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ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2777
(By Mr. Speaker, (Mr. Thompson) and Delegate Armstead)
[By Request of the Executive]
[Passed March 9, 2007; in effect July 1, 2007.]
AN ACT
to amend and reenact §18A-4-2, §18A-4-2a, §18A-4-8 and §18A-
4-8a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all
relating to providing for compensation generally; increasing
annual salaries of public school teachers; increasing the
annual salary bonus for classroom teachers with national board
certification; creating new service personnel class title for
compensation purposes and preventing such new title from
resulting in displacement of other employees; increasing
monthly salaries of service personnel and clarifying certain
workday parameters for such; providing and modifying certain
pay grades; and making technical corrections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18A-4-2, §18A-4-2a, §18A-4-8 and §18A-4-8a of the Code
of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-2. State minimum salaries for teachers.
(a) Effective the first day of July, two thousand seven,
through the thirtieth day of June, two thousand eight, each teacher
shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2007-08 State Minimum
Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific additional
amounts prescribed in this section or article and any county
supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this
article during the contract year.
Effective the first day of July, two thousand eight, and
thereafter, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the
2008-09 State Minimum Salary Schedule as set forth in this section,
specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article
and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section
five-a of this article during the contract year.
2007-08 STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
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(1)
|
(2)
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(3)
|
(4)
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(5)
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(6)
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(7)
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(8)
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(9)
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(10)
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(11)
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Years
Exp.
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4th
Class
|
3rd
Class
|
2nd
Class
|
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A.B.
+15
|
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M.A.
+15
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M.A.
+30
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M.A.
+45
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Doc-
torate
|
|
|
|
|
A.B.
|
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M.A.
|
|
|
|
|
0
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24,051
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24,711
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24,975
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26,227
|
26,988
|
28,755
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29,516
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30,277
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31,038
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32,073
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1
|
24,379
|
25,039
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25,303
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26,745
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27,506
|
29,274
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30,035
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30,795
|
31,556
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32,591
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2
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24,708
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25,367
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25,631
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27,264
|
28,025
|
29,792
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30,553
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31,314
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32,075
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33,110
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3
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25,036
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25,695
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25,959
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27,783
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28,543
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30,311
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31,072
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31,832
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32,593
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33,628
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4
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25,608
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26,267
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26,531
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28,545
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29,306
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31,074
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31,835
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32,595
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33,356
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34,391
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5
|
25,936
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26,595
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26,859
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29,064
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29,825
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31,592
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32,353
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33,114
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33,875
|
34,910
|
6
|
26,264
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26,923
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27,187
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29,582
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30,343
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32,111
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32,872
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33,632
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34,393
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35,428
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7
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26,592
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27,252
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27,515
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30,101
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30,862
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32,629
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33,390
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34,151
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34,912
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35,947
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8
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26,920
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27,580
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27,844
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30,619
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31,380
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33,148
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33,909
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34,669
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35,430
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36,465
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9
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27,248
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27,908
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28,172
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31,138
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31,899
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33,666
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34,427
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35,188
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35,949
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36,984
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10
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27,577
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28,236
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28,500
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31,657
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32,417
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34,185
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34,946
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35,706
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36,467
|
37,502
|
11
|
27,905
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28,564
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28,828
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32,175
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32,936
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34,704
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35,464
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36,225
|
36,986
|
38,021
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12
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28,233
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28,892
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29,156
