's helper;
(27) (29) "Cook II" means a person employed to interpret menus
and to prepare and serve meals in a food service program of a
school. This definition includes a service person who has been
employed as a "Cook I" for a period of four years;
(28) (30) "Cook III" means a person employed to prepare and
serve meals, make reports, prepare requisitions for supplies, order
equipment and repairs for a food service program of a school
system;
(29) (31) "Crew leader" means a person employed to organize
the work for a crew of maintenance employees to carry out assigned
projects;
(30) (32) "Custodian I" means a person employed to keep
buildings clean and free of refuse;
(31) (33) "Custodian II" means a person employed as a watchman
or groundsman;
(32) (34) "Custodian III" means a person employed to keep
buildings clean and free of refuse, to operate the heating or
cooling systems and to make minor repairs;
(33) (35) "Custodian IV" means a person employed as head
custodians. In addition to providing services as defined in "custodian III," duties may include supervising other custodian
personnel;
(34) (36) "Director or coordinator of services" means an
employee of a county board who is assigned to direct a department
or division.
(A) Nothing in this subdivision prohibits a professional
person or a professional educator from holding this class title;
(B) Professional personnel holding this class title may not be
defined or classified as service personnel unless the professional
person held a service personnel title under this section prior to
holding the class title of "director or coordinator of services."
(C) The director or coordinator of services shall be
classified either as a professional person or a service person for
state aid formula funding purposes;
(D) Funding for the position of director or coordinator of
services is based upon the employment status of the director or
coordinator either as a professional person or a service person;
and
(E) A person employed under the class title "director or
coordinator of services" may not be exclusively assigned to perform
the duties ascribed to any other class title as defined in this
subsection: Provided, That nothing in this paragraph prohibits a
person in this position from being multiclassified;
(35) (37) "Draftsman" means a person employed to plan, design and produce detailed architectural/engineering drawings;
(36) (38) "Electrician I" means a person employed as an
apprentice electrician helper or one who holds an electrician
helper license issued by the state Fire Marshal;
(37) (39) "Electrician II" means a person employed as an
electrician journeyman or one who holds a journeyman electrician
license issued by the state Fire Marshal;
(38) (40) "Electronic technician I" means a person employed at
the apprentice level to repair and maintain electronic equipment;
(39) (41) "Electronic technician II" means a person employed
at the journeyman level to repair and maintain electronic
equipment;
(40) (42) "Executive secretary" means a person employed as
secretary to the county school superintendent or as a secretary who
is assigned to a position characterized by significant
administrative duties;
(41) (43) "Food services supervisor" means a qualified person
who is not a professional person or professional educator as
defined in section one, article one of this chapter. The food
services supervisor is employed to manage and supervise a county
school system's food service program. The duties include preparing
in-service training programs for cooks and food service employees,
instructing personnel in the areas of quantity cooking with economy
and efficiency and keeping aggregate records and reports;
(42) (44) "Foreman" means a skilled person employed to
supervise personnel who work in the areas of repair and maintenance
of school property and equipment;
(43) (45) "General maintenance" means a person employed as a
helper to skilled maintenance employees and to perform minor
repairs to equipment and buildings of a county school system;
(44) (46) "Glazier" means a person employed to replace glass
or other materials in windows and doors and to do minor carpentry
tasks;
(45) (47) "Graphic artist" means a person employed to prepare
graphic illustrations;
(46) (48) "Groundsman" means a person employed to perform
duties that relate to the appearance, repair and general care of
school grounds in a county school system. Additional assignments
may include the operation of a small heating plant and routine
cleaning duties in buildings;
(47) (49) "Handyman" means a person employed to perform
routine manual tasks in any operation of the county school system;
(48) (50) "Heating and air conditioning mechanic I" means a
person employed at the apprentice level to install, repair and
maintain heating and air conditioning plants and related electrical
equipment;
(49) (51) "Heating and air conditioning mechanic II" means a
person employed at the journeyman level to install, repair and maintain heating and air conditioning plants and related electrical
equipment;
(50) (52) "Heavy equipment operator" means a person employed
to operate heavy equipment;
