H. B. 4601
(By Delegates Mezzatesta, Williams, Tabb, Renner,
Swartzmiller, Kuhn and HartmanSPONSOR)
(Originating in DATEthe Committee on Education)
[February 24, 2004]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18-9A-7 Bill Titleof the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §18-9D-2, §18-9D-6,
§18-9D-8, §18-9D-15 and §18-9D-16 of said code; and to amend
and reenact §18A-4-2 of said code, all relating to public
education; Title Languagesuspending basic foundation allocation for bus
replacement and providing allocation for academic trips for
the school year beginning on the first day of July, two
thousand four, only; providing for legislative appropriation
or allocation of appropriation
of certain revenues, funds and
moneys of school building authority; redefining certain terms;
correcting references; providing conditions limiting
authority of school building to expend funds; providing for
certain guidelines and procedures by authority for plans, plan
modifications and evaluating projects; and providing for
salary increase for teachers.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-9A-7 of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; that §18-9D-2, §18-9D-6, §18-9D-8, §18-
9D-15 and §18-9D-16 of said code be amended and reenacted; and that
§18A-4-2 of said code be amended and reenacted,Enacting Section all to read as
follows:
CHAPTER 18. EDUCATION.
ARTICLE 9A. PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT.
§18-9A-7. Foundation allowance for transportation cost.
The allowance in the foundation school program for each county
for transportation shall be the sum of the following computations:
(1) Eighty-five percent of the transportation cost within each
high density county and ninety percent of the transportation cost
within each low density county for maintenance, operation and
related costs, exclusive of all salaries:
Provided, That for the
school year beginning the first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-eight, and thereafter, in the event a county uses an
alternative fuel such as compressed natural gas or other acceptable
alternative fuel for the operation of all or any portion of its
school bus system, then the allowance in the foundation school
program for each such county for that portion of its school bus
system shall be ninety-five percent of the transportation cost for
maintenance, operation and related costs, exclusive of all
salaries, incurred by the use of the alternatively fueled school
buses:
Provided, however, That any county using an alternative
fuel and qualifying for the additional allowance shall submit a
plan regarding the intended future use of alternatively fueled
school buses;
(2) The total cost, within each county, of insurance premiums
on buses, buildings and equipment used in transportation:
Provided, That such premiums were procured through competitive
bidding;
(3) For the school year beginning the first day of July, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, and thereafter, an amount equal
to eight and one-third percent of the current replacement value of
the bus fleet within each county as determined by the state board,
such amount to be used only for the replacement of buses.
Buses
purchased after the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine that are driven one hundred eighty thousand miles
regardless of year model will be subject to the replacement value
of eight and one-third percent as determined by the state board:
Provided, That for the school year beginning on the first day of
July, two thousand four, only, the allowance in the foundation
school program for each county for transportation shall not include
an amount for the replacement of buses.
In addition, in any school
year in which its net enrollment increases when compared to the net
enrollment the year immediately preceding, a school district may
apply to the state superintendent for funding for an additional
bus. The state superintendent shall make a decision regarding each
application based upon an analysis of the individual school
district's net enrollment history and transportation needs:
Provided, however, That the superintendent shall not consider any
application which fails to document that the county has applied for
federal funding for additional buses. If the state superintendent finds that a need exists, a request for funding shall be included
in the budget request submitted by the state board for the upcoming
fiscal year;
(4) Eighty-five percent of the cost of contracted
transportation services and public utility transportation within
each high density county and ninety percent of the cost of
contracted transportation services and public utility
transportation within each low density county;
(5) Aid in lieu of transportation equal to the state average
amount per pupil for each pupil receiving such aid within each
county; and
(6) Ninety-five percent of the transportation cost for
maintenance, operation and related costs, exclusive of all
salaries, for transporting students to and from classes at a
multicounty vocational center.
The total state share for this purpose shall be the sum of the
county shares: Provided, That no county shall receive an allowance
which is greater than one third above the computed state average
allowance per transportation mile multiplied by the total
transportation mileage in the county: Provided, however, That one
half of one percent of the transportation allowance distributed to
each county shall be for the purpose of trips related to academic
classroom curriculum and not related to any extracurricular
activity: Provided further, That for the school year beginning on
the first day of July, two thousand four, only, the transportation
allowance of each county shall include an allocation for the purpose of trips related to academic classroom curriculum and not
related to any extracurricular activity, which allocation shall
equal the amount distributed to the county for this purpose in the
school year beginning on the first day of July, two thousand three:
And provided further, That any remaining funds credited to a county
for the purpose of trips related to academic classroom curriculum
during the fiscal year shall be carried over for use in the same
manner the next fiscal year and shall be separate and apart from,
and in addition to, the appropriation for the next fiscal year:
And provided further, That the state board may request a county to
document the use of funds for trips related to academic classroom
curriculum if the board deems it necessary.
The state department of education shall cause a comprehensive
study to be made relating to student transportation. The study
shall examine, but is not limited to, the issues of funding,
timeliness of data used for formula distribution, service personnel
needed, inter-county service, regionalization of services, bus
routes, amount of time students spend on buses, maintenance, safety
training, and alternative transportation systems. The state
department of education shall submit a report of the study to the
legislative oversight commission on education accountability by the
fifteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine.
ARTICLE 9D. SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY.
§18-9D-2. Definitions.
The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this
article, have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(1) "Authority" means the school building authority of West
Virginia or, if said authority shall be abolished, any board or
officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof, or to whom
the powers given to said authority shall be given by law;
(2) "Bonds" means bonds issued by the authority pursuant to
this article;
(3) "Construction project" means a project in the furtherance
of a facilities plan with a cost of project greater than five
hundred thousand dollars for the new construction, expansion or
major renovation of facilities, buildings and structures for school
purposes including the acquisition of land for current or future
use in connection therewith, as well as new or substantial
upgrading of existing equipment, machinery, furnishings,
installation of utilities and other similar items convenient in
connection with placing the foregoing into operation: Provided,
That a construction project may not include such items as books,
computers or equipment used for instructional purposes, fuel,
supplies, routine utility services fees, routine maintenance costs,
ordinary course of business improvements and other items which are
customarily deemed to result in a current or ordinary course of
business operating charge: Provided, however,
That a construction
project may not include a major improvement project;
(4) "Cost of project" means the cost of construction,
expansion, renovation, repair and safety upgrading of facilities,
buildings and structures for school purposes; the cost of land, equipment, machinery, furnishings, installation of utilities and
other similar items convenient in connection with placing the
foregoing into operation; and the cost of financing, interest
during construction, professional service fees and all other
charges or expenses necessary, appurtenant or incidental to the
foregoing, including the cost of administration of this article;
(5) "Facilities plan" means the a ten-year county-wide
comprehensive educational facilities plan established by the county
board in accordance with guidelines adopted by the authority to
meet the goals and objectives of this article that: (i) Addresses
the existing school facilities and facility needs of the county to
provide a thorough and efficient education in accordance with the
provisions of this code and policies of the state board; (ii) best
serves the needs of the individual student, the general school
population and the communities served by the facilities;
(iii)
includes a school major improvement plan as defined in this
section;
(iv) is updated annually to reflect projects completed,
current enrollment projections and new or continuing needs;
and (v)
is approved by the state board and the authority
for school
facilities required prior to the distribution of state funds
pursuant to this article to any county board or other entity
applying for funds; pursuant to subsection (a), section sixteen of
this article;
(6) "Project" means a construction project or a major
improvement project;
(7) "Region" means the area encompassed within and serviced by a regional educational service agency established pursuant to
section twenty-six, article two of this chapter;
(8) "Revenue" or "revenues" means moneys deposited in the
school building capital improvements fund pursuant to the operation
of section ten, article nine-a of this chapter; moneys deposited in
the school construction fund pursuant to the operation of section
thirty, article fifteen, chapter eleven of this code and pursuant
to the operation of section eighteen, article twenty-two, chapter
twenty-nine of this code; moneys deposited in the school building
debt service fund pursuant to section eighteen, article
twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code; moneys deposited in
the school major improvement fund pursuant to the operation of
section thirty, article fifteen, chapter eleven of this code; any
moneys received, directly or indirectly, from any source for use in
any project completed pursuant to this article; and any other
moneys received by the authority for the purposes of this article.
All revenues described in this section shall be subject to
appropriation or allocation of appropriation by the Legislature,
except revenues pledged and obligated in accordance with this
article prior to the effective date of this section. Any future
pledge of these revenues shall be subject to authorization by the
Legislature and any future obligation shall be in accordance with
the section sixteen of this article;
(9) "School major improvement plan" means the a ten-year
school maintenance plan to be that: (i) Is prepared by each a
county board of education in accordance with the guidelines established by the authority and incorporated its county-wide
comprehensive educational facilities plan, or is prepared
by the
state board of education or the administrative council of an area
vocational educational center in accordance with said guidelines if
such entity seeks entities seek funding from the authority for a
major improvement project; which school major improvement plan (ii)
addresses the regularly scheduled maintenance for all school
facilities of the county or under the jurisdiction of the entity
seeking funding; (iii) includes a projected repair and replacement
schedule for all school facilities of the county or of entity
seeking funding; (iv)
addresses the major improvement needs of each
school within the county or under the jurisdiction of the entity
seeking funding;
and (v) is required prior to the distribution of
state funds for a major improvement project pursuant to subsection
(b), section sixteen of this article to the county board, state
board or administrative council; and
(10) "School major improvement project" means a project with
a cost of project greater than fifty thousand dollars and less than
five hundred thousand dollars for the renovation, expansion, the
repair and safety upgrading of existing school facilities,
buildings and structures, including the substantial repair or
upgrading of equipment, machinery, building systems, utilities and
other similar items convenient in connection with such renovation,
repair or upgrading in the furtherance of a school major
improvement plan: Provided,
That a major improvement project may
not include such items as books, computers or equipment used for instructional purposes, fuel, supplies, routine utility services
fees, routine maintenance costs, ordinary course of business
improvements and other items which are customarily deemed to result
in a current or ordinary course of business operating charge.
§18-9D-6. School building capital improvements fund in state
treasury; school construction fund in state treasury; school
building debt service fund in state treasury; school
improvement fund in state treasury; collections to be paid
into special funds; authority to pledge such collections as
security for refunding revenue bonds; authority to finance
projects on a cash basis.
(a) There is continued in the state treasury a school building
capital improvements fund to be expended by the authority as
provided in this article. The school building capital improvements
fund shall be an interest-bearing account with interest credited to
and deposited in the school building capital improvements fund and
expended in accordance with the provisions of this article.
The school building authority may pledge all or any part of
the revenues paid into the school building capital improvements
fund that are needed to meet the requirements of any revenue bond
issue or issues authorized by this article prior to the twentieth
day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, or revenue
bonds issued to refund revenue bonds issued prior to that date,
including the payment of principal of, interest and redemption
premium, if any, on the revenue bonds and the establishing and
maintaining of a reserve fund or funds for the payment of the principal of, interest and redemption premium, if any, on the
revenue bond issue or issues when other moneys pledged may be
insufficient for the payment of the principal, interest and
redemption premium, including any additional protective pledge of
revenues that the authority in its discretion has provided by
resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in any trust
agreement made in connection with the bond issue. Additionally,
the authority may provide in the resolution and in the trust
agreement for priorities on the revenues paid into the school
building capital improvements fund that are necessary for the
protection of the prior rights of the holders of bonds issued at
different times under the provisions of this article.
Any balance remaining in the school building capital
improvements fund after the authority has issued bonds authorized
by this article and after the requirements of all funds including
reserve funds established in connection with the bonds issued prior
to the twentieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-three, pursuant to this article have been satisfied may,
subject to appropriation
or allocation of appropriation
by the
Legislature, be used for the redemption of any of the outstanding
bonds issued under this article which by their terms are then
redeemable, or for the purchase of the bonds at the market price,
but not exceeding the price, if any, at which the bonds are in the
same year redeemable and all bonds redeemed or purchased shall
immediately be canceled and shall not again be issued.
The school building authority, in its discretion, may, subject to appropriation
or allocation of appropriation
by the Legislature,
use the moneys in the school building capital improvements fund to
finance the cost of projects authorized in accordance with the
provisions of section sixteen of this article on a cash basis. Any
pledge of moneys in the fund for revenue bonds issued prior to the
twentieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, is
a prior and superior charge on the fund over the use of any of the
moneys in the fund to pay for the cost of any project on a cash
basis: Provided, That any expenditures from the fund, other than
for the retirement of revenue bonds, may only be made by the
authority in accordance with the provisions of this article and are
subject to appropriation
or allocation of appropriation
by the
Legislature.
(b) There is continued in the state treasury a special revenue
fund named the school building debt service fund into which shall
be deposited, the amounts specified in section eighteen, article
twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code. All amounts
deposited in the fund shall be pledged to the repayment of the
principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, on any revenue
bonds or refunding revenue bonds authorized by this article:
Provided, That deposited moneys may not be pledged to the repayment
of any revenue bonds issued prior to the first day of January, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-four, or with respect to revenue bonds
issued for the purpose of refunding revenue bonds issued prior to
the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four.
Additionally, the authority may provide in the resolution and in the trust agreement for priorities on the revenues paid into the
school building debt service fund that are necessary for the
protection of the prior rights of the holders of bonds issued at
different times under the provisions of this article. On or prior
to the first day of May of each year, the authority shall certify
to the state lottery director the principal and interest and
coverage ratio requirements for the following fiscal year on any
revenue bonds issued on or after the first day of January, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-four, and for which moneys deposited
in the school building debt service fund have been pledged, or will
be pledged, for repayment pursuant to this section.
After the authority has issued bonds authorized by this
article and after the requirements of all funds have been
satisfied, including coverage and reserve funds established in
connection with the bonds issued pursuant to this article, any
balance remaining in the school building debt service fund may,
subject to appropriation
or allocation of appropriation
by the
Legislature, be used for the redemption of any of the outstanding
bonds issued under this article which, by their terms, are then
redeemable or for the purchase of the outstanding bonds at the
market price, but not to exceed the price, if any, at which the
bonds are redeemable and all bonds redeemed or purchased shall be
immediately canceled and shall not again be issued: Provided, That
after the authority has issued bonds authorized by this article and
after the requirements of debt service and all associated funds
have been satisfied for the fiscal year, including coverage and reserve funds established in connection with the bonds issued
pursuant to this article, any remaining balance in the school
building debt service fund may, subject to appropriation
or
allocation of appropriation
by the Legislature, be transferred to
the school construction fund created in subsection (c) of this
section and used by the school building authority in its discretion
to finance the cost of school construction or improvement projects
authorized in accordance with the provisions of section sixteen of
this article on a cash basis.
(c) There is continued in the state treasury a special revenue
fund named the school construction fund into which shall be
deposited the amounts specified in section thirty, article fifteen,
chapter eleven of this code, together with any moneys appropriated
to the fund by the Legislature. Expenditures from the school
construction fund shall be, subject to appropriation or allocation
of appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes set forth in
this article, including lease-purchase payments under agreements
made pursuant to subsection (e), section fifteen of this article
and section nine, article five of this chapter and are authorized
from collections in accordance with the provisions of article
three, chapter twelve of this code and from other revenues annually
appropriated by the Legislature from lottery revenues as authorized
by section eighteen, article twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of
this code pursuant to the provisions set forth in article two,
chapter five-a of this code. Amounts collected which are found,
from time to time, to exceed the funds needed for purposes set forth in this article may be transferred to other accounts or funds
and redesignated for other purposes by appropriation of the
Legislature. The school construction fund shall be an
interest-bearing account, with the interest credited to and
deposited in the school construction fund and expended in
accordance with the provisions of this article. Deposits to and
expenditures from the school construction fund are subject to the
provisions of subsection (i), subsection (k), section fifteen of
this article.
(d) There is continued in the state treasury a special revenue
fund named the school major improvement fund into which shall be
deposited the amounts specified in section thirty, article fifteen,
chapter eleven of this code, together with any moneys appropriated
to the fund by the Legislature. Expenditures from the school major
improvement fund shall, subject to appropriation
or allocation of
appropriation
by the Legislature, be for the purposes set forth in
this article and are authorized from collections in accordance with
the provisions of article three, chapter twelve of this code and
from other revenues annually appropriated by the Legislature from
lottery revenues as authorized by section eighteen, article
twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code pursuant to the
provisions set forth in article two, chapter five-a of this code.
Amounts collected which are found, from time to time, to exceed the
funds needed for purposes set forth in this article may be
transferred to other accounts or funds and redesignated for other
purposes by appropriation of the Legislature. The school major improvement fund shall be an interest-bearing account, with
interest being credited to and deposited in the school major
improvement fund and expended in accordance with the provisions of
this article.
(e) The Legislature finds and declares that the supreme court
of appeals of West Virginia has held that the issuance of
additional revenue bonds authorized under the school building
authority act, as enacted in this article prior to the twentieth
day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, constituted an
indebtedness of the state in violation of section four, article X
of the constitution of West Virginia, but that revenue bonds issued
under this article prior to the twentieth day of July, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-three, are not invalid. The Legislature
further finds and declares that the financial capacity of a county
to construct, lease and improve school facilities depends upon the
county's bonding capacity (local property wealth), voter
willingness to pass bond issues and the county's ability to
reallocate other available county funds instead of criteria related
to educational needs or upon the ability of the school building
authority created in this article to issue bonds that comply with
the holding of the West Virginia supreme court of appeals or
otherwise assist counties with the financing of facilities
construction and improvement. The Legislature further finds and
declares that this section, as well as section eighteen, article
twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code, have been reenacted
during the first extraordinary session of the West Virginia Legislature in the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-four in an
attempt to comply with the holding of the supreme court of appeals
of West Virginia.
The Legislature further finds and declares that it intends,
through the reenactment of this section and section eighteen,
article twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code, to dedicate
a source of state revenues to special revenue funds for the
purposes of paying the debt service on bonds and refunding bonds
issued subsequent to the first day of January, one thousand nine
hundred ninety-four, the proceeds of which will be used for the
construction and improvement of school building facilities. The
Legislature further finds and declares that it intends, through the
reenactment of this section and section thirty, article fifteen,
chapter eleven of this code and section eighteen, article
twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code, to appropriate
revenues to two special revenue funds for the purposes of
construction and improvement of school building facilities.
Furthermore, the Legislature intends to encourage county boards to
maintain existing levels of county funding for construction,
improvement and maintenance of school building facilities and to
generate additional county funds for those purposes through bonds
and special levies whenever possible. The Legislature further
encourages the school building authority, the state board and
county boards of education to propose uniform project
specifications for comparable projects whenever possible to meet
county needs at the lowest possible cost.
The Legislature further finds and declares that it intends,
through the reenactment of this section and section eighteen,
article twenty-two, chapter twenty-nine of this code, to comply
with the provisions of sections four and six, article X of the
constitution of West Virginia; and section one, article XII of said
constitution.
§18-9D-8. Use of proceeds of bonds; bonds exempt from taxation.