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32,694
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33,454
|
35,222
|
35,983
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36,744
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37,504
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38,539
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13
|
28,561
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29,220
|
29,484
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33,212
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33,973
|
35,741
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36,501
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37,262
|
38,023
|
39,058
|
14
|
28,561
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29,548
|
29,812
|
33,731
|
34,491
|
36,259
|
37,020
|
37,781
|
38,541
|
39,576
|
15
|
28,561
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29,876
|
30,140
|
34,249
|
35,010
|
36,778
|
37,538
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38,299
|
39,060
|
40,095
|
16
|
28,561
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29,876
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30,468
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34,768
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35,528
|
37,296
|
38,057
|
38,818
|
39,578
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40,613
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17
|
28,561
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29,876
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30,796
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35,286
|
36,047
|
37,815
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38,575
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39,336
|
40,097
|
41,132
|
18
|
28,561
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29,876
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30,796
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35,805
|
36,566
|
38,333
|
39,094
|
39,855
|
40,615
|
41,650
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19
|
28,561
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29,876
|
30,796
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36,323
|
37,084
|
38,852
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39,613
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40,373
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41,134
|
42,169
|
20
|
28,561
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29,876
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30,796
|
36,842
|
37,603
|
39,370
|
40,131
|
40,892
|
41,653
|
42,688
|
21
|
28,561
|
29,876
|
30,796
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36,842
|
37,603
|
39,889
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40,650
|
41,410
|
42,171
|
43,206
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22
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28,561
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29,876
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30,796
|
36,842
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37,603
|
40,407
|
41,168
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41,929
|
42,690
|
43,725
|
23
|
28,561
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29,876
|
30,796
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36,842
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37,603
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40,926
|
41,687
|
42,447
|
43,208
|
44,243
|
24
|
28,561
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29,876
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30,796
|
36,842
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37,603
|
40,926
|
41,687
|
42,966
|
43,727
|
44,762
|
25
|
28,561
|
29,876
|
30,796
|
36,842
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37,603
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40,926
|
41,687
|
43,484
|
44,245
|
45,280
|
26
|
28,561
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29,876
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30,796
|
36,842
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37,603
|
40,926
|
41,687
|
44,003
|
44,764
|
45,799
|
27
|
28,561
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29,876
|
30,796
|
36,842
|
37,603
|
40,926
|
41,687
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44,003
|
44,764
|
45,799
|
28
|
28,561
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29,876
|
30,796
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36,842
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37,603
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40,926
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41,687
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44,003
|
44,764
|
45,799
|
29
|
28,889
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30,204
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31,125
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37,360
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38,121
|
41,445
|
42,205
|
44,522
|
45,282
|
46,317
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30
|
29,217
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30,533
|
31,453
|
37,879
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38,640
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41,963
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42,724
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45,040
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45,801
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46,836
|
31
|
29,545
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30,861
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31,781
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38,397
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39,158
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42,482
|
43,242
|
45,559
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46,319
|
47,354
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32
|
29,873
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31,189
|
32,109
|
38,916
|
39,677
|
43,000
|
43,761
|
46,077
|
46,838
|
47,873
|
33
|
30,201
|
31,517
|
32,437
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39,435
|
40,195
|
43,519
|
44,279
|
46,596
|
47,356
|
48,391
|
34
|
30,529
|
31,845
|
32,765
|
39,953
|
40,714
|
44,037
|
44,798
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47,114
|
47,875
|
48,910
|
35
|
30,857
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32,173
|
33,093
|
40,472
|
41,232
|
44,556
|
45,316
|
47,633
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48,393
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49,428
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2008-09 STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(4)
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(5)
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(6)
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(7)
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(8)
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(9)
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(10)
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(11)
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Years
Exp.
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4th
Class
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3rd
Class
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2nd
Class
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A.B.
+15
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M.A.
+15
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M.A.
+30
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M.A.
+45
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Doc-
torate
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|
|
|
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A.B.
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M.A.
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|
|
|
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0
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24,051
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24,711
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24,975
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26,227
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26,988
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28,755
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29,516
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30,277
|
31,038
|
32,073
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1
|
24,379
|
25,039
|
25,303
|
26,745
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27,506
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29,274
|
30,035
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30,795
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31,556
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32,591
|
2
|
24,708
|
25,367
|
25,631
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27,264
|
28,025
|
29,792
|
30,553
|
31,314
|
32,075
|
33,110
|
3
|
25,036
|
25,695
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25,959
|
27,783
|
28,543
|
30,311
|
31,072
|
31,832
|
32,593
|
33,628
|
4
|
25,608
|
26,267
|
26,531
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28,545
|
29,306
|
31,074
|
31,835
|
32,595
|
33,356
|
34,391
|
5
|
25,936
|
26,595
|
26,859
|
29,064
|
29,825
|
31,592
|
32,353
|
33,114
|
33,875
|
34,910
|
6
|
26,264
|
26,923
|
27,187
|
29,582
|
30,343
|
32,111
|
32,872
|
33,632
|
34,393
|
35,428
|
7
|
26,592
|
27,252
|
27,515
|
30,101
|
30,862
|
32,629
|
33,390
|
34,151
|
34,912
|
35,947
|
8
|
26,920
|
27,580
|
27,844
|
30,619
|
31,380
|
33,148
|
33,909
|
34,669
|
35,430
|
36,465
|
9
|
27,248
|
27,908
|
28,172
|
31,138
|
31,899
|
33,666
|
34,427
|
35,188
|
35,949
|
36,984
|
10
|
27,577
|
28,236
|
28,500
|
31,658
|
32,418
|
34,186
|
34,947
|
35,708
|
36,468
|
37,503
|
11
|
27,905
|
28,564
|
28,828
|
32,176
|
32,937
|
34,705
|
35,465
|
36,226
|
36,987
|
38,022
|
12
|
28,233
|
28,892
|
29,156
|
32,695
|
33,455
|
35,223.
