Evening star., 1922-05-05
TEACHER PAY BILL
REPORT IN SENATE
Capper Urges Increase as
Necessary to a Worth
While Profession.

The So-called teachers salary Dill,
prepared by the board of education
and the superintendent of public
schools of the District, was today
formally reported favorably to the
Senate from the District committee
by Senator Capper Of Kansas.
A written report filed with the Sem
ate by the Kansas senator sets forth
in, detail the reasons which actuated
the committee in favoring the meas
ure
The bill provides an adequate com
pensation for the teachers in the pub
lie schools Of the District and also
authorizes certain reorganizations
which are vitllly Necessary for the
betterment Of the school SYSTEM"
Senator Capper said in his report.
'It is the belief of your committee
that the salary Of the school teacher
in the District Of Columbia should be
sufficient to make it possible for the
teacher to make a living. to occupy a
position Of respect due such public
servants and to keep abreast with the
educational thoughts and develop
tion Of the teacher should be sufiicient
to make the profession worth while
for men and women Of the highest
type. s.
Increases Temporary.
THE Increases granted to the
teachers of the District Of Columbia
by successive appropriation acts have
been, of*a- temporary nature. Your
committee feels that salary sched-
ule authorized by appropriate legis-
lation is necessary in order to def
nj he
teaching profession in the District
Of Columbia a compensation of a
fixed character. In the estimation
Of your committee this compensa-
tion should be sufficiently large for
the beginner to attract the proper
character of persons into the service
and the increases established should
be commensurate with increased
competency in the service and suf-
ficient to make the occupation of
teaching a career worthy of those
who engage in this work. In the
should be so dignified and compen-
sated as to establish a reasonable
standard for the country In the rec
ognition Of the service of the teacher.
This bill makes provision for the
educational employees of the board
of education other than the educa-
tional employees are covered under
the provisions of the reclassification
bills now pending.
- Various Authorizations.
Legislative authorizations carried
in the bill other than. those relating
to readjustment Of the salaries Of
existing positions may be summarized
as follows: l-s.
Legislative authorization of stand
ard salaries of employees is provided.
At. present the salaries of employees
are fixed annually by appropriation
bills
Authorized standard salaries are
provided. for activities which have
developed In the school system since
1906: such as junior high schools.
community centers, administrative
principals and examining board.
compensation Of principals OF ele-
mentary schools by session room
pay is abolished. Division OF ele-
mentary teachers in salary classes 1,
2, g., 4 and S is abolished.
1.-The inadequate automatic increase
Of, SIS, $50 and $40 per annum, ac-
cording to the salary class, is re-
placed by q uniform annual increase
Of 800 per annum for all teachers.
( '"The employment. of annual substi-
tute teachers is authorized"
The report contains number OF
tables, presented during the hearings
on, the bill, which show that the pay
Of the District teachers is below that
OF the great majority Of cities COM
parable to Washington.
The estimated increased cost of the
proposed salary Increases is given as
$3.50, ,025 during the fiscal year 1928,
and the maximum increased cost is
placed as $ss0.515 in the fiscal year
1880,
The report, also gives complete
detailed analysis of the bill as re-