An Act to amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemans Salary Act of 1958, as amended, the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955, and for other purposes
PL 88-575 (H.R.12196), enacted 09/02/1964

880 
September 2, 1964 
[H. R. 12196] 
D.C. 
Police, firemen, 
and teachers. 
Salary increases. 
76 Stat. 1239. 
D.C. Code 
4-823. 
PUBLIC LAW 88-575-SEPT. 2, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
Public Law 88-575 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as 
amended, the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955, and for 
other purpose3. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
TITLE I—SALAKY INCREASES FOR DISTRICT O F 
COLUMBIA POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN 
SEC. 101. Section 101 of the District of Columbia Police and Fire-
men's Salary Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 481), as amended, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 101. The annual rates of basic compensation of the officers and 
members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of 
the District of Columbia shall be fixed in accordance with the following 
schedule of rates: 
"SALARY SCHEDULE 
'Salary class and title 
Class 1: 
Subclass (a) 
$6,010 $6,330 $6,650 
Fire private. 
Police private. 
Subclass (b).. 
- 
6,300 
0,620 
6,940 
Private assigned as: 
Technician I. 
Plainclothesman.' 
Subclass (c) 
6,690 
6,910 7,230 
Private assigned as: 
Technician II. 
Station clerk. 
Motorcycle officer. 
Class 2* 
Subclass (a) 
.— 
7,290 
7,610 7, 
Fire inspector. 
Subclass (b) 
7,580 
7,900 
8,220 
Fire inspector assigned as: 
Technician I. 
Subclass (c) 
7,870 
8,190 8,510 
Fire inspector assigned as: 
Technician II. 
Class 3 
— 
— 
7,900 
8,220 8,640 
Assistant marine engineer. 
Assistant pilot. 
Detective. 
Class 4: 
Subclass (a) 
- 
8,186 8,606 8,825 
Fire sergeant. 
Police sergeant. 
Subclass (b) 
8,656 8,976 
9,296 
Detective sergeant. 
Subclass (c) 
- 
8,766 9,086 
9,406 
Police sergeant assigned as: 
Motorcycle oflScer. 
Class5 
- 
10,000 10,400 10,800 
Fire lieutenant. 
Police lieutenant. 
Detective lieutenant. 
Class 6- 
— 
11,000 11,400 11,800 
Marioe engineer. 
Pilot. 
Class? 
12,000 12.500 13,000 
Fire captain. 
Police captain. 
Detective captain. 
Class 8 
- 
14,000 14,500 16,000 
Assistant superintendent of ma-
chinery. 
Battalion fire chief. 
Deputy fire marshal. 
Police inspector. 
"1 Service as such for over 60 consecutive calendar days." 
Service step 
$6,970 
7,260 
7,660 
8,250 
8, .540 
8,860 
9,146 
9,615 
9,726 
11,200 
12,200 
13,500 
15,500 
$7,290 
7,580 
7,870 
6 
$7,610 
7,900 
8,190 
Longevity step 
$7,930 
8,220 
8,510 
8,670 
8,860 
9,150 
9,180 
9,466 
9,936 
10,045 
11,600 
12,«00 
14,000 
16,000 
8 
$8,260 
8,540 
8,830 
8,890 
9,180 
9,470 
9,500 
9,785 
10,256 
10,365 
12,000 
13,000 
14,600 
16.500 
$8,670 
8,860 
9,150 
9.210 
9,600 
9,790 
9,820 
10,105 
10,676 
10,686 
78 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-575-SEPT. 2, 1964 
"SALARY SCHEDULE 
881 
'Salary class and.title 
Class 9: 
Subclass (a) 
-
Deputy Are chief. 
Deputy chief of police. 
Fire marshal. 
Superintendent of machin-
ery. 
Subclass (b).-
Deputy chief assigned as the: 
Assistant flre chief. 
Police executive officer. 
Commanding officer of 
t h e W h i t e H o u s e 
Police. 
Commanding officer of 
the U.S. Park Police. 
Class 10... 
Fire chief. 
Chief of police. 
Service step 
$16,500 
17,500 
21,000 
$17,000 
18,000 
21,500 
$17,500 
18,500 
22,000 
$18,000 
19,000 
22,500 
Longevity step 
$18,500 
19,500 
23,000 
$19,000 
20,000 
23,500 
SEC. 102. The rates of basic compensation of officers and members 
to whom the amendment made by section 101 of this title apply shall 
be adjusted in accordance with this section, and on and after the effec-
tive date of this title, section 2 of the Act approved October 24, 1962 
(76 Stat. 1240), shall not apply to any such officer or member whose 
rate of basic compensation is so adjusted in accordance with this 
section. 
Such rates of basic compensation shall be adjusted as 
follows: 
(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), each officer 
and member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to the 
effective date of this title at one of the scheduled service or longevity 
rates of a class or subclass in the salary schedule in the District of 
Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, shall 
receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding scheduled 
service or longevity rate in effect on and after the effective date of this 
title. 
(2) Each private in service step 6, longevity step 7, or longevity 
step 8 in any subclass in class 1, upon completing a minimum of 
twenty-one years of continuous service as a private, including service 
in the Armed Forces of the United States but excluding any period 
of time determined not to have been satisfactory service, shall be 
advanced to longevitjr step 9 in class 1, and receive the appropriate 
scheduled rate of basic compensation for such step in the sulbclass 
in which he is serving. 
SEC. 103. Section 202(b) of the District of Columbia Police and 
Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 is amended by striking "rescue squad, 
or fire department ambulance", and inserting in lieu thereof "or 
I'escue squad: Provided^ That on and after the effective date of this 
proviso, privates in the Fire Department, while assigned as ambulance 
drivers may, in the discretion of the Commissioners, be placed in sub-
class (b) or subclass (c) of class 1 in accordance with section 302: 
Provided further^ That any private assigned as an ambulance driver 
who on the effective date of this proviso is designated as 'Technician 
1' in subclass (b), class 1, shall continue in subclass (b), class 1, until 
action is taken to change his subclass placement in accordance with 
the preceding proviso or such assignment is terminated". 
SEC. 104. Section 303(c) of such Act is amended by striking "(c), 
(d), or (e)" and inserting in lieu thereof "or (c)". 
Compensation 
rates, adjustment. 
D.C. Code 
4-823C. 
76 Stat. 1239. 
D.C. Code 4-823. 
72 Stat. 483. 
D.C. Code 4-825. 
D.C. Code 4-828. 
D.C. Code 4-829. 
882 
PUBUC LAW 88-575-SEPT. 2, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
72 Stat. 484; 
76 Stat. 1243. 
Retroactive 
salary provisions. 
64 Stat. 395. 
5 use 61f-61k. 
Life insurance. 
68 Stat. 736. 
5 u s e 2091 
note. 
Effective date. 
SEC. 105. Section 401 of the District of Columbia Police and Fire-
men's Salary Act of 1958 (D.C. Code, sec. 4-832) is amended by adding 
at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other law, 
each deputy chief of the Metropolitan Police force and of the Fire 
Department of the District of Columbia shall, upon completion of 
thirty years of continuous service on the police force or fire depart-
ment, as the case may be, including service in the Armed Forces of the 
United States, but excluding any period of time determined not to have 
been satisfactory service, be placed in, and receive basic compensation 
at, the highest longevity step in the class or subclass to which his posi-
tion is assigned in the schedule of rates established by section 101 of 
this Act. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize 
the payment of any retroactive compensation." 
SEC. 106. (a) Retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid by 
reason of this title only in the case of an individual in the service of the 
District of Columbia Government or of the United States (including 
service in the Armed Forces of the United States) on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, except that such retroactive compensation or salary 
shall be paid (1) to an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police 
force, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the United 
States Park Police force, or the White House Police force, who retired 
during the period beginning on the first day of the first pay period 
which began on or after July 1,1964, and ending on the date of enact-
ment of this Act for services rendered during such period, and (2) in 
accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 3, !l'950 (Public 
I ^ w 636, Eighty-first Congress), as amended, for services rendered 
during the period beginning on the first day of the first pay period 
which began on or after July 1, 1964, and ending on the date of enact-
ment of this Act by an officer or member who dies during such period. 
(b) For the purposes of this section, service in the Armed Forces 
of the United States, in the case of an individual relieved from train-
ing and service in the Armed Forces of the United States or discharged 
from hospitalization following such training and service, shall include 
the period provided by law for the mandatory restoration of such 
individual to a position in or under the Federal Government or the 
municipal government of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 107. For the purpose of determining the amount of insurance 
for which an officer or member is eligible under the Federal Employees' 
Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, all changes in rates of compen-
sation or salary which result from the enactment of this title shall be 
held and considered to be effective as of the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 108. The provisions of this title shall take effect on the first day 
of the first pay period beginning on or after July 1,1964. 
