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mate decision on the teacher pay
bill. He said he would not act unit
all the evidence had been received
He announced q new series OF con.
ferences was planned with school
officials early this week.
With this background. he COM
mented pointedly that while school
officials had used the philosophy oa
the so-called single salary scale
plan as a general support for the
pending measure, the bill itself was
discovered to contain some depar.
lures from that theory.
Specifically, he noted that teachers
having no academic degrees woulc
be placed on the same pay scale
under the pending bill, with those
having bachelors degrees. He found
from his study of the school data
that out of a total OF 1885 elemen-
tary teachers, 532 have no academic
degrees.
what is going to happen to these
532 teachers?" he asked.
In other large cities where the
single salary scale plan has beer
adopted, he said, there are pay
ditferentials of 5000 to $3.50 fol
teachers who have degrees.
School officials have been placing
particular emphasis on the single
salary scale and they have told us
the principle has been adopted by
many of the larger Cities Mr. Bates
said. The educational philosophy ol
the argument is for equal salaries
for teachers of equal academic at.
tainments, reguardless of the schoo
levels at which teachers are en-
ployed. This points to an emphasis
I on the MA degree. +
But in our studies We find that
in about a dozen cities having this
system there is a differential Of $20o
to $3.50 a year In the salary paid
as between teachers lacking or
having degrees"
Lacking in District Bill.
Not finding exactly the same setup
in the proposed District bill, Mr..
Bates said: This raises a very in
teresting question as to the single
salary scale philosophy. Apparently,
other cities feel that a teacher with
a bachelor degree should be recon-
pensed on a higher salary level
than those with no degrees. I in
tend to discuss this question in the
coming week with school officials. y
He noted also that out of the
1855 elementary teachers now en-
ployed, there are ia who have won
superior ratings and, therefore,
higher pay. OF the ia, he found
Is have no degrees, 49 have bachelor
degrees and so have masters de-
grees.
In all there are 204 elementary
teachers having masters degrees,
OF these, he said, only so have won
superior ratings under the present
rule.
Other data which he quoted from
the mass of statistics were:
The proposed new pay scales for
Washington teachers would mean q
30 per cent increase in maximum
possible pay over the l942 levels,
This figures the old scale at maxi
mum of 81, 200 a year for elementary
teachers, against the new base of
$2,5OO, plus twelve $100 increments
for a $1,000 level, plus an addi-
tional $500 for superior rating after
five more years. plus $500 more II
masters degree Is attained, for a
total maximum of s4,700.
That to attain this maximum the
teacher would have to win the
superior rating and to win a master S
degree, probably over period OF
some % years.
That while under the present law
only 10 per cent of the teachers
may be given increased pay through
the superior rating system, the
pending bill would make all teachers
"eligible" for such ratings if they
qualify.
That current reports show only
three other large cities have in
effect or pending maximum pay
scales exceeding the proposed s4,700
for Washington teachers-New York
City, with a maximum of 1925;
Newark, N. j., with $5,400, and San
Francisco, where a $500 level is
proposed but, according to commit
tee reports, has not yet been finally