|
35,984
|
36,745
|
37,505
|
38,540
|
13
|
28,561
|
29,220
|
29,484
|
33,213
|
33,974
|
35,742
|
36,502
|
37,263
|
38,024
|
39,059
|
14
|
28,889
|
29,548
|
29,812
|
33,732
|
34,492
|
36,260,
|
37,021
|
37,782
|
38,542
|
39,577
|
15
|
29,217
|
29,876
|
30,140
|
34,250
|
35,011
|
36,779
|
37,539
|
38,300
|
39,061
|
40,096
|
16
|
29,545
|
30,204
|
30,468
|
34,769
|
35,529
|
37,297
|
38,058
|
38,819
|
39,579
|
40,614
|
17
|
29,873
|
30,533
|
30,796
|
35,287
|
36,048
|
37,816
|
38,577
|
39,337
|
40,098
|
41,133
|
18
|
30,201
|
30,861
|
31,125
|
35,806
|
36,567
|
38,334
|
39,095
|
39,856
|
40,617
|
41,652
|
19
|
30,529
|
31,189
|
31,453
|
36,324
|
37,085
|
38,853
|
39,614
|
40,374
|
41,135
|
42,170
|
20
|
30,857
|
31,517
|
31,781
|
36,843
|
37,604
|
39,371
|
40,132
|
40,893
|
41,654
|
42,689
|
21
|
31,186
|
31,845
|
32,109
|
37,361
|
38,122
|
39,890
|
40,651
|
41,411
|
42,172
|
43,207
|
22
|
31,514
|
32,173
|
32,437
|
37,880
|
38,641
|
40,408
|
41,169
|
41,930
|
42,691
|
43,726
|
23
|
31,842
|
32,501
|
32,765
|
38,399
|
39,159
|
40,927
|
41,688
|
42,448
|
43,209
|
44,244
|
24
|
32,170
|
32,829
|
33,093
|
38,917
|
39,678
|
41,446
|
42,206
|
42,967
|
43,728
|
44,763
|
25
|
32,498
|
33,157
|
33,421
|
39,436
|
40,196
|
41,964
|
42,725
|
43,486
|
44,246
|
45,281
|
26
|
32,826
|
33,485
|
33,749
|
39,954
|
40,715
|
42,483
|
43,243
|
44,004
|
44,765
|
45,800
|
27
|
33,154
|
33,813
|
34,077
|
40,473
|
41,233
|
43,001
|
43,762
|
44,523
|
45,283
|
46,318
|
28
|
33,482
|
34,142
|
34,405
|
40,991
|
41,752
|
43,520
|
44,280
|
45,041
|
45,802
|
46,837
|
29
|
33,810
|
34,470
|
34,734
|
41,510
|
42,270
|
44,038
|
44,799
|
45,560
|
46,320
|
47,355
|
30
|
34,138
|
34,798
|
35,062
|
42,028
|
42,789
|
44,557
|
45,317
|
46,078
|
46,839
|
47,874
|
31
|
34,467
|
35,126
|
35,390
|
42,547
|
43,308
|
45,075
|
45,836
|
46,597
|
47,357
|
48,392
|
32
|
34,795
|
35,454
|
35,718
|
43,065
|
43,826
|
45,594
|
46,355
|
47,115
|
47,876
|
48,911
|
33
|
35,123
|
35,782
|
36,046
|
43,584
|
44,345
|
46,112
|
46,873
|
47,634
|
48,395
|
49,430
|
34
|
35,451
|
36,110
|
36,374
|
44,102
|
44,863
|
46,631
|
47,392
|
48,152
|
48,913
|
49,948
|
35
|
35,779
|
36,438
|
36,702
|
44,621
|
45,382
|
47,149
|
47,910
|
48,671
|
49,432
|
50,467
|
(b) Six hundred dollars shall be paid annually to each
classroom teacher who has at least twenty years of teaching
experience. The payments: (i) Shall be in addition to any amounts
prescribed in the applicable state minimum salary schedule; (ii)
shall be paid in equal monthly installments; and (iii) shall be
considered a part of the state minimum salaries for teachers.
