An Act to fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
PL 84-243 (S.1093), enacted 08/05/1955

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Public Law 243 
CHAPTER 569 
AN ACT 
To fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school oflBcers, and other employees 
of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
A u g u s t 5, 1955 
[S. 1093] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
TITLE I—SALARY SCHEDULES 
SECTION 1. That the following are the salary schedules for teachers, 
school officers, and certain other employees of the Board of Educa-
tion of the District of Columbia whose positions are included therein: 
D i s t r i c t o f 
C ci-
l u m b i a 
T e a c h e r s ' 
S a l a r y A c t of 1 9 5 5 . 
Salary class and position 
Class 1; Superintendent of schools: 
Bachelor's degree 
Master's degree 
Doctor's degree 
Class 2; Deputy superintendent 
_ 
Class 3: Assistant superintendent; president, 
teachers college 
-. 
Class 4 
Class 5: 
Group B, master's degree 
_ 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit 
h o u r s . . 
Class 6: 
Group A, bachelor's degree..-
Group B , master's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit 
hours 
Director, Department of Food Serv-
ices 
Class 7: 
Group B , master's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit 
hours 
Chief Examiner 
Director 
Principal, senior high school 
Class 8: Professor, teachers college 
Class 9: 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit 
hours 
Principal, vocational high school 
Principal, junior high school 
Principal, Americanization school 
Class 10: 
Group B, master's degree.. 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 ci-edit 
hours 
Director, Department of School At-
tendance and Work Permits 
Supervising Director 
Principal, elementary school 
Principal, laboratory school 
Class 11: Associate professsor, teachers collow. 
Class 12: 
Group A, bachelor's degree 
Group B , muster's degree 
-. 
Group C, muster's degree, plus 30 credit 
hours 
Assistant Director, Department of 
Food Services 
Class 13: 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree, plus 30 credit 
hours 
--- 
--
Assistant Director 
Principal, Capitol Page School 
Assistant principal, senior high school 
Class 14: Assistant professor, teachers college; 
chief librarian, teachers college 
Class 16: 
Group B , master's degree 
Group C, master's degree, plus 30 credit 
hours 
-. 
Assistant principal, vocational high 
school 
Assistant principal, junior high school 
Service 
step 1 
mini-
m u m 
$14,000 
16,000 
18,000 
11,700 
10,100 
9,500 
8,600 
8.800 
7,700 
8,200 
8,400 
7,700 
7,900 
7,700 
7,200 
7,400 
6,800 
7,000 
6,800 
6,300 
6,800 
7,000 
6,100 
6.300 
6,100 
5,900 
6,100 
Service 
step 
2 
$12,000 
10,400 
9,700 
8,800 
9.000 
7,900 
8,400 
7,900 
8,100 
7,900 
7,400 
7,600 
7,000 
7,200 
7,000 
6, 
.500 
7,000 
7,200 
6,300 
6,500 
6,300 
6,100 
6,300 
Service 
step 
3 
$12,300 
10, 700 
9,900 
9,000 
9,200 
8,100 
8,600 
8,800 
8,100 
8,300 
8,100 
7,600 
7,800 
7,200 
7,400 
7,200 
6,700 
7,200 
7,400 
6,500 
6,700 
6,500 
6,300 
6,500 
Service 
step 4 
$12,600 
11,000 
10,100 
9,200 
9,400 
8,300 
8,800 
9,000 
8,300 
8,500 
8,300 
7,800 
8,000 
7,400 
7,600 
7,400 
6,900 
7,400 
7,600 
6,700 
6,900 
6,700 
6,500 
6,700 
Service 
step 5 
$12,900 
11,300 
10,300 
9,400 
9,600 
8,500 
9,000 
9,200 
8,500 
8,700 
8,500 
8,000 
8,200 
7,600 
7,800 
7,600 
7,100 
7,600 
7,800 
6,900 
7,100 
6,900 
6,700 
6,900 
Service 
step 6 
$13,200 
11,600 
10,500 
9,600 
9,800 
