FISCAL
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WEST virginia legislature
2017 regular session
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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 one 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, 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,
2017, 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,
2018, 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,
2019, 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,
2017, 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,
2018, 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,
2019, 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 one 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.