(a) The maximum aggregate face value of bonds that may be
issued by the authority, for which the moneys in the school
building debt service fund are to be pledged, is four hundred
million dollars. The issuance of revenue bonds under the
provisions of this article shall be authorized from time to time by
resolution or resolutions of the school building authority, which
shall set forth the proposed projects
authorized in accordance with
the provisions of section sixteen of this article
and provide for
the issuance of bonds in amounts sufficient, when sold as
hereinafter provided, to provide moneys considered sufficient by
the authority to pay the costs, less the amounts of any other funds
available for the costs or from any appropriation, grant or gift
for the costs: Provided, That bond issues from which bond revenues
are to be distributed in accordance with section fifteen of this
article for projects authorized pursuant to the provisions of
section sixteen of this article
shall not be required to set forth
the proposed projects in the resolution. The resolution shall
prescribe the rights and duties of the bondholders and the school
building authority, and for that purpose may prescribe the form of the trust agreement hereinafter referred to. The bonds may be
issued from time to time, in such amounts; shall be of such series;
bear such date or dates; mature at such time or times not exceeding
forty years from their respective dates; bear interest at such rate
or rates; be in such denominations; be in such form, either coupon
or registered, carrying such registration, exchangeability and
interchangeability privileges; be payable in such medium of payment
and at such place or places within or without the state; be subject
to such terms of redemption at such prices not exceeding one
hundred five percent of the principal amount of the bonds; and be
entitled to such priorities on the revenues paid into the fund
pledged for repayment of the bonds as may be provided in the
resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in any trust
agreement made in connection with the bonds: Provided, however,
That revenue bonds issued on or after the first day of January, one
thousand nine hundred ninety-four, which are secured by lottery
proceeds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding ten years
from their respective dates.
(b) The bonds shall be signed by the governor, and by the
president or vice president of the authority, under the great seal
of the state, attested by the secretary of state, and the coupons
attached to the bonds shall bear the facsimile signature of the
president or vice president of the authority. In case any of the
officers whose signatures appear on the bonds or coupons cease to
be officers before the delivery of the bonds, the signatures shall
nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if such officers had remained in office until such delivery. The
revenue bonds shall be sold in the manner determined by the
authority to be for the best interests of the state.
(c) Any pledge of revenues made by the school building
authority for revenue bonds issued prior to the twentieth day of
July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, pursuant to this
article is valid and binding between the parties from the time the
pledge is made; and the revenues pledged shall immediately be
subject to the lien of the pledge without any further physical
delivery thereof or further act. The lien of the pledge is valid
and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort,
contract or otherwise, irrespective of whether the parties have
notice of the lien of the pledge, and the pledge shall be a prior
and superior charge over any other use of the revenues pledged.
(d) The proceeds of any bonds shall be used solely for the
purpose or purposes as may be generally or specifically set forth
in the resolution authorizing those bonds and shall be disbursed in
the manner and with the restrictions, if any, that the authority
provides in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or
in the trust agreement hereinafter referred to securing the same.
If the proceeds of the bonds, by error in calculations or
otherwise, are less than the cost of any projects specifically set
forth in the resolution, additional bonds may in like manner be
issued to provide the amount of the deficiency; and unless
otherwise provided for in the resolution or trust agreement
hereinafter mentioned, the additional bonds shall be considered to be of the same issue, and are entitled to payment from the same
fund, without preference or priority, as the bonds before issued
for the projects. If the proceeds of bonds issued for the projects
specifically set forth in the resolution authorizing the bonds
issued by the authority exceed the cost of the bonds, the surplus
may be used for any other projects determined by the school
building authority
authorized in accordance with the provisions of
section sixteen of this article
or in any other manner that the
resolution authorizing the bonds provides. Prior to the
preparation of definitive bonds, the authority may, under like
restrictions, issue temporary bonds with or without coupons,
exchangeable for definitive bonds upon the issuance of the
definitive bonds.
(e) After the issuance of any of revenue bonds, the revenues
pledged for the revenue bonds shall not be reduced as long as any
of the revenue bonds are outstanding and unpaid except under the
terms, provisions and conditions that are contained in the
resolution, trust agreement or other proceedings under which the
revenue bonds were issued.
(f) The revenue bonds and the revenue refunding bonds, and
bonds issued for combined purposes shall, together with the
interest on the bonds, are exempt from all taxation by the state of
West Virginia, or by any county, school district, municipality or
political subdivision thereof.
(g) To meet the operational costs of the school building
authority, the school building authority may
transfer to a special revenue account in the state treasury interest on any debt service
reserve funds created within any resolution authorizing the issue
of bonds or any trust agreement made in connection with the bonds,
for expenditure in accordance with legislative appropriation or
allocation of appropriation.
(h) Any school construction bonds issued under this section
shall be issued on parity with any existing school building
authority bonds previously issued under this article.
§18-9D-15. Legislative intent; allocation of money among
categories of projects; lease purchase options; limitation on
time period for expenditure of project allocation; county
maintenance budget requirements; project disbursements over
period of years; preference for multicounty arrangements;
submission of project designs; set-aside to encourage local
participation; etc.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to empower the school
building authority to facilitate and provide state funds and to
administer all federal funds provided for the construction and
major improvement of school facilities so as to meet the
educational needs of the people of this state in an efficient and
economical manner in accordance with the provisions of this
article. The authority shall make funding determinations in
accordance with the provisions of this article and shall assess
existing school facilities and each facility's school major
improvement plan in relation to the needs of the individual
student, the general school population, the communities served by the facilities and facility needs statewide.
(b) An amount that is no more than three percent of the sum of
moneys that are determined by the authority to be available for
distribution during the then current fiscal year from: (1) Moneys
paid into the school building capital improvements fund pursuant to
section ten, article nine-a of this chapter; (2) the issuance of
revenue bonds for which moneys in the school building debt service
fund are pledged as security; (3) moneys paid into the school
construction fund pursuant to section six of this article; and (4)
any other moneys received by the authority, except moneys paid into
the school major improvement fund pursuant to section six of this
article, may, subject to appropriation or allocation of
appropriation by the Legislature, be allocated and may be expended
by the authority for projects authorized in accordance with the
provisions of section sixteen of this article that service the
educational community statewide or, upon application by the state
board, for educational programs authorized in accordance with the
provisions of section sixteen of this article
that are under the
jurisdiction of the state board. In addition, upon application by
the state board or the administrative council of an area vocational
educational center established pursuant to article two-b of this
chapter, the authority may, subject to appropriation or allocation
of appropriation by the Legislature,
allocate and expend under this
subsection moneys for school major improvement projects authorized
in accordance with the provisions of section sixteen of this
article that are
proposed by the state board or an administrative council for school facilities under the direct supervision of the
state board or an administrative council, respectively: Provided,
That the authority may not expend any moneys for a school major
improvement project proposed by the state board or the
administrative council of an area vocational educational center
unless the state board or an administrative council has submitted
a ten-year school major improvement plan, to be updated annually,
pursuant to section sixteen of this article: facilities plan:
Provided, however, That the authority shall, before allocating any
moneys to the state board or the administrative council of an area
vocational educational center for a school improvement project,
consider all other funding sources available for the project.