TITLE II—SALARY INCREASES FOR TEACHERS, SCHOOL 
OFFICERS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF T H E BOARD 
OF EDUCATION 
76 Stat. 1229. 
D.C. eode 
31-1501 et seq. 
SEC. 201. The Act entitled "An Act to fix and regulate the salaries 
of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Edu-
cation of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved 
August 5, 1955 (69 Stat. 521, ch. 569), as amended, is amended as 
follows: 
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(1) The first section is amended by striking all after the first sen-
tence and inserting in lieu thereof the following salary schedules: 
"Salary class and position 
Service 
step 1 
Class 1 
Superintendent. 
Class 2.... 
Deputy superintendent. 
Class 3... 
Assistant superintendent. 
President, teachers college. 
Class 4 
Director, curriculum. 
Dean, teachers college. 
Class 5: 
Group A, bachelor's degree 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 
30 credit hours 
Chief examiner. 
Director, food services. 
Director, industrial and 
adult education. 
Executive assistant to super-
intendent. 
Psychiatrist. 
Class 6: 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 
credit hours 
Assistant to assistant super-
intendent (elementary 
schools). 
Assistant to assistant super-
intendent (junior and 
senior high schools). 
Principal, senior high school. 
Principal, junior high school. 
Principal, elementary school. 
Principal, vocational high 
school. 
Principal, Americanization 
school. 
Principal, boys'junior-senior 
high school. 
Principal, Capitol Page 
School. 
Principal, health school. 
Principal, laboratory school. 
Principal, 
veterans 
high 
school. 
Assistant to assistant super-
intendent (general re-
search, budget, and legis-
lation). 
Assistant to assistant super-
intendent (pupil appraisal, 
study, and attendance). 
Director, elementary educa-
tion (supervision and in-
struction). 
Director, health, physical 
education, athletics, and 
safety. 
Executive assistant to dep-
uty superintendent. 
Class 7: 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 
credit hours 
Director, elementary educa-
tion (administration). 
Director in elementary edu-
cation. 
Director, special education. 
Class 8: 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 
credit hours 
Dean of students, teachers 
college. 
Director, school attendance. 
Professor, teachers college. 
Registrar, teachers college. 
Supervising director, adult 
education 
and 
summer 
school. 
Supervising director, 
ath-
letics. 
Supervising director, curric-
alum. 
Service Service Service Service Service Service 
$26,000 
22,000 
15,200 
13,450 
11,800 
12,300 
12,600 
11,865 
12,065 
io,ggo 
11,190 
10,565 
10,766 
step 2 
$15,485 
13,735 
12,065 
12,565 
12,765 
12,130 
12,330 
11,255 
11,465 
10,820 
11,020 
steps 
$15,770 
14,020 
12,330 
12,830 
13,030 
12,395 
12,595 
11,620 
11,720 
11,085 
11,286 
Step 4 
$16,055 
14.305 
12, 
595 
13.095 
13,295 
12,660 
12,860 
11,785 
11,985 
11,360 
11,660 
step 
5 
$16,340 
14,690 
12,860 
13,360 
13,560 
12,925 
13,125 
step 
6 
$16,625 
14,876 
13,125 
13,625 
13,825 
13,190 
13,390 
12,050 
12,250 
11,615 
11,816 
step 
7 
$16,910 
15,160 
13,390 
13,890 
14,090 
13,455 
13,656 
12,316 
12,516 
11,880 
12,080 
Service 
steps 
$17,195 
15,445 
13,665 
14,155 
14,365 
13,720 
13,920 
12,580 
12,780 
12,146 
12,346 
Service 
ftepO 
$17,480 
15,730 
13,920 
14,420 
14,620 
13,986 
14,186 
12,845 
13,046 
12,410 
12,610 
13,110 
13,310 
12,676 
12,876 
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•'Salary class and position 
Class 8—Continued 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 
credit hours—Continued 
Assistant principal, elemen-
tary school. 
Assistant principal, junior 
high school. 
Assistant principal, senior 
high school. 
Assistant principal, voca-
tional high school. 
Assistant principal, Ameri-
canization school. 
Assistant principal, health 
school. 
Supervising 
director, 
ele-
mentary education (super-
vision and instruction). 
Supervising director, reading 
clinic. 
Supervising director, subject 
field. 
Class 9t 
Group A, bachelor's degree 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 
credit hours 
Assistant director, food serv-
ices. 
Supervising director, audio-
visual instruction. 
Class 10: 
Group B, master's degree 
--. 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 
credit hours 
-. 