(51) (53) "Inventory supervisor" means a person employed to
supervise or maintain operations in the receipt, storage, inventory
and issuance of materials and supplies;
(52) (54) "Key punch operator" means a qualified person
employed to operate key punch machines or verifying machines;
(53) (55) "Licensed practical nurse" means a nurse, licensed
by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical
Nurses, employed to work in a public school under the supervision
of a school nurse;
(54) (56) "Locksmith" means a person employed to repair and
maintain locks and safes;
(55) (57) "Lubrication man" means a person employed to
lubricate and service gasoline or diesel-powered equipment of a
county school system;
(56) (58) "Machinist" means a person employed to perform
machinist tasks which include the ability to operate a lathe,
planer, shaper, threading machine and wheel press. A person
holding this class title also should have the ability to work from
blueprints and drawings;
(57) (59) "Mail clerk" means a person employed to receive, sort, dispatch, deliver or otherwise handle letters, parcels and
other mail;
(58) (60) "Maintenance clerk" means a person employed to
maintain and control a stocking facility to keep adequate tools and
supplies on hand for daily withdrawal for all school maintenance
crafts;
(59) (61) "Mason" means a person employed to perform tasks
connected with brick and block laying and carpentry tasks related
to these activities;
(60) (62) "Mechanic" means a person employed to perform
skilled duties independently in the maintenance and repair of
automobiles, school buses and other mechanical and mobile equipment
to use in a county school system;
(61) (63) "Mechanic assistant" means a person employed as a
mechanic apprentice and helper;
(62) (64) "Multiclassification" means a person employed to
perform tasks that involve the combination of two or more class
titles in this section. In these instances the minimum salary
scale shall be the higher pay grade of the class titles involved;
(63) (65) "Office equipment repairman I" means a person
employed as an office equipment repairman apprentice or helper;
(64) (66) "Office equipment repairman II" means a person
responsible for servicing and repairing all office machines and
equipment. A person holding this class title is responsible for the purchase of parts necessary for the proper operation of a
program of continuous maintenance and repair;
(65) (67) "Painter" means a person employed to perform duties
painting, finishing and decorating wood, metal and concrete
surfaces of buildings, other structures, equipment, machinery and
furnishings of a county school system;
(66) (68) "Paraprofessional" means a person certified pursuant
to section two-a, article three of this chapter to perform duties
in a support capacity including, but not limited to, facilitating
in the instruction and direct or indirect supervision of students
under the direction of a principal, a teacher or another designated
professional educator.
(A) A person employed on the effective date of this section in
the position of an aide may not be subject to a reduction in force
or transferred to create a vacancy for the employment of a
paraprofessional;
(B) A person who has held or holds an aide title and becomes
employed as a paraprofessional shall hold a multiclassification
status that includes both aide and paraprofessional titles in
accordance with section eight-b of this article; and
(C) When a service person who holds an aide title becomes
certified as a paraprofessional and is required to perform duties
that may not be performed by an aide without paraprofessional
certification, he or she shall receive the paraprofessional title pay grade;
(67) (69) "Payroll supervisor" means a person employed in the
county board office who has primary responsibility for the payroll
function and who either has completed twelve college hours of
accounting from an accredited institution of higher education or
has at least eight years of experience performing progressively
difficult accounting tasks. Responsibilities of this class title
may include supervision of other personnel;
(68) (70) "Plumber I" means a person employed as an apprentice
plumber and helper;
(69) (71) "Plumber II" means a person employed as a journeyman
plumber;
(70) (72) "Printing operator" means a person employed to
operate duplication equipment, and to cut, collate, staple, bind
and shelve materials as required;
(71) (73) "Printing supervisor" means a person employed to
supervise the operation of a print shop;
(72) (74) "Programmer" means a person employed to design and
prepare programs for computer operation;
(73) (75) "Roofing/sheet metal mechanic" means a person
employed to install, repair, fabricate and maintain roofs, gutters,
flashing and duct work for heating and ventilation;
(74) (76) "Sanitation plant operator" means a person employed
to operate and maintain a water or sewage treatment plant to ensure the safety of the plant's effluent for human consumption or
environmental protection;
(75) (77) "School bus supervisor" means a qualified person:
(A) Employed to assist in selecting school bus operators and
routing and scheduling school buses, operate a bus when needed,
relay instructions to bus operators, plan emergency routing of
buses and promote good relationships with parents, students, bus
operators and other employees; and
(B) Certified to operate a bus or previously certified to
operate a bus;
(76) (78) "Secretary I" means a person employed to transcribe
from notes or mechanical equipment, receive callers, perform
clerical tasks, prepare reports and operate office machines;
(77) (79) "Secretary II" means a person employed in any
elementary, secondary, kindergarten, nursery, special education,
vocational or any other school as a secretary. The duties may
include performing general clerical tasks; transcribing from notes,
stenotype, mechanical equipment or a sound-producing machine;
preparing reports; receiving callers and referring them to proper
persons; operating office machines; keeping records and handling
routine correspondence. Nothing in this subdivision prevents a
service person from holding or being elevated to a higher
classification;
(78) (80) "Secretary III" means a person assigned to the county board office administrators in charge of various
instructional, maintenance, transportation, food services,
operations and health departments, federal programs or departments
with particular responsibilities in purchasing and financial
control or any person who has served for eight years in a position
which meets the definition of "secretary II" or "secretary III";
(79) (81) "Supervisor of maintenance" means a skilled person
who is not a professional person or professional educator as
defined in section one, article one of this chapter. The
responsibilities include directing the upkeep of buildings and
shops, and issuing instructions to subordinates relating to
cleaning, repairs and maintenance of all structures and mechanical
and electrical equipment of a county board;
(80) (82) "Supervisor of transportation" means a qualified
person employed to direct school transportation activities properly
and safely, and to supervise the maintenance and repair of
vehicles, buses and other mechanical and mobile equipment used by
the county school system. After July 1, 2010, all persons employed
for the first time in a position with this classification title or
in a multiclassification position that includes this title shall
have five years of experience working in the transportation
department of a county board. Experience working in the
transportation department shall consist of serving as a bus
operator, bus aide, assistant mechanic, mechanic, chief mechanic or in a clerical position within the transportation department;
(81) (83) "Switchboard operator-receptionist" means a person
employed to refer incoming calls, to assume contact with the
public, to direct and to give instructions as necessary, to operate
switchboard equipment and to provide clerical assistance;
(82) (84) "Truck driver" means a person employed to operate
light or heavy duty gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles;
(83) (85) "Warehouse clerk" means a person employed to be
responsible for receiving, storing, packing and shipping goods;
(84) (86) "Watchman" means a person employed to protect school
property against damage or theft. Additional assignments may
include operation of a small heating plant and routine cleaning
duties;
(85) (87) "Welder" means a person employed to provide
acetylene or electric welding services for a school system; and
(86) (88) "WVEIS data entry and administrative clerk" means a
person employed to work under the direction of a school principal
to assist the school counselor or counselors in the performance of
administrative duties, to perform data entry tasks on the West
Virginia Education Information System, and to perform other
administrative duties assigned by the principal.
(j) Notwithstanding any provision in this code to the
contrary, and in addition to the compensation provided for service
personnel in section eight-a of this article, each service person is entitled to all service personnel employee rights, privileges
and benefits provided under this or any other chapter of this code
without regard to the employee's hours of employment or the methods
or sources of compensation.
(k) A service person whose years of employment exceeds the
number of years shown and provided for under the state minimum pay
scale set forth in section eight-a of this article may not be paid
less than the amount shown for the maximum years of employment
shown and provided for in the classification in which he or she is
employed.
(l) Each county board shall review each service person's job
classification annually and shall reclassify all service persons as
required by the job classifications. The state superintendent may
withhold state funds appropriated pursuant to this article for
salaries for service personnel who are improperly classified by the
county boards. Further, the state superintendent shall order a
county board to correct immediately any improper classification
matter and, with the assistance of the Attorney General, shall take
any legal action necessary against any county board to enforce the
order.