§18A-4-2a. State minimum salary bonus for classroom teachers with
national board certification.
(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
rigorous standards and processes for certification by the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) helps to promote
the quality of teaching and learning. Therefore, classroom
teachers in the public schools of West Virginia should be
encouraged to achieve national board certification through a
reimbursement of expenses and an additional salary bonus which
reflects their additional certification, to be paid in accordance
with the provisions of this section.
(b) Three thousand five hundred dollars shall be paid annually
to each classroom teacher who holds a valid certificate issued by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards for the life
of the certification, but in no event more than ten years for any
one certification.
(c) The payments:
(1) Shall be in addition to any amounts prescribed in the
applicable state minimum salary schedule;
(2) Shall be paid in equal monthly installments; and
(3) Shall be considered a part of the state minimum salaries
for teachers.
(d) One-half the certification fee shall be paid for
reimbursement once to each teacher who enrolls in the program for
the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
certification and one-half the certification fee shall be paid for
reimbursement once to each teacher who completes the National Board
for Professional Teaching Standards certification. Completion
shall be defined as the completion of ten scorable entries, as
verified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Teachers who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards certification may be reimbursed a maximum of six hundred
dollars for expenses actually incurred while obtaining the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification.
(e) The state board shall limit the number of teachers who
receive the initial reimbursements of the certification fees set
forth in subsection (d) to two hundred teachers annually. The
state board shall establish selection criteria for the teachers by
the legislative rule required pursuant to subsection (g) of this section.
(f) Subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this
section, funding for reimbursement of the certification fee and
expenses actually incurred while obtaining the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards certifications shall be
administered by the state Department of Education from an
appropriation established for that purpose by the Legislature. If
funds appropriated by the Legislature to accomplish the purposes of
this subsection are insufficient, the state department shall
prorate the reimbursements for expenses and shall request of the
Legislature, at its next regular session, funds sufficient to
accomplish the purposes of this subsection, including needed
retroactive payments.
(g) The state board shall promulgate legislative rules
pursuant to article three-b, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to
implement the provisions of this section.
§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: Provided, That 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.
(1) A maintenance person is defined as 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) "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) "Cabinetmaker" means a person employed to construct
cabinets, tables, bookcases and other furniture;
(19) "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) "Carpenter I" means a person classified as a carpenter's
helper;
(21) "Carpenter II" means a person classified as a journeyman
carpenter;
(22) "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) "Clerk I" means a person employed to perform clerical
tasks;
(24) "Clerk II" means a person employed to perform general
clerical tasks, prepare reports and tabulations and operate office
machines;
(25) "Computer operator" means a qualified person employed to operate computers;
(26) "Cook I" means a person employed as a cook's helper;
(27) "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) "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) "Crew leader" means a person employed to organize the
work for a crew of maintenance employees to carry out assigned
projects;
(30) "Custodian I" means a person employed to keep buildings
clean and free of refuse;
(31) "Custodian II" means a person employed as a watchman or
groundsman;
