Evening star., 1945-06-04
Randolph Offers
Bill 10 Raise
Teachers PAY
Measure Carries Out
Increases Proposed
By District Officials

Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee today intro
duced bill to give teachers and
other employees OF the public school
system their first basic increase in
pay in more than 20 years.
The bill carries out recommends
tions adopted earlier this year by
the Commissioners, who suggested
new pay scale, substantially as
urged jointly by representatives of
the Board Of Education and a group
of District officials, headed by Dis
trict Budget Oficer Walter L.
Fowler. 1t was reported that adop-
tion Of the bill would grant basic
pay increases varying from 500 a
year upward to a maximum of
$4,000 in the authorized pay of the
present school superintendent.
While DR.. Frank w. Ballou re.
ceived $4,000, the incumbent, Robert
L. Haycock, is being paid $1,000.
Under the new bill the superintend-
ent would be paid 1900.
Raise for Elementary Teachers.
Elementary school teachers have
basic pay now ranging from 81, 400
a year to $1,000 year, and under
the proposed new schedule their pay
would range from 81 300 to $4,000.
In the interest of speeding action,
Chairman Randolph introduced the
bill today without waiting for action
on the proposed measure by the
Budget Bureau.
As soon as the measure has been
referred back to the District Com
mittee, Mr.. Randolph is expected to
assign it to the Education Subcom-
mittee, headed by Representative
Feighan, Democrat, Of Ohio, and the
Fiscal'Affairs Subcommittee headed
by Representative Murphy, Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania.
1t is believed action will be taken
promptly by the District Commit
tee, as numerous members have pro-
tested present basic pay schedules as
entirely too low.
Costs of Increase.
District officials say the proposed
new pay scales would mean an in
crease in salary costs the first year
the bill is in effect of s1,118, 400, but
the added cost over present salary
payments, including the wartime
$300-a-year bonus, would be only
some 80,400.
In later years, however, the cost
would be greater because school en-
ployes would be earning the higher
pay under the automatic annual
stepupe provided in the bill.
Some of the new pay scales pro-
posed in the bill are as follows:
Elementary teachers, from $1,000
to $4,000; class lib elementary teach.
ers, from $1,000 to $780,
Junior high school teachers, the
following four classes: From 81 900
to $4,000, $1,000 to 81, 800, s2,l00 to
So 800 and $3,40o to s3,700.
Senior high school teachers, from
s2.loo to $500 and from s3,4oo to
s., TOO. -
School librarians, from $1,000 to
$4,000 and from 5000 to $500;
suggested higher levels for some il
brarians were eliminated at the Dis
trict Building.
Vocational teachers, the same four
pay levels proposed for junior high
school teachers.
Instructors in teachers colleges,
from s2,100 to $4,000 and from
$3,400 to $500.
Americanization Schools.
Principals of elementary and
Americanization schools, from s3,70o
to $4,000 and the same for assistant
principals in junior high schools.
Assistant principals in vocational
high schools, from $1,000 to s4,70o,
and the same for assistant prin-
ciples of senior highs and heads of
departments.
Principals of Junior highs, range
from $4,000 to $1,000.
Principals of senior and vocational
high schools, from $4,700 to $500.
Presidents of teachers colleges,
5000 to $1,000.