(c) An amount that is no more than two percent of the moneys
that are determined by the authority to be available for
distribution during the current fiscal year from: (1) Moneys paid
into the school building capital improvements fund pursuant to
section ten, article nine-a of this chapter; (2) the issuance of
revenue bonds for which moneys in the school building debt service
fund are pledged as security; (3) moneys paid into the school
construction fund pursuant to section six of this article; and (4)
any other moneys received by the authority, except moneys deposited
into the school major improvement fund, shall, subject to
appropriation or allocation of appropriation by the Legislature,
be
set aside by the authority as an emergency fund to be distributed
in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the authority.
(d) An amount that is no more than five percent of the moneys that are determined by the authority to be available for
distribution during the current fiscal year from: (1) Moneys paid
into the school building capital improvements fund pursuant to
section ten, article nine-a of this chapter; (2) the issuance of
revenue bonds for which moneys in the school building debt service
fund are pledged as security; (3) moneys paid into the school
construction fund pursuant to section six of this article; and (4)
any other moneys received by the authority, except moneys deposited
into the school major improvement fund, may, subject to
appropriation or allocation of appropriation by the Legislature,
be
reserved by the authority for multiuse vocational-technical
education facilities projects that may include post-secondary
programs as a first priority use. The authority may allocate and
expend under this subsection moneys for any purposes authorized in
this article on multiuse vocational-technical education facilities
projects, including equipment and equipment updates at the
facilities, authorized in accordance with
the provisions of section
sixteen of this article.
and for equipment and equipment updates at
the facilities
. If the projects approved under this subsection do
not require the full amount of moneys reserved, moneys above the
amount required may be allocated and expended in accordance with
other provisions of this article. A county board, the state board,
an administrative council or the joint administrative board of a
vocational-technical education facility which includes post-
secondary programs may propose projects for facilities or
equipment, or both, which are under the direct supervision of the respective body: Provided, That the authority shall, before
allocating any moneys for a project under this subsection, consider
all other funding sources available for the project.
(e) The remaining moneys determined by the authority to be
available for distribution during the then current fiscal year
from: (1) Moneys paid into the school building capital improvements
fund pursuant to section ten, article nine-a of this chapter; (2)
the issuance of revenue bonds for which moneys in the school
building debt service fund are pledged as security; (3) moneys paid
into the school construction fund pursuant to section six of this
article; and (4) any other moneys received by the authority, except
moneys deposited into the school major improvement fund, shall,
subject to appropriation or allocation of appropriation by the
Legislature,
be allocated and expended
on the basis of need and
efficient use of resources, the basis to be determined by the
authority for projects authorized in accordance with the provisions
of section sixteen of this article.
(f) If a county board of education proposes to finance a
project that is approved pursuant to
authorized in accordance with
section sixteen of this article through a lease with an option to
purchase leased premises upon the expiration of the total lease
period pursuant to an investment contract, the authority may
allocate no moneys to the county board in connection with the
project: Provided, That the authority may transfer moneys to the
state board of education which, with the authority, shall lend the
amount transferred to the county board to be used only for a one-time payment due at the beginning of the lease term, made for the
purpose of reducing annual lease payments under the investment
contract, subject to the following conditions:
(1) The loan shall be secured in the manner required by the
authority, in consultation with the state board, and shall be
repaid in a period and bear interest at a rate as determined by the
state board and the authority and shall have such terms and
conditions as are required by the authority, all of which shall be
set forth in a loan agreement among the authority, the state board
and the county board;
(2) The loan agreement shall provide for the state board and
the authority to defer the payment of principal and interest upon
any loan made to the county board during the term of the investment
contract, and annual renewals of the investment contract, among the
state board, the authority, the county board and a lessor:
Provided, That in the event a county board which has received a
loan from the authority for a one-time payment at the beginning of
the lease term does not renew the subject lease annually until
performance of the investment contract in its entirety is
completed, the county board is in default and the principal of the
loan, together with all unpaid interest accrued to the date of the
default, shall, at the option of the authority, in consultation
with the state board, become due and payable immediately or subject
to renegotiation among the state board, the authority and the
county board: Provided, however, That if a county board renews the
lease annually through the performance of the investment contract in its entirety, the county board shall exercise its option to
purchase the leased premises: Provided further, That the failure
of the county board to make a scheduled payment pursuant to the
investment contract constitutes an event of default under the loan
agreement: And provided further, That upon a default by a county
board, the principal of the loan, together with all unpaid interest
accrued to the date of the default, shall, at the option of the
authority, in consultation with the state board, become due and
payable immediately or subject to renegotiation among the state
board, the authority and the county board: And provided further,
That if the loan becomes due and payable immediately, the
authority, in consultation with the state board, shall use all
means available under the loan agreement and law to collect the
outstanding principal balance of the loan, together with all unpaid
interest accrued to the date of payment of the outstanding
principal balance; and
(3) The loan agreement shall provide for the state board and
the authority to forgive all principal and interest of the loan
upon the county board purchasing the leased premises pursuant to
the investment contract and performance of the investment contract
in its entirety.
(g) To encourage county boards to proceed promptly with
facilities planning and to prepare for the expenditure of any state
moneys derived from the sources described in this subsection
section, any county board or other entity to whom moneys are
allocated by the authority that fails failing to expend the money within three years of the allocation to the county board shall
forfeit the allocation and thereafter is ineligible for further
allocations pursuant to this subsection section until the county
board it is ready to expend funds in accordance with an approved
facilities plan: Provided, That the authority may authorize an
extension beyond the three-year forfeiture period not to exceed an
additional two years. Any amount forfeited shall be added to the
total funds available in the school construction fund of the
authority for future allocation and distribution. Funds may not be
distributed to any county board that does not have a comprehensive
educational facility for any project under this article unless the
responsible entity has a facilities plan approved by the state
board and the school building authority or to any county board that
is not and is prepared to commence expenditure of the funds during
the fiscal year in which the moneys are distributed.