8,700 
9,200 
9,400 
8,700 
8,900 
8,700 
8,200 
8,400 
7,800 
8,000 
7.800 
7,300 
7,800 
8,000 
7,100 
7,300 
7,100 
6,900 
7,100 
Service 
step 7 
$13,500 
11,900 
10,700 
9,800 
10,000 
8,900 
9,400 
9,600 
8,900 
9,100 
8,900 
8,400 
8,600 
8,000 
8,200 
8,000 
7,500 
8,000 
8,200 
7,300 
7,500 
7,300 
7,100 
7,300 
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Salary class and position 
Class 16: 
Group C, master's degree, plus 30 credit 
Class 17: 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit 
Assistant 
Supervisor 
Chief attendance officer 
Ciass 18: 
Group A, bachelor's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit 
Instructor, teachers college 
Librarian, teachers college 
Teacher, senior high school 
Teacher, vocational high school 
Teacher, junior high school 
Teacher, elementary school 
School librarian 
Counselor 
Research assistant 
Class 19: 
Attendance officer 
Child labor inspector 
Census supervisor 
Service 
step 1 
mini-
mum 
$5,700 
5,900 
5,400 
5,600 
3,900 
4,400 
4,600 
3,900 
4,400 
Salary class and position 
Class 2: Deputy superintendent 
Class 3: Assistant superintendent; president, teachers 
Class 4 
Class 5: 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit hours 
Class 6: 
Director, Department of Food Services 
Class 7: 
Chief Examiner 
Director 
Principal, senior high school 
Class 9: 
Principal, vocational high school 
Principal, junior high school 
Principal, Americanization school 
Class 10: 
Director, Department of School Atte 
and Work Permits 
Supervising Director 
Principal, elementary school 
Principal, laboratory school 
ndance 
Class 12: 
Assistant Director, Department of Food 
Services 
Class 13: 
Assistant Director 
Principal, Capitol Page School 
Assistant principal, senior high school 
Class 14: Assistant professor, teachers college; chief 
Class 15: 
Assistant principal, vocational high school 
Assistant principal, junior high school 
Service 
step 2 
$5,900 
6,100 
5,600 
5,800 
4,060 
4,560 
4,760 
4,060 
4,560 
Service 
steps 
$10,900 
10.000 
10,200 
9,100 
9,600 
9,800 
9,100 
9,300 
9.100 
8,600 
8,800 
8,200 
8,400 
8,200 
7,700 
8,200 
8,400 
7,600 
7,700 
7,500 
7,300 
7,500 
Service 
step 3 
$6,100 
6,300 
5,800 
6,000 
4,220 
4,720 
4,920 
4,220 
4,720 
Service 
step 9 
$11,100 
10.200 
10,400 
9,300 
9,800 
10,000 
9.300 
9,500 
9,300 
8,800 
9,000 
8,400 
8,600 
8,400 
7,900 
8,400 
8,600 
7,700 
7,900 
7,700 
7,600 
7,700 
Service 
step 4 
$6,300 
6,500 
6,000 
6,200 
4.380 
4,880 
5,080 
4,380 
4,880 
Service 
step 10 
Service 
step 5 
$6,500 
6,700 
6,200 
6,400 
4,540 
5,040 
5,240 
4,540 
5,040 
Service 
step 11 
Service 
step 6 
$6,700 
6,900 
6,400 
6,600 
4,700 
5,200 
5,400 
4,700 
5,200 
Service 
step 12 
Service 
step 7 
$6,900 
7,100 
6,600 
6,800 
4,860 
5,360 
5,560 
4,860 
5,360 
Service 
step 13 
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Salary class and position 
Class 16: 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree, plus 30 credit hours 
Class 17: 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree, plus 30 credit hours 
Assistant 
Supervisor 
Chief attendance officer 
Class 18: 
Group A, bachelor's degree 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree, plus 30 credit hours 
Instructor, teachers college 
Librarian, teachers college 
Teacher, senior high school 
Teacher, vocational high school 
Teacher, junior high school 
Teacher, elementary school 
School librarian 
Counselor 
Research assistant 
Class 19: 
Group A, bachelor's degree 
Group B, master's degree... 