(32) "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) "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) "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; and
(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;
(35) "Draftsman" means a person employed to plan, design and
produce detailed architectural/engineering drawings;
(36) "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) "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) "Electronic technician I" means a person employed at the
apprentice level to repair and maintain electronic equipment;
(39) "Electronic technician II" means a person employed at the
journeyman level to repair and maintain electronic equipment;
(40) "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) "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) "Foreman" means a skilled person employed to supervise
personnel who work in the areas of repair and maintenance of school
property and equipment;
(43) "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) "Glazier" means a person employed to replace glass or
other materials in windows and doors and to do minor carpentry
tasks;
(45) "Graphic artist" means a person employed to prepare
graphic illustrations;
(46) "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) "Handyman" means a person employed to perform routine
manual tasks in any operation of the county school system;
(48) "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) "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) "Heavy equipment operator" means a person employed to
operate heavy equipment;
(51) "Inventory supervisor" means a person employed to
supervise or maintain operations in the receipt, storage, inventory
and issuance of materials and supplies;
(52) "Key punch operator" means a qualified person employed to
operate key punch machines or verifying machines;
(53) "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) "Locksmith" means a person employed to repair and
maintain locks and safes;
(55) "Lubrication man" means a person employed to lubricate
and service gasoline or diesel-powered equipment of a county school system;
(56) "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) "Mail clerk" means a person employed to receive, sort,
dispatch, deliver or otherwise handle letters, parcels and other
mail;
(58) "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) "Mason" means a person employed to perform tasks
connected with brick and block laying and carpentry tasks related
to these activities;
(60) "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) "Mechanic assistant" means a person employed as a
mechanic apprentice and helper;
(62) "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) "Office equipment repairman I" means a person employed as an office equipment repairman apprentice or helper;
(64) "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) "Painter" means a person employed to perform duties of
painting, finishing and decorating wood, metal and concrete
surfaces of buildings, other structures, equipment, machinery and
furnishings of a county school system;
(66) "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) "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) "Plumber I" means a person employed as an apprentice
plumber and helper;
(69) "Plumber II" means a person employed as a journeyman
plumber;
(70) "Printing operator" means a person employed to operate
duplication equipment, and to cut, collate, staple, bind and shelve
materials as required;
(71) "Printing supervisor" means a person employed to
supervise the operation of a print shop;
(72) "Programmer" means a person employed to design and
prepare programs for computer operation;
(73) "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) "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) "School bus supervisor" means a qualified person 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;
(76) "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) "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) "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) "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) "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;
(81) "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) "Truck driver" means a person employed to operate light
or heavy duty gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles;
(83) "Warehouse clerk" means a person employed to be
responsible for receiving, storing, packing and shipping goods;
(84) "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) "Welder" means a person employed to provide acetylene or electric welding services for a school system; and
(86) "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.
18A-4-8a. Service personnel minimum monthly salaries.
(a) 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
section:
STATE MINIMUM PAY SCALE PAY GRADE
|
Years
Exp
.
|
PAY GRADE
|
|
A
|
B
|
C
|
D
|
E
|
F
|
G
|
H
|
0
|
1,507
|
1,528
|
1,569
|
1,621
|
1,673
|
1,735
|
1,766
|
1,838
|
1
|
1,539
|
1,560
|
1,601
|
1,653
|
1,705
|
1,767
|
1,798
|
1,870
|
2
|
1,571
|
1,592
|
1,633
|
1,685
|
1,737
|
1,799
|
1,830
|
1,902
|
3
|
1,603
|
1,624
|
1,665
|
1,717
|
1,769
|
1,831
|
1,862
|
1,934
|
4
|
1,635
|
1,656
|
1,697
|
1,749
|
1,801
|
1,863
|
1,894
|
1,967
|
5
|
1,667
|
1,688
|
1,729
|
1,781
|
1,833
|
1,895
|
1,926
|
1,999
|
6
|
1,699
|
1,720
|
1,762
|
1,813
|
1,865
|
1,927
|
1,958
|
2,031
|
7
|
1,732
|
1,752
|
1,794
|
1,845
|
1,897
|
1,959
|
1,990
|
2,063
|
8
|
1,764
|
1,784
|
1,826
|
1,877
|
1,929
|
1,991
|
2,022
|
2,095
|
9
|
1,796
|
1,816
|
1,858
|
1,910
|
1,961
|
2,023
|
2,054
|
2,127
|
10
|
1,828
|
1,849
|
1,890
|
1,942
|
1,993
|
2,056
|
2,087
|
2,159
|
11
|
1,860
|
1,881
|
1,922
|
1,974
|
2,025
|
2,088
|
2,119
|
2,191
|
12
|
1,892
|
1,913
|
1,954
|
2,006
|
2,058
|
2,120
|
2,151
|
2,223
|
13
|
1,924
|
1,945
|
1,986
|
2,038
|
2,090
|
2,152
|
2,183
|
2,255
|
14
|
1,956
|
1,977
|
2,018
|
2,070
|
2,122
|
2,184
|
2,215
|
2,287
|
15
|
1,988
|
2,009
|
2,050
|
2,102
|
2,154
|
2,216
|
2,247
|
2,319
|
16
|
2,020
|
2,041
|
2,082
|
2,134
|
2,186
|
2,248
|
2,279
|
2,352
|
17
|
2,052
|
2,073
|
2,115
|
2,166
|
2,218
|
2,280
|
2,311
|
2,384
|
18
|
2,084
|
2,105
|
2,147
|
2,198
|
2,250
|
2,312
|
2,343
|
2,416
|
19
|
2,117
|
2,137
|
2,179
|
2,230
|
2,282
|
2,344
|
2,375
|
2,448
|
20
|
2,149
|
2,169
|
2,211
|
2,263
|
2,314
|
2,376
|
2,407
|
2,480
|
21
|
2,181
|
2,201
|
2,243
|
2,295
|
2,346
|
2,408
|
2,439
|
2,512
|
22
|
2,213
|
2,234
|
2,275
|
2,327
|
2,378
|
2,441
|
2,472
|
2,544
|
23
|
2,245
|
2,266
|
2,307
|
2,359
|
2,411
|
2,473
|
2,504
|
2,576
|
24
|
2,277
|
2,298
|
2,339
|
2,391
|
2,443
|
2,505
|
2,536
|
2,608
|
25
|
2,309
|
2,330
|
2,371
|
2,423
|
2,475
|
2,537
|
2,568
|
2,640
|
26
|
2,341
|
2,362
|
2,403
|
2,455
|
2,507
|
2,569
|
2,600
|
2,672
|
27
|
2,373
|
2,394
|
2,435
|
2,487
|
2,539
|
2,601
|
2,632
|
2,704
|
28
|
2,405
|
2,426
|
2,467
|
2,519
|
2,571
|
2,633
|
2,664
|
2,737
|
29
|
2,437
|
2,458
|
2,500
|
2,551
|
2,603
|
2,665
|
2,696
|
2,769
|
30
|
2,470
|
2,490
|
2,532
|
2,583
|
2,635
|
2,697
|
2,728
|
2,801
|
31
|
2,502
|
2,522
|
2,564
|
2,615
|
2,667
|
2,729
|
2,760
|
2,833
|
32
|
2,534
|
2,554
|
2,596
|
2,648
|
2,699
|
2,761
|
2,792
|
2,865
|
33
|
2,566
|
2,586
|
2,628
|
2,680
|
2,731
|
2,793
|
2,825
|
2,897
|
34
|
2,598
|
2,619
|
2,660
|
2,712
|
2,763
|
2,826
|
2,857
|
2,929
|
35
|
2,630
|
2,651
|
2,692
|
2,744
|
2,796
|
2,858
|
2,889
|
2,961
|
36
|
2,662
|
2,683
|
2,724
|
2,776
|
2,828
|
2,890
|
2,921
|
2,993
|
37
|
2,694
|
2,715
|
2,756
|
2,808
|
2,860
|
2,922
|
2,953
|
3,025
|
38
|
2,726
|
2,747
|
2,788
|
2,840
|
2,892
|
2,954
|
2,985
|
3,057
|
39
|
2,758
|
2,779
|
2,820
|
2,872
|
2,924
|
2,986
|
3,017
|
3,089
|
40
|
2,790
|
2,811
|
2,852
|
2,904
|
2,956
|
3,018
|
3,049
|
3,122
|
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
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 twelve dollars 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 eleven dollars 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 forty dollars 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 eleven dollars 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) 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 ten dollars per month and one half of the pay
shall be paid with local funds.
(g) 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.
(h) 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.
(i) 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.
(j) 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 utilized 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 personnel employee 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.
(k) 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 three dollars per hour
or no less than five dollars 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
thirty dollars 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 utilized 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.
(l) 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 certificated professional personnel 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 certificated professional personnel" means
that certificated professional personnel is present, with and
accompanying the aide.