Evening star., 1948-04-13
McCarran Offers
Bill Libera|izinq
School Pay Act
Attempts to Correct
'Inequities';; Action
This Session in Doubt

A new bill by Senator McCarran,
Democrat, of Nevada, designed to
remove many "inequities" in the
1947 Teacher Salary Act by a series
of amendments, today was on its
way to the Senate District Commit
tee.
What will happen to it there was
q question, since Chairman Cain OF
the fiscal subcommittee already has
indicated doubt as to whether there
would be any new teacher pay raise
bill considered at this session. On
the House side, Representative
Bates, Republican, of Massachusetts,,
has turned thumbs down on any
future pay raise now.
In a statement filed with the
Senate late yesterday, when he in
troduced his new bill, Senator Nc
Carran bitterly denounced some
features of the, 1947 act, although
he said he was sure series OF in
equities which had developed had
not been planned or calculated.
Total Cost Not Clear.
The new bill, which appeared as a
substitute for his earlier measure
calling for a fiat $1,000 raise for
school teachers 'over the 1947 act
provisions, would mean increases for
many individuals or groups OF
teachers.
Because of technical applications,
however, officials said the general
effect could not be calculated at
once. Consequently there was
available no estimate as to its total
cost.
One OF the more important pro-
visions of the new McCarran bill
would give any teacher or school
officer in the system as OF last June
30, full credit for all previous years
of satisfactory service in the l947
pay scale. >,
The effect Of this, 1t was said,
would be that a teacher of l5 years
service would go to the top OF the
new pay scales.
Liberalizes Degree Provisions.
Another amendment would permit
most teachers having satisfactory
experience records but lacking mas
ters' degree to go into the $4,000 to
$4,000 pay brackets, if they were
employed before the masters degree
requirement was setup for the higher
pay scales. For teachers lacking
such degrees. the pay range now is
from $500 to $4,000.
The requirements also would be
modified to permit other teachers
lacking masters degrees to reach
salaries of only 10 per cent less than
they might get with the degrees.
The bill also would provide, an
increase of $500 in the base and
maximum pay for the director OF
school attendance by raising the
range from S4,500-s5, 500 to S4,8OO-
$500. 1t would give $7o0 raise
to chief attendance officers, raising
the range from $3,600-s4,600 to
S4,3O0-S5,3O0. For attendance ON
GERS. census supervisors and child
labor inspectors, there would be
added a class c scale for the $1,000
$4 ,5OO range 10 1OiiOW Gllc PieoeiiV
basic class of $2,500-$4 900.
Another McCarran provision would
modify what he called the "ridlcu-
lousness" and involved language
of the 1947 acts provisions requiring
a Board of Education check OF each
school teacher or officer, after five
years of annual stepups, before any
additional pay raises may be
granted.
Permits Automatic Stepups.
The McCarran bill would make
the annual stepups within the pay
system automatr II the employees
service was satisfactory"
Another chaSge would allow
teachers ofsyocational trades or
fine arts to be credited for training
or experience in their professions,
as though this were part OF their
teacher training. /
Veterans entering the school
teaching system for the first time
would be given credit, for pay raise
purposes, for the time spent In
military service, prior to appoint
ment.