Attendance officer 
Child labor inspector 
Census supervisor 
Service 
step 8 
$7,100 
7,300 
6,800 
7,000 
5,020 
5,520 
5,720 
5,020 
5,520 
Service 
step 9 
$7,300 
7,500 
7,000 
7,200 
5,180 
5,680 
5,880 
5,180 
5,680 
Service 
step 10 
$5,340 
5,840 
6,040 
5,340 
5,840 
Service 
step 11 
$5,500 
6,000 
6,200 
5,500 
6,000 
Service 
step 12 
$5,660 
6,160 
6,360 
5,660 
6,160 
Service 
step 13 
$5,800 
6,300 
6,500 
5,800 
6,300 
TITLE II—CLASSIFICATION AND 
OF EMPLOYEES 
ASSIGNMENT 
SEC. 2. (a) The Board of Education on written recommendation 
of the Superintendent of Schools is authorized to establish the eligi-
bility requirements and prescribe methods of appointment and promo-
tion for teachers, school officers, and other employees. The Board of 
Education is authorized and directed, on written recommendation of 
the Superintendent of Schools, to classify and assign all teachers, 
school officers, and other employees to the salary classes and groups 
in section 1 of this Act. 
Teachers, school officers, and other employees 
on probationary or permanent status shall not be required to take any 
examinations, either mental or physical, to be continued in the posi-
tions in which they are employed on June 80, 1955, or to which they 
may be transferred and assigned under the provisions of section 4 
and section 5 of this Act. 
No teacher, school officer, or other employee 
shall be appointed or promoted to any position in section 1 of this 
Act on probationary or permanent status unless he possesses a master's 
degree, except that a person possessing a bachelor's degree may be 
appointed on probationary or permanent status as Director of Food 
Services, Assistant Director of Food Services, Supervising Director 
of the Department of Military Science and Tactics, teacher of military 
science and tactics, teacher of driver training, shop teacher in the 
vocational high schools, teacher in the junior high schools, counselor 
in the vocational high schools, counselor in the junior high schools, 
teacher in the elementary schools, research assistant, attendance officer, 
child labor inspector, or census supervisor. 
No teacher, school officer, 
or other employee shall receive compensation at a rate less than his 
annual compensation as of June 30,1955. 
E l i g i b i l i t y re-
q u i r e m e n t s ; ap>-
p o i n t m e n t ; pro-
motion. 
CI a s s ification 
and assignment. 
Teachers, e t c . , 
i n positions o n 
Jtine 30, 1955. 
C o n tinuanc e of 
employment. 
Master's degree; 
requirement. 
M i n i m u m com-
pensation. 
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Vocational 
high 
school shop teach-
ers. 
"Master's" a n d 
"doctor's" degrees. 
" P l u s 
t h i r t y 
credit hours". 
P r o b a t i o n a r y 
service. 
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act the Board is author-
ized on a written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, 
to appoint or promote vocational high school shop teachers to salary 
class 18, grouj) B, without a master's degree if they submit evidence of 
equivalent training and experience in accordance with the rules of the 
Board. 
A vocational high scliool shop teacher may not be appointed, 
assigned, or promoted to salary class 18, group C, who does not possess 
a master's degree granted in course plus thirty credit hours. 
(c) When used in this Act— 
(1) The term "master's degree" and "doctor's degree" mean, 
respectively, a master's degree and a doctor's degree granted in 
course by an accredited higher educational institution. 
(2) The term "plus thirty credit hours" means the equivalent of 
not less than thirty graduate credit hours in academic, vocational, 
or professional courses beyond a master's degree, representing a 
definite educational program satisfactory to the Board. Graduate 
credit hours beyond thirty which were earned prior to obtaining a 
master's degree may be applied in computing such thirty credit 
hours. 