Assistant director, adult edu-
cation and summer schools. 
Statistician. 
Class 11: 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 
credit hours 
Assistant director, audiovis-
ual. 
Assistant director, practical 
ntirsing. 
Assistant director, subject 
field. 
Associate professor, teachers 
college. 
Chief librarian, teachers col-
lege. 
Supervisor, elementary edu-
cation. 
Class 12: 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 
credit hours 
Chief attendance officer. 
Clinical psychologist. 
Class 13: 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree, plus 
30 credit hours 
Assistant professor, teachers 
college. 
Assistant professor, labora-
tory school. 
Psychiatric social worker. 
Service 
step 1 
Service 
step 2 
$9,615 
10,115 
10,315 
9,680 
9,880 
9,240 
9,440 
8,805 
9,005 
7,900 
8,100 
Service 
steps 
$9,880 
10,380 
10,580 
9,945 
10,145 
9,605 
9,705 
9,070 
9,270 
8,226 
8,425 
Service 
step 4 
Service 
step 6 
Service 
step 6 
$10,145 
10,645 
10,845 
10,210 
10,410 
9,770 
9,970 
9,336 
9,535 
8,650 
8,760 
$10,410 
10,910 
11,110 
10,476 
10,675 
10,036 
10,236 
9,600 
9,800 
8,876 
9,076 
$10,675 
11,175 
11,375 
10,740 
10,940 
10,300 
10,600 
9,866 
10,065 
9,200 
9,400 
Service 
step 7 
$10,940 
11,440 
11,640 
11,005 
11,206 
10,665 
10,765 
10,130 
10,330 
9,526 
9,725 
Service 
steps 
Service 
step 9 
$11,205 
11,705 
11,905 
11,270 
11,470 
10,830 
11,030 
10,395 
10,595 
9,860 
10,050 
$11,470 
11,970 
12,170 
11,535 
11,735 
11,096 
11,295 
10,660 
10,860 
10,176 
10,376 
$11,735 
12,236 
12,435 
11,800 
12,000 
11,360 
11,660 
10,925 
11,125 
10,500 
10,700 
78 STAT.] 
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885 
"Salary class and positio;-'. 
Class 14: 
Group A, bachelor's degree 
Group B, masler's degree 
.-. 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 
Class 15: 
Group A, bachelor's degree 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree ulus 30 
Attendance officer. 
Child labor inspector. 
Counselor, placement. 
Librarian, elementary and 
secondary schools. 
Librarian, teachers college. 
Research assistant. 
School social worker. 
Speech correctionist. 
Coordinator 
of 
practical 
nursing. 
Teacher, elementary 
and 
secondary schools. 
Census supervisor. 
Counselor, elementary and 
secondary schools. 
Instructor, teachers college. 
Instructor, 
laboratory 
school. 
School psyciiologist. 
Service 
step 1 
$6,440 
6,940 
7,140 
5,350 
5,850 
6,050 
"Salary class and position 
Class 14: 
Group fl. master's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit 
Class 15: 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit 
Attendance officer. 
Child labor inspector. 
Counselor, placement. 
Librarian, elementary and second-
ary schools. 
Librarian, teachers college. 
Research assistant. 
School social worker. 
Speech correctionist. 
Coordinator of practical nursing. 
Teacher, elementary and second-
ary schools. 
Census supervisor. 
Counselor, elementary and second-
ary schools. 
Instructor, teachers college. 
Instructor, laboratory school. 
School psychologist. 
Service 
step 2 
$6,710 
7.210 
7,410 
5,620 
6,120 
6,320 
Service 
step 
9 
$8,600 
9,100 
9,300 
7.300 
7,800 
A
. 000 
Service 
step 3 
$6,980 
7,480 
7,680 
.•;, P90 
6,390 
6,590 
Service 
step 
10 
$8,870 
9,370 
9,570 
7, ,535 
8,035 
8.2S.S 
Service 
step 4 
$7,250 
7,750 
7,950 
6,126 
6.625 
6,825 
Service 
step 
11 
$9,140 
9,640 
9,840 
7,770 
8,270 
R 470 
Service 
step 5 
$7, .'520 
8,020 
8,220 
6,360 
6,860 
7,060 
Service 
step 
12 
$9,410 
9,910 
10,110 
8,005 
8,505 
Service 
step 6 
$7,790 
8,290 
8,490 
6.595 
7,095 
7,295 
Service 
step 
13 
$9,680 
10,180 
10,380 
8,240 
8,740 
« (un 
Service 
step 7 
$8,060 
8,560 
8,760 
6,830 
7,330 
7,530 
Lon-
gevity 
stepX 
$8,795 
9,296 
g tan 
Service 
step 8 
$8,330 
8,830 
9,030 
7.065 
7,665 
7,765 
Lon-
gevity 
step Y 
$9,360 
9,850 
in n.in". 
(2) Subsection (a) of section 6 is amended by striking " ( a ) " and 
inserting in lieu thereof "(a) (1)", and by adding the following para-
graph at the end thereof: 
" (2) Any teacher who was promoted from the salary class originally 
designated Salary Class 18 under this Act (redesignated as Salary 
Class 15 by amendments eflfective on January 1,1963), if such promo-
tion occurred after June 30, 1958, and prior to January 1, 1963, and 
who on the effective date of this paragraph occupies the same position 
to which he was promoted during such period shall be assigned to the 
numerical service step in his class, or class and group to whidi he would 
have been assigned had he been promoted on or after January 1,1963." 
76 Stat. 1233. 
D.C. Code 
31-1531. 
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[78 STAT. 
76 Stat. 1234. 
D.C. Code 
31-1542. 
(3) Section 13 is amended by striking "evening schools" wherever it 
appears in such section and inserting in lieu thereof "adult education 
schools", and by amending the schedule of pay rates contained in sub-
section (a) of such section to read as follows: 
'Classification 
Step 
1 
2 
3 
Per diem 
$20.97 
25.16 
27.26 
30.41 
30.41 
33.55 
$23.18 
28.82 
30.13 
33.61 
33.61 
37.09 
$25.29 
3a 35 
32.88 
36.67 
36.67 
4a 46 
Per period 
SUMMER SCHOOL 
( B E O U L A B ) 
Teacher, elementary and secondary schools, and instructor, Dis-
trict of Columbia Teachers College 
Assistant professor. District of Columbia Teachers College 
Associate professor, District of Columbia Teachers College 
Assistant principal, elementary and secondary schools 
Supervising director, and professor. District of Columbia Teachers 
College 
-
Principal, elementary and secondary schools 
VETERANS SUMMER HIGH SCHOOL CENTERS 
Teacher 
ADULT EDUCATION SCHOOLS 
Teacher. 
Assistant principal 
Principal 
$31.46 
5.13 
7.44 
8.21 
$34.77 
5.67 
8.22 
9.07 
$37.94 
6.18 
8.96 
9.89" 
71 Stat. 47; 
76 Stat. 1238. 
D.C. Code 
31-729. 
Retroactive 
salary provisions. 
64 Stat. 395. 
5 u s e 61f-61k. 
Life insurance. 
68 Stat. 736. 
5 u s e 2091 
note. 
Effective date. 
SEC. 202. The third sentence of section 9(b) (3) of the Act entitled 
"An Act for the retirement of public school teachers in the District of 
Columbia", approved August 7, 1946, as amended, is amended by 
striking "on the day after the employee dies" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "on the first day of the month following the teacher's death". 
SEC. 203. (a) Retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid by 
reason of this title only in the case of an individual in the service of 
the Board of Education of the District of Columbia (including serv-
ice in the Armed Forces of the United States) on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, except that such retroactive compensation or salary 
shall be paid (1) to any employee covered in this Act who retired 
during the period beginning on the day following the first day of the 
first pay period which began on or after July 1, 1964, and ending on 
the date of enactment of this Act for services rendered during such 
period, and (2) in accordance with theprovisions of the Act of August 
3,1950 (PublicLaw 636, Eighty-first Cfongress), as amended, for serv-
ices rendered during the period beginning on the first day of the first 
pay period which l^gan on or after July 1, 1964, and ending on the 
date of enactment of this Act by any such employee who dies during 
such period. 
(b) For purposes of this section, service in the Armed Forces of 
the United States in the case of an individual relieved from training 
and service in the Armed Forces of the United States or discharged 
from hospitalization following such training and service, shall include 
the period provided by law for the mandatory restoration of such 
individual to a position in or under the municipal government of the 
District of Columbia. 
SEC. 204. For the purpose of determining the amount of insurance 
for which an individual is eligible under the Federal Employees' 
Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, as amended, all changes m rates 
of compensation or salary which result from the enactment of this 
title shall be held and considered to be effective as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 205. The provisions of this title shall take effect on the first 
day of the first pay period beginning on or after July 1, 1964. 
Approved September 2, 1964.