(h) The remaining moneys that are determined by the authority
to be available for distribution during the then current fiscal
year from moneys paid into the school major improvement fund
pursuant to section six of this article shall, subject to
appropriation or allocation of appropriation by the Legislature,
be
allocated and distributed on the basis of need and efficient use of
resources, the basis to be determined by the authority for projects
authorized in accordance with the provisions of section sixteen of
this article: Provided, That the moneys may not be distributed to
any county board that does not have an approved school major
improvement
for any project under this section unless the responsible entity has a facilities plan approved by the state
board and the authority and is
or to any county board that is not
prepared to commence expenditures of the funds during the fiscal
year in which the moneys are distributed: Provided, however, That
any moneys allocated to a county board project and not distributed
to that county board for that project shall be deposited in an
account to the credit of that county board the project, the
principal amount to remain to the credit of and available to the
county board project for a period of two years. Any moneys which
are unexpended after a two-year period shall be redistributed on
the basis of need from the school major improvement fund in that
fiscal year.
(i) No local matching funds may be required under the
provisions of this section. However, the responsibilities of the
county boards of education to maintain school facilities are not
negated by the provisions of this article. To be eligible to
receive an allocation of school major improvement funds from the
authority, a county board must have expended in the previous fiscal
year an amount of county moneys equal to or exceeding the lowest
average amount of money included in the county board's maintenance
budget over any three of the previous five years and must have
budgeted an amount equal to or greater than the average in the
current fiscal year: Provided, That the state board of education
shall promulgate rules relating to county boards' maintenance
budgets, including items which shall be included in the budgets.
(j) Any county board may use moneys provided by the authority under this article in conjunction with local funds derived from
bonding, special levy or other sources. Distribution to a county
board, or to the state board or the administrative council of an
area vocational educational center pursuant to subsection (b) of
this section, may be in a lump sum or in accordance with a schedule
of payments adopted by the authority pursuant to guidelines adopted
by the authority.
(k) Funds in the school construction fund shall first be
transferred and expended as follows:
Any funds deposited in the school construction fund shall be
expended first in accordance with an appropriation by the
Legislature. To the extent that funds are available in the school
construction fund in excess of that amount appropriated in any
fiscal year, the excess funds may be expended, subject to
appropriation or allocation of appropriation by the Legislature,
for projects authorized in accordance with the provisions of
section sixteen
of this article. Any projects which the authority
identified and announced for funding on or before the first day of
August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, or identified and
announced for funding on or before the thirty-first day of
December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, shall be funded by
the authority in an amount which is not less than the amount
specified when the project was identified and announced.
(l) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage county
boards to explore and consider arrangements with other counties
that may facilitate the highest and best use of all available funds, which may result in improved transportation arrangements for
students or which otherwise may create efficiencies for county
boards and the students. In order to address the intent of the
Legislature contained in this subsection, the authority shall grant
preference to those projects which involve multicounty arrangements
as the authority shall determine reasonable and proper.
(m) County boards shall submit all designs for construction of
new school buildings to the school building authority for review
and approval prior to preparation of final bid documents:
Provided, That a vendor who has been debarred pursuant to the
provisions of sections thirty-three-a through thirty-three-f,
inclusive, article three, chapter five-a of this code, may not bid
on or be awarded a contract under this section.
(n) The authority may elect to disburse funds for approved
construction projects over a period of more than one year subject
to the following:
(1) The authority may not approve the funding of a school
construction project for over a period of more than three years;
(2) The authority may not approve the use of more than fifty
percent of the revenue available for distribution in any given
fiscal year for projects that are to be funded over a period of
more than one year; and
(3) In order to encourage local participation in funding
school construction projects, the authority may set aside limited
funding, not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars, in reserve
for one additional year to provide a county the opportunity to complete financial planning for a project prior to the allocation
of construction funds. Any such funding shall be on a reserve
basis and converted to a part of the construction grant only after
all project budget funds have been secured and all county
commitments have been fulfilled. Failure of the county to solidify
the project budget and meet its obligations to the state within
eighteen months of the date the funding is set aside by the
authority will result in expiration of the reserve and the funds
shall be reallocated by the authority in the succeeding funding
cycle.
§18-9D-16. Authority to establish guidelines and procedures for
facilities and major improvement plans; guidelines for
modifications and updates, etc.; guidelines for project
evaluation; submission of certified list of projects to be
funded; department on-site inspection of facilities;
enforcement of required changes or additions to project plans.
(a) The authority shall establish guidelines and procedures to
promote the intent and purposes of this article and assure the
prudent and resourceful expenditure of state funds for projects
under this article including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Guidelines and procedures for the facilities plans, school
major improvement plans and projects submitted in the furtherance
of said plans that address, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) All of the elements of the respective plans as defined in
section two of this article;
(B) The procedures for a county to submit a preliminary plan, a plan outline or a proposal for a plan to the authority prior to
the submission of the facilities plan. The preliminary plan, plan
outline or proposal for a plan shall be the basis for a
consultation meeting between representatives of the county and
members of the authority, including at least one citizen member,
which shall be held promptly following submission of the
preliminary plan, plan outline or proposal for a plan to assure
understanding of the general goals of this article and the
objective criteria by which projects will be evaluated, to discuss
ways the plan may be structured to meet those goals, and to assure
efficiency and productivity in the project approval process;
(C) The manner, time-line and process for the submission of
each plan and annual plan updates to the authority;
(D) The requirements for public hearings, comments or other
means of providing broad-based input on plans and projects under
this article within a reasonable time period as the authority may
consider appropriate. The submission of each plan must be
accompanied by a synopsis of all comments received and a formal
comment by the county board, the state board or the administrative
council of an area vocational educational center submitting the
plan;
(E) Any project specifications and maintenance specifications
considered appropriate by the authority including, but not limited
to, such matters as energy efficiency, preferred siting,
construction materials, maintenance plan and any other matter
related to how the project is to proceed;
(F) A prioritization by the county board, the state board or
the administrative council submitting the plan of each project
contained in the plan. In prioritizing the projects, the county
board, the state board or the administrative council submitting the
plan shall make determinations in accordance with the objective
criteria formulated by the school building authority in accordance
with this section. The priority list is one of the criteria that
shall be considered by the authority deciding how the available
funds should be expended;
(G) The objective means to be set forth in the plan and used
in evaluating implementation of the overall plan and each project
included therein. The evaluation must measure how the plan
addresses the goals of this article and any guidelines adopted
hereunder, and how each project is in furtherance of the facilities
plan and school major improvement plan, as applicable, as well as
the importance of the project to the overall success of the
facilities plan or school major improvement plan and the overall
goals of the authority; and
(H) Any other matters considered by the authority to be
important reflections of how a construction project or a major
improvement project or projects will further the overall goals of
this article.
(2) Guidelines and procedures which may be adopted by the
authority for requiring that a county board modify, update,
supplement or otherwise submit changes or additions to an approved
facilities plan or for requiring that a county board, the state board or the administrative council of an area vocational
educational center modify, update, supplement or otherwise submit
changes or additions to an approved school major improvement plan.
The authority shall provide reasonable notification and sufficient
time for the change or addition as delineated in guidelines
developed by the authority.
(3) Guidelines and procedures for evaluating project proposals
that are submitted to the authority that address, but are not
limited to, the following:
(A) Any project funded by the authority must be in furtherance
of the facilities plan or school major improvement plan and in
compliance with the guidelines established by the authority;
(B) If a project is to benefit more than one county in the
region, the facilities plan must state the manner in which the cost
and funding of the project will be apportioned among the counties;
(C) If a county board proposes to finance a construction
project through a lease with an option to purchase pursuant to an
investment contract as described in subsection (f), section fifteen
of this article, the specifications for the project must include
the term of the lease, the amount of each lease payment, including
the payment due upon exercise of the option to purchase, and the
terms and conditions of the proposed investment contract; and
(D) The objective criteria for the evaluation of projects
which shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
(i) How the current facilities do not meet and how the plan
and any project thereunder does meet the following:
(I) Student health and safety including, but not limited to,
critical health and safety needs;
(II) Economies of scale, including compatibility with similar
schools that have achieved the most economical organization,
facility utilization and pupil-teacher ratios;
(III) Reasonable travel time and practical means of addressing
other demographic considerations;
(IV) Multicounty and regional planning to achieve the most
effective and efficient instructional delivery system;
(V) Curriculum improvement and diversification, including the
use of instructional technology, distance learning and access to
advanced courses in science, mathematics, language arts and social
studies;
(VI) Innovations in education;
(VII) Adequate space for projected student enrollments;
(VIII) The history of efforts taken by the county board to
propose or adopt local school bond issues or special levies to the
extent constitutionally permissible; and
(IX) Regularly scheduled preventive maintenance; and
(ii) How the project will assure the prudent and resourceful
expenditure of state funds and achieve the purposes of this article
for constructing, expanding, renovating or otherwise improving and
maintaining school facilities for a thorough and efficient
education.
(4) Guidelines and procedures for evaluating projects for
funding that address, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) The procedure for establishing a prioritized ranking of
all projects pending before the authority. The basis for the
ranking shall be the relative strengths of the projects using the
objective measures established by the authority in accordance with
this section and the importance that the authority assigns to the
project from the funds that are or will be available during the
funding cycle;
(B) The return to each county submitting a project proposal an
explanation of the evaluative factors underlying the decision of
the authority to fund or not to fund the project; and
(C) The allocation and expenditure of funds in accordance with
this article, subject to the availability of funds.
(b) Prior to the expenditure of any funds under this article,
the school building authority shall certify to the joint committee
on government and finance a list of the projects approved for
funding by the authority. This certified list may not thereafter
be altered or amended other than by legislative enactment.
(c) The state department of education shall conduct on-site
inspections, at least annually, of all facilities which have been
funded wholly or in part by moneys from the authority or state
board to ensure compliance with the county board's facilities plan
and school major improvement plan as related to the facilities; to
preserve the physical integrity of the facilities to the extent
possible; and to otherwise extend the useful life of the
facilities: Provided, That the state board shall submit reports
regarding its on-site inspections of facilities to the authority within thirty days of completion of the on-site inspections:
Provided, however, That the state board shall promulgate rules
regarding the on-site inspections and matters relating thereto, in
consultation with the authority, as soon as practical and shall
submit proposed rules for legislative review no later than the
first day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four.
(d) Based on its on-site inspection or notification by the
authority to the state board that the changes or additions to a
county's board facilities plan or school major improvement plan
required by the authority have not been implemented within the time
period prescribed by the authority, the state board shall restrict
the use of the necessary funds or otherwise allocate funds from
moneys appropriated by the Legislature for those purposes set forth
in section nine, article nine-a of this chapter.
CHAPTER 18A. SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-2. State minimum salaries for teachers.
(a) Each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the
"state minimum salary schedule I" 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: Provided, That
beginning on the first day of the second half of the teacher's
employment term in the school year two thousand-four - two thousand
five, July, two thousand two, and thereafter, each teacher shall
receive the amount prescribed in "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) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
Years 4th 3rd2nd
A.B. M.A. M.A. M.A. Doc-
Exp.Class Class Class A.B. +15 M.A. +15 +30 +45 torate
0 21,084 21,721 21,976 23,186 23,921 25,629 26,364 27,099 27,834 28,834
1 21,365 22,002 22,257 23,651 24,386 26,094 26,829 27,564 28,299 29,299
2 21,646 22,284 22,539 24,116 24,851 26,559 27,294 28,029 28,764 29,764
3 21,928 22,565 22,820 24,581 25,316 27,024 27,759 28,494 29,229 30,229
4 22,445 23,082 23,338 25,282 26,017 27,725 28,460 29,195 29,930 30,930
5 22,726 23,364 23,619 25,747 26,482 28,190 28,925 29,660 30,395 31,395
6 23,008 23,645 23,900 26,212 26,947 28,655 29,390 30,125 30,860 31,860
7
22,008
23,926 24,182 26,677 27,412 29,120 29,855 30,590 31,325 32,325
8
22,008
24,208 24,463 27,142 27,877 29,585 30,320 31,055 31,790 32,790
9
22,008
24,744 27,607 28,342 30,050 30,785 31,520 32,255 33,255
10
22,008
25,025 28,073 28,808 30,516 31,251 31,986 32,721 33,721
11
22,008
28,538 29,273 30,981 31,716 32,451 33,186 34,186
12
22,008
29,003 29,738 31,446 32,181 32,916 33,651 34,651
13
22,008
29,468 30,203 31,911 32,646 33,381 34,116 35,116
14
22,008
32,376 33,111 33,846 34,581 35,581
15
22,008
32,841 33,576 34,311 35,046 36,046
16
22,008
33,306 34,041 34,776 35,511 36,511
17
22,008
35,241 35,976 36,976
18
22,008
35,706 36,441 37,441
19
22,008
36,171 36,906 37,906
STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE II I
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
Years 4th 3rd
2ndA.B. M.A. M.A. M.A. Doc-
Exp.
