Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-19
NEWS OF LEGISLATURE
TEACHERS PAY
BILL DRAWN UP
An Agreement Reached by the
Governor and Members
of the Legislature

The Woodruff teachers salary in
crease bill has been whipped into
the shape in which the Administra-
ton wants it put through. 1t was
agreed upon in a conference par
ticipated in by Governor William
c. Sproul, Thomas e. Finegan, Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction;
Chairmen w. j. McCaig and A. F.
Daix, of the House and Senate Ap-
preparations Committees; Senator
James B. Weaver, chairman of the
Senate Education Committee, and
Representative John M. Flynn. The
Dill carries an appropriation OF
S6,000,000.
The measure was reported to the
Senate last night in its revised form
and efforts will now be made to put
1t through finally in that body and
have the House concur in the
amendments. There may be some
opposition from certain sections of
the State, but it is believed that the
legislation will be accepted. If de-
fects are found in the working out
OF the plan, the next Legislature
can cure them.
The bill provides the following
minimum salaries for teachers,
principals, supervisors, directors OF
special subjects and their assist
ants:
Holders of provisional certificates,
$50 a month professional certifi-
Gates, $40 a month; normal school
diplomas, county permanent, State
permanent or college professional
certificates. $50 a month.
Each teacher or other instructor
in second, third and fourth-class
districts who hold certificates other
than provisional and who in the
school year of 1919 received less
than 500 a month, but whose sal
ary is not increased by at least
visions of clause 1 of the bill, would
receive an increase in salary OF
twenty-five per cent. Those receiv-
ing 500 and not more than $3.50 a
month would get twenty per cent
increase and those receiving over
$3.50 and not more than 5000
would receive a twenty per cent
increase, while those receiving more
than 5000 a month would get n ten
per cent. increase. Teachers in the
first-class districts, Pittsburgh and
Philadelphia, are to receive the
same rate of increase as those in
the other three districts, but half OF
the increase is to be paid by the
State and the other half by the dis
trict. Nurses in flrst-class districts
are included in the bill.
The following apportionment oil
the payment of the increases in the
second, third and fourth class dis
tricts is made between the State
and the school districts:
The State would pay holders OF
provisional certificates, SIS a school
month: holders of professional or
state normal certificates, $12.50 a
school month; holders of State nor
NAL school diplomas, county perma-
nent. State permanent or college
professional certificates, $40 a
month. The remaining portion of
the salary increases will be paid by
the school district
In addition to the minimum sal
ary and in addition to the portion OF
salary required, to be paid by the
State, the State shall give to each
teacher of a rural school holding
higher than a provisional certificate
$40 month.
Some of the Philadelphia school
authorities to-day tried to have the
bill so drawn that the States share
of the salary increases would be
paid to the districts in a lump sum
The district would then distribute
it as it saw fit, not even using all
of the money for increasing sal
aries. The Governor said he would
not stand for this scheme and all
money being paid to increase teach.
ers' salaries must be used for that