(m) Without his or her written consent, a service person may
not be:
(1) Reclassified by class title; or
(2) Relegated to any condition of employment which would result in a reduction of his or her salary, rate of pay,
compensation or benefits earned during the current fiscal year; or
for which he or she would qualify by continuing in the same job
position and classification held during that fiscal year and
subsequent years.
(n) Any county board failing to comply with the provisions of
this article may be compelled to do so by mandamus and is liable to
any party prevailing against the board for court costs and the
prevailing party's reasonable attorney fee, as determined and
established by the court.
(o) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the
contrary, a service person who holds a continuing contract in a
specific job classification and who is physically unable to perform
the job's duties as confirmed by a physician chosen by the
employee, shall be given priority status over any employee not
holding a continuing contract in filling other service personnel
job vacancies if the service person is qualified as provided in
section eight-e of this article.
(p) Any person employed in an aide position on the effective
date of this section may not be transferred or subject to a
reduction in force for the purpose of creating a vacancy for the
employment of a licensed practical nurse.
(q) Without the written consent of the service person, a
county board may not establish the beginning work station for a bus operator or transportation aide at any site other than a county
board-owned facility with available parking. The workday of the
bus operator or transportation aide commences at the bus at the
designated beginning work station and ends when the employee is
able to leave the bus at the designated beginning work station,
unless he or she agrees otherwise in writing. The application or
acceptance of a posted position may not be construed as the written
consent referred to in this subsection.
(r) Itinerant status means a service person who does not have
a fixed work site and may be involuntarily reassigned to another
work site. A service person is considered to hold itinerant status
if he or she has bid upon a position posted as itinerant or has
agreed to accept this status. A county board may establish
positions with itinerant status only within the aide and autism
mentor classification categories and only when the job duties
involve exceptional students. A service person with itinerant
status may be assigned to a different work site upon written notice
ten days prior to the reassignment without the consent of the
employee and without posting the vacancy. A service person with
itinerant status may be involuntarily reassigned no more than twice
during the school year. At the conclusion of each school year, the
county board shall post and fill, pursuant to section eight-b of
this article, all positions that have been filled without posting
by a service person with itinerant status. A service person who is assigned to a beginning and ending work site and travels at the
expense of the county board to other work sites during the daily
schedule, shall not be considered to hold itinerant status.
§18A-4-8a. Service personnel minimum monthly salaries.
(a) The minimum monthly pay for each service employee shall be
as follows:
(1) Beginning July 1, 2011, and continuing thereafter, the
minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is
for a period of more than three and one-half hours a day shall be
at least the amounts indicated in the State Minimum Pay Scale Pay
Grade and the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose
employment is for a period of three and one-half hours or less a
day shall be at least one-half the amount indicated in the State
Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade set forth in this subdivision.
STATE MINIMUM PAY SCALE PAY GRADE
|
Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exp.
|
Pay Grade
|
|
A
|
B
|
C
|
D
|
E
|
F
|
G
|
H
|
0
|
1,627
|
1,648
|
1,689
|
1,741
|
1,793
|
1,855
|
1,886
|
1,958
|
1
|
1,659
|
1,680
|
1,721
|
1,773
|
1,825
|
1,887
|
1,918
|
1,990
|
2
|
1,691
|
1,712
|
1,753
|
1,805
|
1,857
|
1,919
|
1,950
|
2,022
|
3
|
1,723
|
1,744
|
1,785
|
1,837
|
1,889
|
1,951
|
1,982
|
2,054
|
4
|
1,755
|
1,776
|
1,817
|
1,869
|
1,921
|
1,983
|
2,014
|
2,087
|
5
|
1,787
|
1,808
|
1,849
|
1,901
|
1,953
|
2,015
|
2,046
|
2,119
|
6
|
1,819
|
1,840
|
1,882
|
1,933
|
1,985
|
2,047
|
2,078
|
2,151
|
7
|
1,852
|
1,872
|
1,914
|
1,965
|
2,017
|
2,079
|
2,110
|
2,183
|
8
|
1,884
|
1,904
|
1,946
|
1,997
|
2,049
|
2,111
|
2,142
|
2,215
|
9
|
1,916
|
1,936
|
1,978
|
2,030
|
2,081
|
2,143
|
2,174
|
2,247
|
10
|
1,948
|
1,969
|
2,010
|
2,062
|
2,113
|
2,176
|
2,207
|
2,279
|
11
|
1,980
|
2,001
|
2,042
|
2,094
|
2,145
|
2,208
|
2,239
|
2,311
|
12
|
2,012
|
2,033
|
2,074
|
2,126
|
2,178
|
2,240
|
2,271
|
2,343
|
13
|
2,044
|
2,065
|
2,106
|
2,158
|
2,210
|
2,272
|
2,303
|
2,375
|
14
|
2,076
|
2,097
|
2,138
|
2,190
|
2,242
|
2,304
|
2,335
|
2,407
|
15
|
2,108
|
2,129
|
2,170
|
2,222
|
2,274
|
2,336
|
2,367
|
2,439
|
16
|
2,140
|
2,161
|
2,202
|
2,254
|
2,306
|
2,368
|
2,399
|
2,472
|
17
|
2,172
|
2,193
|
2,235
|
2,286
|
2,338
|
2,400
|
2,431
|
2,504
|
18
|
2,204
|
2,225
|
2,267
|
2,318
|
2,370
|
2,432
|
2,463
|
2,536
|
19
|
2,237
|
2,257
|
2,299
|
2,350
|
2,402
|
2,464
|
2,495
|
2,568
|
20
|
2,269
|
2,289
|
2,331
|
2,383
|
2,434
|
2,496
|
2,527
|
2,601
|
21
|
2,301
|
2,321
|
2,363
|
2,415
|
2,466
|
2,528
|
2,559
|
2,634
|
22
|
2,333
|
2,354
|
2,395
|
2,447
|
2,498
|
2,561
|
2,593
|
2,666
|
23
|
2,365
|
2,386
|
2,427
|
2,479
|
2,531
|
2,594
|
2,625
|
2,699
|
24
|
2,397
|
2,418
|
2,459
|
2,511
|
2,563
|
2,627
|
2,658
|
2,732
|
25
|
2,429
|
2,450
|
2,491
|
2,543
|
2,596
|
2,659
|
2,691
|
2,764
|
26
|
2,461
|
2,482
|
2,523
|
2,576
|
2,629
|
2,692
|
2,723
|
2,797
|
27
|
2,493
|
2,514
|
2,555
|
2,608
|
2,661
|
2,724
|
2,756
|
2,829
|
28
|
2,525
|
2,546
|
2,588
|
2,641
|
2,694
|
2,757
|
2,789
|
2,863
|
29
|
2,557
|
2,579
|
2,621
|
2,673
|
2,726
|
2,790
|
2,821
|
2,896
|
30
|
2,591
|
2,611
|
2,654
|
2,706
|
2,759
|
2,822
|
2,854
|
2,928
|
31
|
2,623
|
2,644
|
2,687
|
2,739
|
2,792
|
2,855
|
2,887
|
2,961
|
32
|
2,656
|
2,676
|
2,719
|
2,772
|
2,824
|
2,888
|
2,919
|
2,994
|
33
|
2,689
|
2,709
|
2,752
|
2,805
|
2,857
|
2,920
|
2,953
|
3,026
|
34
|
2,721
|
2,743
|
2,785
|
2,838
|
2,890
|
2,954
|
2,986
|
3,059
|
35
|
2,754
|
2,775
|
2,817
|
2,870
|
2,923
|
2,987
|
3,018
|
3,092
|
36
|
2,787
|
2,808
|
2,850
|
2,903
|
2,956
|
3,019
|
3,051
|
3,124
|
37
|
2,819
|
2,841
|
2,883
|
2,936
|
2,989
|
3,052
|
3,083
|
3,157
|
38
|
2,852
|
2,873
|
2,915
|
2,968
|
3,021
|
3,084
|
3,116
|
3,190
|
39
|
2,885
|
2,906
|
2,948
|
3,001
|
3,054
|
3,117
|
3,149
|
3,222
|
40
|
2,917
|
2,939
|
2,980
|
3,033
|
3,087
|
3,150
|
3,181
|
3,256
|
(2) Each service employee shall receive the amount prescribed
in the Minimum Pay Scale in accordance with the provisions of this
subsection according to their class title and pay grade as set
forth in this subdivision:
CLASS TITLE PAY GRADE
Accountant I D
Accountant II E
Accountant III F
Accounts Payable Supervisor G
Aide I A
Aide II B
Aide III C
Aide IV D
Audiovisual Technician C
Auditor G
Autism Mentor F
Braille or Sign Language Specialist E
Bus Operator D
Bus Operator II
________E
Bus Operator III
________F
Buyer F
Cabinetmaker G
Cafeteria Manager D
Carpenter I E
Carpenter II F
Chief Mechanic G
Clerk I B
Clerk II C
Computer Operator E
Cook I A
Cook II B