Class Class Class A.B. +15 M.A. +15 +30 +45 torate
0
|
21,888
|
22,525
|
22,780
|
23,990
|
24,725
|
26,433
|
27,168
|
27,903
|
28,638
|
29,638
|
1
|
22,205
|
22,842
|
23,097
|
24,491
|
25,226
|
26,934
|
27,669
|
28,404
|
29,139
|
30,139
|
2
|
22,522
|
23,160
|
23,415
|
24,992
|
25,727
|
27,435
|
28,170
|
28,905
|
29,640
|
30,640
|
3
|
22,840
|
23,477
|
23,732
|
25,493
|
26,228
|
27,936
|
28,671
|
29,406
|
30,141
|
31,141
|
4
|
23,393
|
24,030
|
24,286
|
26,230
|
26,965
|
28,673
|
29,408
|
30,143
|
30,878
|
31,878
|
5
|
23,710
|
24,348
|
24,603
|
26,731
|
27,466
|
29,174
|
29,909
|
30,644
|
31,379
|
32,379
|
6
|
24,028
|
24,665
|
24,920
|
27,232
|
27,967
|
29,675
|
30,410
|
31,145
|
31,880
|
32,880
|
7
|
|
24,982
|
25,238
|
27,733
|
28,468
|
30,176
|
30,911
|
31,646
|
32,381
|
33,381
|
8
|
22,008
|
25,300
|
25,555
|
28,234
|
28,969
|
30,677
|
31,412
|
32,147
|
32,882
|
33,882
|
9
|
|
|
25,872
|
28,735
|
29,470
|
31,178
|
31,913
|
32,648
|
33,383
|
34,383
|
10
|
22,008
|
|
26,189
|
29,237
|
29,972
|
31,680
|
32,415
|
33,150
|
33,885
|
34,885
|
11
|
22,008
|
|
|
29,738
|
30,473
|
32,181
|
32,916
|
33,651
|
34,386
|
35,386
|
12
|
22,008
|
|
|
30,239
|
30,974
|
32,682
|
33,417
|
34,152
|
34,887
|
35,887
|
13
|
22,008
|
|
|
30,740
|
31,475
|
33,183
|
33,918
|
34,653
|
35,388
|
36,388
|
14
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
33,684
|
34,419
|
35,154
|
35,889
|
36,889
|
15
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
34,185
|
34,920
|
35,655
|
36,390
|
37,390
|
16
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
34,686
|
35,421
|
36,156
|
36,891
|
37,891
|
17
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36,657
|
37,392
|
38,392
|
18
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,158
|
37,893
|
38,893
|
19
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,659
|
38,394
|
39,394
|
STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE II
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
Years 4th 3rd
2nd A.B. M.A. M.A. M.A. Doc-
Exp.
Class Class Class A.B. +15 M.A. +15 +30 +45 torate
0
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21,888
|
22,525
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22,780
|
23,990
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24,725
|
26,433
|
27,168
|
27,903
|
28,638
|
29,638
|
1
|
22,205
|
22,842
|
23,097
|
24,491
|
25,226
|
26,934
|
27,669
|
28,404
|
29,139
|
30,139
|
2
|
22,522
|
23,160
|
23,415
|
24,992
|
25,727
|
27,435
|
28,170
|
28,905
|
29,640
|
30,640
|
3
|
22,840
|
23,477
|
23,732
|
25,493
|
26,228
|
27,936
|
28,671
|
29,406
|
30,141
|
31,141
|
4
|
23,393
|
24,030
|
24,286
|
26,230
|
26,965
|
28,673
|
29,408
|
30,143
|
30,878
|
31,878
|
5
|
23,710
|
24,348
|
24,603
|
26,731
|
27,466
|
29,174
|
29,909
|
30,644
|
31,379
|
32,379
|
6
|
24,028
|
24,665
|
24,920
|
27,232
|
27,967
|
29,675
|
30,410
|
31,145
|
31,880
|
32,880
|
7
|
24,346
|
24,982
|
25,238
|
27,733
|
28,468
|
30,176
|
30,911
|
31,646
|
32,381
|
33,381
|
8
|
22,008
|
25,300
|
25,555
|
28,234
|
28,969
|
30,677
|
31,412
|
32,147
|
32,882
|
33,882
|
9
|
|
25,618
|
25,872
|
28,735
|
29,470
|
31,178
|
31,913
|
32,648
|
33,383
|
34,383
|
10
|
22,008
|
|
26,189
|
29,237
|
29,972
|
31,680
|
32,415
|
33,150
|
33,885
|
34,885
|
11
|
22,008
|
|
26,506
|
29,738
|
30,473
|
32,181
|
32,916
|
33,651
|
34,386
|
35,386
|
12
|
22,008
|
|
|
30,239
|
30,974
|
32,682
|
33,417
|
34,152
|
34,887
|
35,887
|
13
|
22,008
|
|
|
30,740
|
31,475
|
33,183
|
33,918
|
34,653
|
35,388
|
36,388
|
14
|
22,008
|
|
|
31,241
|
31,976
|
33,684
|
34,419
|
35,154
|
35,889
|
36,889
|
15
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
34,185
|
34,920
|
35,655
|
36,390
|
37,390
|
16
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
34,686
|
35,421
|
36,156
|
36,891
|
37,891
|
17
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
35,187
|
35,922
|
36,657
|
37,392
|
38,392
|
18
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,158
|
37,893
|
38,893
|
19
|
22,008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,659
|
38,394
|
39,394
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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38,160
|
38,895
|
39,895
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(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.
(c) Effective until the first day of July, two thousand two,
in addition to any amounts prescribed in the applicable state
minimum salary schedule, each professional educator shall be paid
annually the following incremental increases in accordance with
their years of experience. The payments shall be paid in equal
monthly installments and shall be considered a part of the state
minimum salaries for teachers.
Years of ExperienceIncrement
31534
32534
33534
34534
35534
(d) (c) On and after the first day of July, two thousand two,
in addition to any amounts prescribed in the applicable state
minimum salary schedule, each professional educator shall be paid
annually the following incremental increases in accordance with
their years of experience. The payments shall be paid in equal
monthly installments and shall be considered a part of the state
minimum salaries for teachers.
Years of Experience
Increment
29570
30
570
31
570
32
570
33
570
34
570
35
570