(3) The terms "Board" and "Board of Education" mean the 
Board of Education of the District of Columbia. 
(4) The term "Salary Act of 1947" means the District of 
Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1947, as amended. 
SEC. 3. For other than temporary employees and the Superintendent 
of Schools, the first two years of service in each position covered by 
section 1 of this Act shall be probationary regardless of any change in 
title or numbers used in classifying the position. Teachers, school offi-
cers, and other employees who have satisfactorily completed the pro-
bationary period in any position covered by section 1 of this Act 
and whose permanent appointments have been approved by the Board 
shall be considered employees of the Board on permanent tenure. 
TITLE III—METHOD OF ASSIGNMENT OF EMPLOYEES 
TO SALARY SCHEDULES 
61 Stat. 248. 
D. C. C o d e 31-
659. 
SEC. 4. Each teacher, school officer, and other employee in the service 
of the Board on July 1, 1955, who occupies a position formerly 
assigned in accordance with the provisions of title I of the Salary Act 
of 1947 shall be placed in a salary class covered by section 1 of this Act 
as indicated at the end of this section. Any employee in group A of 
his salary class on June 30, 1955, shall be assigned to group A of the 
class to which he is transferred on July 1, 1955. Any employee in 
group C of his salary class on June 30,1955, shall be assigned to group 
B of the class to which he is transferred on July 1,1955, except that an 
employee possessing a master's degree plus thirty credit hours shall 
be transferred to group C. Any employee not in a group A or a group 
C on June 30, 1955, shall be assigned to group A on July 1, 1955, 
if his new salary class contains such a group, except that an employee 
possessing a master's degree or an employee in salary classes 7, 9, 10, 
13, 15, and 17 on July 1, 1955, who does not possess a master's degree 
shall be assigned to group B if his new salary class contains such a 
group and an employee possessing a master's degree plus thirty credit 
hours shall be assigned to group C if his new salary class contains 
such a group. 
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TITLE AND CLASS OF POSITION IN 
TEACHERS' SALARY ACT OF 1947 
Title 
Class 
Superintendent of Schools 
29 
First Assistant Superintendent— 
28 
Assistant to tlie Superintendent 
(in charge of business adminis-
tration) 
27 
Associate Superintendent 
26 
Chief Examiner 
24 
Director 
22 
Divisional Director 
23 
Director, Department of School 
Attendance and Work Permits- 
30 
Director of Department of Food 
Services 
35 
Assistant Director of Department 
of Food Services 
36 
Head of department 
17 
Assistant Director 
21 
Assistant 
13A 
Supervisor 
13A 
President of teachers college 
25 
Principal of senior high school 
20 
Principal of vocational high 
school 
19 
Principal of junior high school 
18 
Principal in Americanization 
school 
13 
Principal in elementary school 
13 
Associate professor 
in 
teachers 
college (in charge of laboratory 
school) 
11 
Assistant Director (in charge of 
Capitol Page School) 
21 
Assistant principal in senior high 
school 
16 
Assistant principal in vocational 
high school 
15 
Assistant principal in junior high 
school 
14 
Professor in teachers college 
12 
Associate professor in teachers 
college 
11 
Assistant professor in teachers 
college 
10 
Instructor in teachers c o l l i e . 