Cook III C
Crew Leader F
Custodian I A
Custodian II B
Custodian III C
Custodian IV D
Director or Coordinator of Services H
Draftsman D
Electrician I F
Electrician II G
Electronic Technician I F
Electronic Technician II G
Executive Secretary G
Food Services Supervisor G
Foreman G
General Maintenance C
Glazier D
Graphic Artist D
Groundsman B
Handyman B
Heating and Air Conditioning Mechanic I E
Heating and Air Conditioning Mechanic II G
Heavy Equipment Operator E
Inventory Supervisor D
Key Punch Operator B
Licensed Practical Nurse F
Locksmith G
Lubrication Man C
Machinist F
Mail Clerk D
Maintenance Clerk C
Mason G
Mechanic F
Mechanic Assistant E
Office Equipment Repairman I F
Office Equipment Repairman II G
Painter E
Paraprofessional F
Payroll Supervisor G
Plumber I E
Plumber II G
Printing Operator B
Printing Supervisor D
Programmer H
Roofing/Sheet Metal Mechanic F
Sanitation Plant Operator G
School Bus Supervisor E
Secretary I D
Secretary II E
Secretary III F
Supervisor of Maintenance H
Supervisor of Transportation H
Switchboard Operator-Receptionist D
Truck Driver D
Warehouse Clerk C
Watchman B
Welder F
WVEIS Data Entry and Administrative Clerk B
(b) An additional $12 per month shall be added to the minimum
monthly pay of each service employee who holds a high school
diploma or its equivalent.
(c) An additional $11 per month also shall be added to the
minimum monthly pay of each service employee for each of the
following:
(1) A service employee who holds twelve college hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;
(2) A service employee who holds twenty-four college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;
(3) A service employee who holds thirty-six college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;
(4) A service employee who holds forty-eight college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;
(5) A service employee who holds sixty college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;
(6) A service employee who holds seventy-two college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;
(7) A service employee who holds eighty-four college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;
(8) A service employee who holds ninety-six college hours or
comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school as
approved by the state board;
(9) A service employee who holds one hundred eight college hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school
as approved by the state board;
(10) A service employee who holds one hundred twenty college
hours or comparable credit obtained in a trade or vocational school
as approved by the state board;
(d) An additional $40 per month also shall be added to the
minimum monthly pay of each service employee for each of the
following:
(1) A service employee who holds an associate's degree;
(2) A service employee who holds a bachelor's degree;
(3) A service employee who holds a master's degree;
(4) A service employee who holds a doctorate degree.
(e) An additional $11 per month shall be added to the minimum
monthly pay of each service employee for each of the following:
(1) A service employee who holds a bachelor's degree plus
fifteen college hours;
(2) A service employee who holds a master's degree plus
fifteen college hours;
(3) A service employee who holds a master's degree plus thirty
college hours;
(4) A service employee who holds a master's degree plus
forty-five college hours; and
(5) A service employee who holds a master's degree plus sixty
college hours.
