Senate Bill No. 138
(By Senators Dalton, Sharpe and Bailey)
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[Introduced January 28, 1994; referred to the Committee
on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article four, chapter
eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to extending the
employment term of principals fifteen days and thereby
increasing their salary.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article four, chapter eighteen-a of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-3. State minimum annual salary increments for principals
and assistant principals.
In addition to any salary increments for principals and
assistant principals, in effect on the first day of January, one
thousand nine hundred
eighty-six ninety-four, and paid from local
funds, and in addition to the county schedule in effect for
teachers, the county board shall pay each principal aprincipal's salary increment and each assistant principal an
assistant principal's salary increment as prescribed by this
section commencing on the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred
eighty-six ninety-four from state funds appropriated
therefor.
State funds for this purpose shall be paid within the West
Virginia public school support plan in accordance with article
nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code.
The salary increment herein for each principal shall be
determined by multiplying the basic salary for teachers in
accordance with the classification of certification and of
training of said principal as prescribed in this article, by the
appropriate percentage rate prescribed herein according to the
number of teachers supervised.
STATE MINIMUM SALARY INCREMENT RATES FOR PRINCIPALS
No. of Teachers
SupervisedRates
1-7 5.0%
8-145.5%
15-246.0%
25-386.5%
39-577.0%
58 and up7.5%
The salary increment herein for each assistant principal
shall be determined in the same manner as that for principals, utilizing the number of teachers supervised by the principal
under whose direction the assistant principal works, except that
the percentage rate shall be fifty percent of the rate prescribed
for said principal.
Salaries for employment beyond the minimum employment term
shall be at the same daily rate as the salaries for the minimum
employment terms:
Provided, That the annual employment term for
principals shall be at least fifteen days more than the minimum
employment term established for teachers.
For the purpose of determining the number of teachers
supervised by a principal, the county board shall use data for
the second school month of the prior school term and the number
of teachers shall be interpreted to mean the total number of
professional educators assigned to each school on a full-time
equivalency basis:
Provided, That due to a change in
circumstances because of consolidation or catastrophe, the county
board of education shall determine what is a reasonable number
of supervised teachers in order to establish the appropriate
increment percentage rate.
No county shall reduce local funds allocated for salary
increments for principals and assistant principals in effect on
the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred
eighty-six
ninety-four, 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 hasreceived approval from the state board prior to making such
reduction.
Nothing herein shall prevent a county board from providing,
in a uniform manner, salary increments greater than those
required by this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to establish that
principals have at least fifteen days extended time beyond that
of teachers.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.
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