The Washington herald., 1920-02-08
PRESENT BILL
FOR TEACHERS
D. c. Pay Scale Submitted
To Senate and House,
Committees.
NEW MINIMUM SET
Business Manager for
Whole System Proposed
In Measure.

Substantial increases in the salaries
of teachers and school officials in the
District and the creation Of a new
office. that of business manager of
schools. are provided in a bill SUBJ
mitted yesterday by the District Com
missioners to Senator Sherman. chair
man of the Senate District Commit
tee. and Representative Mapes, of the
House Committee.
The pay increases range from 3 to
70 per cent
The salary of the proposed business
manager for schools is fixed at $500.
1t will be his duty to take over all
responsibility for the financial oftce,
thus relieving the superintendent oi
some of his more burdensome duties.
Ask Permanent Pay.
1t is expressly requested that the
Increased salaries be made permanent
The Board of Education is quoted as
saying the increased salaries would
De fair under normal conditions, and
adds that it favors the continuance
of the wartime bonus of $40
The reclassification of teachers
provided for in the bill would
y, cost the government s994.265 up to
July 1. next. the end of the fiscal
year. The cost per year would be
not less than $1.50O.00O.
Three classes of salaries for
teachers are created. Glass A in
cludes 1.463 grade school teachers,
I6S special teachers. and ten Ii
brarians. a total of 1.641. Those
in Glass A would receive a basic
salary of $500. with an annual
Increase of 800 for five years un-
til a maximum of $4,000 is reached
Teachers who would be included
in this class now receive salaries
ranging from $3.50 to $1,400.
Glass b provides a basic salary
IF $4,000. with annual increases oi
300 for ten years. The present
$1,000 to s1.S60. This group in.
cludes 331 teachers in norma
schools. high schools. junior high
schools. and manual training
schools. principals of grade man.
ual training schools, and grouI
principals of grade schools.
Clerks Included.
Glass c consists of twenty-eight
teachers promoted for superior
work. These teachers now receiv,
salaries ranging from $500 tC
$4,000. The bill provides a mini,
mum salary of $4,000 and a maxi.
mum of s3s50O. with increases oi
800 year for five years.
Class ID is composed almost en-.
:irely of clerks. most poorly paiC
employees of the school system
! Most of these clerks now receiv,
1920 a year.
The Dill proposes a minimum of saf.
ary of N.200 and a maximum of 81, 500
The salary of the superintendent o.
schools is increased from 5000 tC
G,ooO. assistant superintendent from
B.OoO and 500 to 81. 800. the accountant
from 5000 to 5000. the STATISTICAL
from 81, 400 to 5000 and the secretary
Of the Board of Education from s., 90
to 5000.
$500 for Specialists.
Under the bill assistant principal.
Oi high schools. the director of Ameri.
canization work. the directors of mu
sic, drawing, physical culture, domes
tic science. domestic art, kindergar
tens. penmanship. nature study. head
of departments in high schools anC
community secretary would receiv,
$500 year.
Heads of departments of the boart
Of examiners, director of intermediat,
instruction. director of primary in
stTuctiOn in both white and coloreC
schools. supervising principals. super.
visors of manual training in botf
white and colored schools. and prin
cipals of normal. high. manual train.