The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-05-01
Teachers Minimum Wage Law.

We published an article last week
giving the provisions OF the new
teachers minimum wage law, but II
from the Des Moines papers, as a
copy of the bill as passed was not
: available, and many teachers won
flered at the reference to As weeks:
as a school year, but in the bill as
finally passed there is no reference
to As weeks. Through the kindness
of county superintendent Miss Kate
as finally passed, this being an Of
Sficial copy of the bill:
Section 1. That the law as it ap-
pears in section tWenty-seven nun
dred seventy-eight-b (277S-b), Sup
elementary to the Code, 1913, be
and the same is hereby repealed. and
that the law as it appears in section
teynty-seven hundred seventy-e r. i
C (277S-c), Supplement to the CODE
1918. he and the same is hereby
amended by inserting a period in
the third line thereof after the word
fixed" and by striking from salu
section after the word fixed the
following: For the grade of GER,
tificate held by such public school
teachers and that the law as it APP
pears in section twenty-seven nun
Supplement to the Code, 1913, is
hereby repealed and the following
enacted in lieu thereof:
All teachers in the public schools
of this state, shall be paid for their
services minimum wage of not less
than the amounts hereinafter set
forth:
NJ "A teacher who has completed
four-year college course and re-
a1sr
college and who is the holder of a
state certificate or a state diploma
shall receive minimum wage OF
one hundred dollars (S100.O0) per
month until a successful teaching
experience of two years in the pub-
lie schools shall have been establish
Led. Thereafter, the minimum wage
shall be one hundred and twenty
dollars IS12O.00) per month.
a two-year course in education in a
state normal school or other school
whose diploma is recognized as an
equivalent diploma by the state
board of educational examiners and
who shall be the holder of a state
certificate, or who shall be the
holder of state certificate issued
minimum wage of eighty dollars
($SO.OO) per month, until a success
full teaching experience Of two years
in the public schools shall have been
established. Thereafter, the mini
mum wage shall be one hundred dol
lars ($10O.00) per month.
3. A teacher who has completed
a normal course IN a normal tram
ing high school and who has had less
than one year of successful teaching
experience shall receive minimum
wage of sixty-five dollars ($65.0O)
per month A teacher who has COM
pleted a normal course in normal
training high school and who shall
have had one year OF successful
teaching experience, and teacher
holding first grade uniform county
wage of seventy-five l$75.OO per
month until successful experience
of two years in the public schools
shall have been established; there
after the minimum wage shall be
eighty dollars ($SO.0O) per month.
4. A teacher who is the holder
of a second grade uniform county
wage of sixty dollars (S60.00) per
month until successful experience
of one years duration in the public
schools shall have been established.
Thereafter, the minimum wage shall
be sixty-five dollars ($65.O0) per
5. "A teacher holding a third
Shall receive minimum wage Of
fifty dollars ($5O.0O) per month.
Section 2. The holder of any
certificate in order 10 become en-
titled TO the increase in salary pro-
vided by this act because Of success
full teaching experience must file
with the county Superintendent his
certificate, also, proofs of one or two
years Of teaching experience as the
the county superintendent the proofs
are satisfactory he shall endorse
such findings on, the back of said
certificate and return same to the
holder thereof, and any certificate
properly endorsed by the county
superintendent shall be evidence Of
qualification for the Increase Of sal
teaching experience.
Notes on, the Minimum Wage Law.
!. Contracts dated prior to July
4, 1919, are not affected by the new
minimum wage law.
2. Any number of years of colleg-
late preparation less than four years
are not counted under the provisions
on the grade of certificate and years
Of experience as provided in the law.
3. Provisional certificates are
not mentioned in the law. Salary
paid will be optional with boards Of
directors
4. Primary state certificates and
special state certificates should be
classed under division 2. I
5. Special uniform county certi-
fcates do not come under the pro-
visions of the law. Minimum sal
airy paid optional.
Notice of Final Report.