The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
TEACHERS HAPPY.
Promised Raise in Salaries
Comes at Last. =.
Increase will Depend Upon
Term Of Service.
BEGINS NEXT YEAR.
Advance to Date From Fall of
1907.
Change Made Possible by Amend
ment in Law.

Beginning with the next school year
that of 1907-190S, the teachers in the
grade schools of the city who have been
in the service for five years will receive
| increases IN their salaries of five dol
| lars per month for the sixth year, an
other five per month for the eighth
year and another five a month for the
tenth year which will make their sal
| aries from the tenth year on SIS per
month or $675 a year for the school
year of nine months.
The increase is a victory for the To-
peka Federation of Clubs which has
| agitated the question for several
| months.
This increase in salaries was decided
on at a meeting of the board of educa-
tendance at the meeting and the pro-
position to increase the teachers sal
aries which was submitted by the COM
mittee on teachers through it's chair
man, Colonel J. D. Norton, was adopted
by an unanimous vote and without a
bit of discussion and debate. 1t was
also decided to increase the salaries of
the principals of the grade schools in a
proportionate scale to the increase
granted the teachers.
1t is estimated that the number of
teachers affected by the increase next
will amount to $3.50, The increase in
the salaries OF the principals will cost.
1t IS estimated, $2,237.85, making total
Of 81, 912.85.
An act passed by the last legislature
made it possible for the school board to
increase the salaries OF the teachers.
This act permits cities of the first class
to levy a tax of seventeen mills for
general Schol purposes and three addf-
tional mills for building purposes. Here
=, .,ffx 1alro hos only hen
able to levy a tax of twelve mills for
general school purposes and three addt-
members of the board of education have
recognized for some time the necessity
Of raising the salaries of the school
teachers in the grade schools of the
city they have been unable to do so be-
cause the sum of money raised by the
twelve mill levy was hardly sufficient
for the proper conduct of the schools
with the salaries of the teachers the
same as they have been for years. Here
tofore teachers in the grade schools
have been paid $40 per month for the
first years service and five dollars per
month more for each year of service up
to the fifth year when the salary reach
ed the figure of $50 per month and there
the increases stopped.
The report OF the committee on teach
ers on this proposition was presented by
Colonel Norton as follows:
At the meeting of the board of edu-
cation on August 6. 1906. this commit
tee reported that the prospective in
come of the board would not justify
an increase of teachers salaries for
the current year; but IN accordance
with a recommendation of this COM
mittee the board voted that an effort
should be made to secure change
in the law governing the tax levy for
schools so as to provide sufficient
means for the payment or reasonable
salaries. At the last session of the
legislature law was enacted permit
ting a maximum levy of 20 mills for
the support of the schools in cities of
the first class, which makes it possible
for the board to advance the salaries
beginning with the year 1907-190S.
your committee recon-
mends that the following salary
schedule be made effective with the
beginning of the school year of 1907
1908: