Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-07
sALARiEs AGAIN RAISED TO CON.
FORM WITH STATE LAW
RECENTLY PASSED.
TEACHERS WHO QUALIFY
TO GET SCALE UNDER LAW
All Teachers in High School viii Be
Affected and About IS Per Cont in
to Be Rovised-1oard Shortens
School Year to Nine Months.


qualify under the provisions of the new
state law fixing salaries for teachers,
which become IS effective July l, viii be
paid salaries for the next school year
as provided bv the new Jaw. This d
termination, u reconsideration OF the
action of the scncol boaid when 1t add
vanced salariers ten days ago when
| contracts were sent TO teachers, vas
! taken at a meeting of the board Tues
day evening. The adjustment of sal
aries Will, be made in notifications OF
contracts that have been signed by
teachers.
In order to lessen the teachers sal
airy budget. IN an effort to make the
pay roll for the year come as nearly
as possible to the tax appropriation,
the board Will shorten the next school
year from nine and one half months
to nine months.
Wage Increase Large.
The board, in reconsidering the
question of wages, decided that rather
than be subject to the criticism for not
complying with the law it would pre-
fer to overdraw its fund for teachers
wages, since the board was not re-
sponsible for the salary scale fixed by
the statute. The teachers pay roll
this school year will total about $685.
600. Under the state law wage scne-
dule the pay roll will be increased to
Sl1O, 900 to $1l5000 or perhaps more.
Before the next school year is ended
the teachers salary fund viii be
overdrawn, but the board will have to
provide some means for either taking
care Of the overdraft in the fund or
borrow money to prevent an overdraft.
Scale $40 in High School.
Only two classes of teachers who
have signed contracts for next year in
the city schools come under the pro-
visions OF the new law They are
those who qualify under the first two
sections Of the wage schedule Of that
law.
The first az these arc high school
teachers who have had a four-year
college course and received q degree
from an approved college and who have
had two years Of successful teaching
experience. The minimum wage for
this class is 1920 month and on this
basis the contracts Of those high school
teachers who have signed will be re-
vised. No teachers, other than those
who can qualify under this class, are
employed in the high school. New
teachers that are employed to fill vac
ancies. who, of course, must qualify,
win receive the 1920 month mini
mum.
Other Class in Grades.
The second section of the wage
schedule of the state law applies
chiefly to graded school teachers. This
section provides that teacher who
has completed a two-year course In
state normal, or other school, whose
diploma Is recognized as an equivalent
diploma by the state board Of educa-
ton or who holds q state certificate
and who has mad two years successful
teaching experience, shall be paid 500
month.
All those teaching in the grades,
who qualify under this class and have
signed contracts for next year, will re.
ceive a salary Of 800 month under
the revised contracts. Superintendent
Palmer estimates that probably Is per
cent OF the grade teachers can qualify
under this section. All other teachers
VINO are nlESu " LILA VdSohSASc sAiA~
who can qualify under this law, will
be paid the same salary. The others
who cannot qualify will receive the In
creased wage as provided in the orig
inal contracts that were sent out.
Revise Contracts Soon.
It was thought that in day or two
the signed contracts would be revised
and modified as regards salary ana
length Of term.
The contracts Of the teachers who
signed will he called In and the
amended clauses added with the
teachers' consent. No difficulty Is ex-
pected with teachers on this detail.
Certain Of the teachers are allowed ad-
ditional time to sign their contracts
and these contracts will now be revised
and readily signed, 1t Is believed. MOST
of these teachers are IN the high
school.
OF the ninety nine teachers who re-
ceived contracts, Superintendent Palmer
estimated today that twenty-five or
twenty three contracts had not been
signed. This number includes ten IN
the grades and the others are IN the
high school, but most Of the latter
were those VINO were SVEN 2ca.t.onal
time in which to sign.
Some to Prepare Themselves.
Some Of those who have not signed
did not do 80 because they will quit
teaching to take additional training 10
qualify themselves under the require
ments of the wage schedule OF the,
law. AS regards the shortening OF the
school year, 1t has been two weeks
longer here than in most cities, but
whether It will be kept at nine months
or heightened to nine and one-haif
months after next year, will not De
determined until the time arrives to
do so.