COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 611
(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, and Buckalew,
By Request of the Executive)
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[Originating in the Committee on Finance;
reported March 4, 1998.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article four, chapter
eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to salary
increases for teachers; and a bonus and expense
reimbursement for teachers receiving a teaching
certificate issued by the national board for professional
teaching standards.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, 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-4-2. State minimum salaries for teachers.
(a) Each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in
"state minimum salary schedule
I":
Provided, That effective
the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight,
and thereafter, each teacher shall receive the amount
prescribed in the "state minimum salary schedule II" 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.
STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE I
(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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Years
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4th
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3rd
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2nd
|
|
A.B.
|
|
Exp.
|
Class
|
Class
|
Class
|
A.B.
|
+15
|
M.A.
|
0
|
17,816
|
18,453
|
18,708
|
19,918
|
20,653
|
22,361
|
1
|
18,097
|
18,734
|
18,989
|
20,383
|
21,118
|
22,826
|
2
|
18,378
|
19,016
|
19,271
|
20,848
|
21,583
|
23,291
|
3
|
18,660
|
19,297
|
19,552
|
21,313
|
22,048
|
23,756
|
4
|
19,177
|
19,814
|
20,070
|
22,014
|
22,749
|
24,457
|
5
|
19,458
|
20,096
|
20,351
|
22,479
|
23,214
|
24,922
|
6
|
19,740
|
20,377
|
20,632
|
22,944
|
23,679
|
25,387
|
7
|
|
20,658
|
20,914
|
23,409
|
24,144
|
25,852
|
8
|
|
20,940
|
21,195
|
23,874
|
24,609
|
26,317
|
9
|
|
|
21,476
|
24,339
|
25,074
|
26,782
|
10
|
|
|
21,757
|
24,805
|
25,540
|
27,248
|
11
|
|
|
|
25,270
|
26,005
|
27,713
|
12
|
|
|
|
25,735
|
26,470
|
28,178
|
13
|
|
|
|
26,200
|
26,935
|
28,643
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,108
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,573
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,038
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
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(8)
|
(9)
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(10)
|
(11)
|
Years
|
M.A.
|
M.A.
|
M.A.
|
Doc-
|
Exp.
|
+15
|
+30
|
+45
|
torate
|
0
|
23,096
|
23,831
|
24,566
|
25,566
|
1
|
23,561
|
24,296
|
25,031
|
26,031
|
2
|
24,026
|
24,761
|
25,496
|
26,496
|
3
|
24,491
|
25,226
|
25,961
|
26,961
|
4
|
25,192
|
25,927
|
26,662
|
27,662
|
5
|
25,657
|
26,392
|
27,127
|
28,127
|
6
|
26,122
|
26,857
|
27,592
|
28,592
|
7
|
26,587
|
27,322
|
28,057
|
29,057
|
8
|
27,052
|
27,787
|
28,522
|
29,522
|
9
|
27,517
|
28,252
|
28,987
|
29,987
|
10
|
27,983
|
28,718
|
29,453
|
30,453
|
11
|
28,448
|
29,183
|
29,918
|
30,918
|
12
|
28,913
|
29,648
|
30,383
|
31,383
|
13
|
29,378
|
30,113
|
30,848
|
31,848
|
14
|
29,843
|
30,578
|
31,313
|
32,313
|
15
|
30,308
|
31,043
|
31,778
|
32,778
|
16
|
30,773
|
31,508
|
32,243
|
33,243
|
17
|
|
31,973
|
32,708
|
33,708
|
18
|
|
32,438
|
33,173
|
34,173
|
19
|
|
32,903
|
33,638
|
34,638
|
STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE II
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(4)
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(5)
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(6)
|
(7)
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Years
|
4th
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3rd
|
2nd
|
|
A.B.
|
|
Exp.
|
Class
|
Class
|
Class
|
A.B.
|
+15
|
M.A.
|
0
|
18,572
|
19,209
|
19,464
|
20,674
|
21,409
|
23,117
|
1
|
18,853
|
19,490
|
19,745
|
21,139
|
21,874
|
23,582
|
2
|
19,134
|
19,772
|
20,027
|
21,604
|
22,339
|
24,047
|
3
|
19,416
|
20,053
|
20,308
|
22,069
|
22,804
|
24,512
|
4
|
19,933
|
20,570
|
20,826
|
22,770
|
23,505
|
25,213
|
5
|
20,214
|
20,852
|
21,107
|
23,235
|
23,970
|
25,678
|
6
|
20,496
|
21,133
|
21,388
|
23,700
|
24,435
|
26,143
|
7
|
|
21,414
|
21,670
|
24,165
|
24,900
|
26,608
|
8
|
|
21,696
|
21,951
|
24,630
|
25,365
|
27,073
|
9
|
|
|
22,232
|
25,095
|
25,830
|
27,538
|
10
|
|
|
22,513
|
25,561
|
26,296
|
28,004
|
11
|
|
|
|
26,026
|
26,761
|
28,469
|
12
|
|
|
|
26,491
|
27,226
|
28,934
|
13
|
|
|
|
26,956
|
27,691
|
29,399
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,864
|
15
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,329
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,794
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
(8)
|
(9)
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(10)
|
(11)
|
Years
|
M.A.
|
M.A.
|
M.A.
|
Doc-
|
Exp.
|
+15
|
+30
|
+45
|
torate
|
0
|
23,852
|
24,587
|
25,322
|
26,322
|
1
|
24,317
|
25,052
|
25,787
|
26,787
|
2
|
24,782
|
25,517
|
26,252
|
27,252
|
3
|
25,247
|
25,982
|
26,717
|
27,717
|
4
|
25,948
|
26,683
|
27,418
|
28,418
|
5
|
26,413
|
27,148
|
27,883
|
28,883
|
6
|
26,878
|
27,613
|
28,348
|
29,348
|
7
|
27,343
|
28,078
|
28,813
|
29,813
|
8
|
27,808
|
28,543
|
29,278
|
30,278
|
9
|
28,273
|
29,008
|
29,743
|
30,743
|
10
|
28,739
|
29,474
|
30,209
|
31,209
|
11
|
29,204
|
29,939
|
30,674
|
31,674
|
12
|
29,669
|
30,404
|
31,139
|
32,139
|
13
|
30,134
|
30,869
|
31,604
|
32,604
|
14
|
30,599
|
31,334
|
32,069
|
33,069
|
15
|
31,064
|
31,799
|
32,534
|
33,534
|
16
|
31,529
|
32,264
|
32,999
|
33,999
|
17
|
|
32,729
|
33,464
|
34,464
|
18
|
|
33,194
|
33,929
|
34,929
|
19
|
|
33,659
|
34,394
|
35,394
|
|
|
|
|
|
(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 "state minimum salary schedule
I" or
in the "state minimum salary schedule II; (ii) shall be paid in
equal monthly installments; and (iii) shall be considered a
part of the state minimum salaries for teachers.
(c) Subject to a recommendation by the governor and an
appropriation by the Legislature therefor, it shall be the
intent to increase the state minimum salary schedule by seven
hundred fifty-six dollars in the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, and
to increase the state minimum salary schedule again by seven
hundred fifty-six dollars in the fiscal year commencing on the
first day of July, two thousand.
(d) Subject to appropriation by the Legislature for the
specific purposes of this section, each classroom teacher who
has received a professional teaching certificate issued by the
national board for professional teaching standards shall be
paid a one time bonus of two thousand five hundred dollars and
shall be reimbursed for application and processing fees not to
exceed two thousand five hundred dollars.