Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2879%20ENG%20SUB.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=2879
Timestamp: 2018-02-25 02:43:07
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Engrossed Committee Substitute House Bill 2879 History
A BILL to repeal §18A-4-5c and §18A-4-5d of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §15-2-5 of said code; to amend and reenact §18A-4-2, §18A-4-5 and §18A-4-8a of said code; and to amend and reenact §20-7-1c of said code, all relating to salaries for certain public employees; increasing annual salaries for members of the state police; increasing minimum salaries of public school teachers; providing for salary equity payments; increasing minimum salaries of school service personnel; and increasing annual salaries for members of natural resources police officers.
That §18A-4-5c and §18A-4-5d of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed; that §15-2-5 of said code be amended and reenacted; that §18A-4-2, §18A-4-5 and §18A-4-8a of said code be amended and reenacted; and that §20-7-1c of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
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Effective July 1, 2008, and continuing thereafter, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2008-09 State Minimum Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article during the contract year.
Beginning July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2011-12 State Minimum Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article during the contract year.
Beginning July 1, 2012, and continuing thereafter, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the 2012-13 State Minimum Salary Schedule as set forth in this section, specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article during the contract year.
2012-13 STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
(c) To implement provisions to assist the state in meeting its objective of salary equity among the counties, each teacher shall be paid a salary supplement as set forth in section five of this article, applicable for their classification of certification or classification of training and years of experience as follows, subject to the provisions of said section five:
(1) For “4th Class” at zero years of experience $1,781. An additional $38 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;
(2) For “3rd Class” at zero years of experience $1,796. An additional $67 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;
(3) For “2nd Class” at zero years of experience $1,877. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;
(4) For “A.B.” at zero years of experience $2,360. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;
(5) For “A.B. + 15” at zero years of experience $2,452. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;
(6) For “M.A.” at zero years of experience $2,644. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;
(7) For “M.A. + 15” at zero years of experience $2,740. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;
(8) For “M.A. + 30” at zero years of experience $2,836. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience;
(9) For “M.A. + 45” at zero years of experience $2,836. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience; and
(10) For “Doctorate” at zero years of experience $2,927. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including 35 years of experience.
These payments (A) shall be in addition to any amounts prescribed in the applicable State Minimum Salary Schedule, any specific additional amounts prescribed in this section and article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article; (B) shall be paid in equal monthly installments; and (C) shall be considered a part of the state minimum salaries for teachers.
(a) For the purposes of this section, salary equity among the counties means that the salary potential of school employees employed by the various districts throughout the state does not differ by greater than ten percent between those offering the highest salaries and those offering the lowest salaries. In the case of professional educators, the difference shall be calculated utilizing the average of the professional educator salary schedules, degree classifications B.A. through doctorate and the years of experience provided for in the most recent state minimum salary schedule for teachers, in effect in the five ten counties offering the highest salary schedules compared to the lowest salary schedule in effect among the fifty-five counties. In the case of school service personnel, the difference shall be calculated utilizing the average of the school service personnel salary schedules, pay grades “A” through “H” and the years of experience provided for in the most recent state minimum pay scale pay grade for service personnel, in effect in the five ten counties offering the highest salary schedules compared to the lowest salary schedule in effect among the fifty-five counties.
(d) Pursuant to this section, each teacher and school service personnel shall receive the amount specified on the applicable equity salary schedule maintained by the State Board in accordance with subsection (c), section two, and subsection (m), section eight-a of this article that is the difference between their authorized state minimum salary and ninety-five percent of the maximum salary schedules prescribed in sections five-a and five-b of this article, reduced by any amount provided by the county as a salary supplement for teachers and school service personnel on January 1, 1984. of the fiscal year immediately preceding that in which the salary equity appropriation is distributed: Provided, That
(f) Nothing in this section requires any specific level of appropriation by the Legislature except as required to pay the equity salary supplements as provided in sections two and eight-a of this article in accordance with the provisions of this section.
Beginning July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012, the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of more than three and one-half hours a day shall be at least the amounts indicated in the 2011-2012 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade and the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of three and one-half hours or less a day shall be at least one-half the amount indicated in the 2011-2012 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade set forth in this section subdivision.
Beginning July 1, 2012, and continuing thereafter, the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of more than three and one-half hours a day shall be at least the amounts indicated in the 2012-2013 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade and the minimum monthly pay for each service employee whose employment is for a period of three and one-half hours or less a day shall be at least one-half the amount indicated in the 2012-2013 State Minimum Pay Scale Pay Grade set forth in this section subdivision.
2012-2013 STATE MINIMUM PAY SCALE PAY GRADE