(f) To meet the objective of salary equity among the counties,
each service employee shall be paid an equity supplement, as set
forth in section five of this article, of $152 per month, subject
to the provisions of that section. These payments: (I) Shall be in
addition to any amounts prescribed in the applicable State Minimum
Pay Scale Pay Grade, any specific additional amounts prescribed in
this section and article and any county supplement in effect in a
county pursuant to section five-b of this article; (ii) shall be
paid in equal monthly installments; and (iii) shall be considered
a part of the state minimum salaries for service personnel.
(g) When any part of a school service employee's daily shift
of work is performed between the hours of six o'clock p. m. and
five o'clock a. m. the following day, the employee shall be paid no
less than an additional $10 per month and one half of the pay shall
be paid with local funds.
(h) Any service employee required to work on any legal school
holiday shall be paid at a rate one and one-half times the
employee's usual hourly rate.
(i) Any full-time service personnel required to work in excess
of their normal working day during any week which contains a school
holiday for which they are paid shall be paid for the additional
hours or fraction of the additional hours at a rate of one and
one-half times their usual hourly rate and paid entirely from
county board funds.
(j) No service employee may have his or her daily work
schedule changed during the school year without the employee's
written consent and the employee's required daily work hours may
not be changed to prevent the payment of time and one-half wages or
the employment of another employee.
(k) The minimum hourly rate of pay for extra duty assignments
as defined in section eight-b of this article shall be no less than
one seventh of the employee's daily total salary for each hour the
employee is involved in performing the assignment and paid entirely
from local funds: Provided, That an alternative minimum hourly
rate of pay for performing extra duty assignments within a
particular category of employment may be used if the alternate
hourly rate of pay is approved both by the county board and by the
affirmative vote of a two-thirds majority of the regular full-time
employees within that classification category of employment within
that county: Provided, however, That the vote shall be by secret
ballot if requested by a service person within that classification
category within that county. The salary for any fraction of an
hour the employee is involved in performing the assignment shall be
prorated accordingly. When performing extra duty assignments,
employees who are regularly employed on a one-half day salary basis
shall receive the same hourly extra duty assignment pay computed as
though the employee were employed on a full-day salary basis.
(l) The minimum pay for any service personnel employees engaged in the removal of asbestos material or related duties
required for asbestos removal shall be their regular total daily
rate of pay and no less than an additional $3 per hour or no less
than $5 per hour for service personnel supervising asbestos removal
responsibilities for each hour these employees are involved in
asbestos-related duties. Related duties required for asbestos
removal include, but are not limited to, travel, preparation of the
work site, removal of asbestos decontamination of the work site,
placing and removal of equipment and removal of structures from the
site. If any member of an asbestos crew is engaged in asbestos
related duties outside of the employee's regular employment county,
the daily rate of pay shall be no less than the minimum amount as
established in the employee's regular employment county for
asbestos removal and an additional $30 per each day the employee is
engaged in asbestos removal and related duties. The additional pay
for asbestos removal and related duties shall be payable entirely
from county funds. Before service personnel employees may be used
in the removal of asbestos material or related duties, they shall
have completed a federal Environmental Protection Act approved
training program and be licensed. The employer shall provide all
necessary protective equipment and maintain all records required by
the Environmental Protection Act.
(m) For the purpose of qualifying for additional pay as
provided in section eight, article five of this chapter, an aide shall be considered to be exercising the authority of a supervisory
aide and control over pupils if the aide is required to supervise,
control, direct, monitor, escort or render service to a child or
children when not under the direct supervision of a certified
professional person within the classroom, library, hallway,
lunchroom, gymnasium, school building, school grounds or wherever
supervision is required. For purposes of this section, "under the
direct supervision of a certified professional person" means that
certified professional person is present, with and accompanying the
aide.
NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to clarify when aides should
be considered supervisory employees for purposes of receiving pay
at a higher pay grade and to provide that classroom aides in
kindergarten classrooms which have more pupils than the maximum
pupil/teacher ratio receive additional compensation as to
professional personnel in said classrooms. The bill also creates
two new positions for bus drivers and establishes a pay grade for
those positions.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.