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H. B. 4423
(By Delegates M. Poling and Duke)
[By Request of the State Department of Education]
[Introduced February 10, 2010; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact
§18A-4-5a
of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to providing additional conditions
for which counties may provide teachers salary increments or
compensation above the county salary schedule; state board
rule required for condition; and providing for uniform
application among persons for like duties, assignments and
accomplishment.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That
§18A-4-5a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-5a. County salary supplements for teachers.
(a) County boards of education in fixing the salaries of
teachers shall use at least the state minimum salaries established
under the provisions of this article. The board may establish salary schedules which shall be in excess of the state minimums
fixed by this article, such county schedules to be uniform
throughout the county as to the classification of training,
experience, responsibility and other requirements.
(b) Counties may fix higher salaries County boards may provide
additional salary increments or provide additional compensation for
teachers based upon any one or more of the following circumstances:
(1) For teachers placed in special instructional or
supervisory assignments;
(2) For teachers placed in a documented area of shortage;
(3) For teachers placed in a school with a high poverty or
high minority, or both, student population;
(4) For those teachers assigned to or employed for duties
other than regular instructional duties; and
(5) For teachers of one-teacher schools; and they may provide
additional compensation
(6) For any teacher assigned duties in addition to the
teacher's regular instructional duties wherein such the
noninstructional duties are not a part of the scheduled hours of
the regular school day; and
(7) As compensation to reward individual teachers, groups of
teachers or schools for meeting goals for student growth as
evidenced by multiple measures in accordance with a rule
promulgated by the state board in accordance with article three-b,
chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. The rule shall at a minimum define the area or areas of student growth and measures that
support teaching and learning for the implementation of this
subdivision.
Uniformity also shall apply to such the additional salary
increments or compensation under this subsection for all persons
performing like assignments and duties, or meeting like goals,
within the county. Provided, That
(c) In establishing such local salary schedules pursuant to
subsection (a) of this section, no county shall reduce local funds
allocated for salaries in effect on January 1, 1990, and used in
supplementing the state minimum salaries as provided for in this
article, unless forced to do so by defeat of a special levy, or a
loss in assessed values or events over which it has no control and
for which the county board has received approval from the state
board prior to making such reduction.
(d) Counties may provide, in a uniform manner, benefits for
teachers which require an appropriation from local funds including,
but not limited to, dental, optical, health and income protection
insurance, vacation time and retirement plans excluding the State
Teachers Retirement System. Nothing herein shall prohibit the
maintenance nor result in the reduction of any benefits in effect
on January 1,1984, by any county board of education.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow counties to provide
salary increments or additional compensation for teachers who are
placed in a documented area of shortage or placed in a school with a high poverty or high minority student population, and to reward
individual teachers, groups of teachers or schools for meeting goals
for student growth in accordance with a rule to be adopted by the
state board.
Strike-throughs indicate existing language that would be
removed, and underscoring indicates new language that would be
added.
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