7 
Chief librarian in teachers 
college 
9 
Librarian in teachers college 
8 
Teacher in senior high school 
3 
Teacher in vocational high school- 
5 
Teacher in junior high school 
2 
Teacher in elementary school 
1 
School librarian 
4 
Counselor 
6 
Research assistant 
6 
Chief attendance officer 
31 
Attendance officer 
32 
Child-labor inspector 
34 
Census supervisor 
33 
TITLE AND CLASS OF POSITION IN 
TEACHERS' SALARY ACT OF 1955 
Title 
Class 
Superintendent of Schools 
1 
Deputy Superintendent 
2 
Deputy Superintendent 
2 
Assistant Superintendent 
3 
Chief Examiner 
7 
Director 
7 
Director 
7 
Director, Department of School 
Attendance 
and 
Work 
Per-
mits 
10 
Director, Department of Food 
Services 
6 
Assistant Director, Department of 
Food Services 
12 
Supervising director 
10 
Assistant director 
13 
Assistant 
17 
Supervisor 
17 
President, teachers college 
3 
Principal, senior high school 
7 
Principal, vocational high school- 
9 
Principal, junior high school 
9 
Principal, Americanization 
school 
9 
Principal, elementary school 
10 
Principal, laboratory school 
10 
Principal, Capitol Page School 
13 
Assistant principal, senior high 
school 
13 
Assistant principal, vocational 
high 
school 
15 
Assistant principal, junior high 
school 
^_ 
15 
Professor, teachers college 
8 
Associate professor, teachers 
college 
11 
Assistant professor, teachers 
college 
14 
Instructor, teachers college 
18 
Chief librarian, teachers 
college 
14 
Librarian, teachers college 
18 
Teacher, senior high school 
18 
Teacher, vocational high school 
18 
Teacher, junior high school 
18 
Teacher, elementary school 
18 
School librarian 
18 
Counselor 
18 
Research assistant 
18 
Chief attendance officer 
17 
Attendance officer 
19 
Child-labor inspector 
19 
Census supervisor 
19 
SEC. 5. (a) This Act applies to all positions under the Board which 
require at least a bachelor's degree in an appropriate field, and in 
addition—• 
(1) involve classroom or other instruction or the supervision 
and direction of classroom and other instructional activities; or 
(2) involve activities, other than teaching, which require the 
incumbents to possess academic credits in educational theory and 
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A u t h o r i t y 
of 
Board to determine 
positions, etc. 
practice at least equivalent to those required of a teacher with a 
bachelor's degree; or 
(3) involve activities which are so directly related to the 
educational process that the positions have characteristics of the 
educational field to a marked degree, even though academic 
credits in educational theory and practice are not required; or 
(4) involve the management or direction or organizational 
units or school services which, though not directly involved in the 
educational process, require the incumbent to deal so extensively 
with employees who are directly involved in the educational 
process on problems that require an understanding of the aims, 
methods and points of view of educators and educational philoso-
phy, that it becomes impractical, insofar as salary treatment is 
concerned, to attempt to distinguish between them and positions 
covered under paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection. 
This paragraph (4) shall apply only to such positions as are 
necessary to coordinate such noneducational units or services with 
the educational activities of the school system. 
(b) The Board, with the concurrence of the Board of Commissioners 
of the District of Columbia, is authorized to determine which posi-
tions meet the criteria specified in subsection (a) of this section and 
to establish or transfer positions covered under other wage or salary 
fixing acts or authorities to the coverage of this Act. 
Similarly, the 
Board, with the concurrence of the said Board of Commissioners, is 
authorized to determine that positions covered under this Act do 
not meet the criteria specified in subsection (a) of this section and 
to remove any such position from the coverage of this Act: Provided^ 
That any employee occupying any position covered by this Act on the 
effective date of this Act, but which is later determined not to meet 
the criteria specified in subsection (a) of this section, shall continue to 
be entitled to the salary and other benefits of this Act as long as he 
remains in such position. 
The Board, subject to the concurrence 
of the said Board of Commissioners, is authorized to specify for any 
position to be brought under this Act, the class and group as estab-
lished in this Act which shall apply to such position: Provided^ That 
such class shall be selected on the basis of the difficulty, responsibility, 
and qualification requirements of such position. 
Positions brought 
under this Act in accordance with this section shall be subject to the 
provisions of this Act to the same degree and in all respects as if such 
positions were specifically named in this Act. 
The Board is author-
ized to conduct such studies as are required to apply the criteria 
specified in subsection (a) of this section. 
TITLE IV—METHOD OF ADVANCEMENT AND 
PROMOTION OF EMPLOYEES 
A s s i g n ment to 
numerical 
service 
step. 
D. C. C o d e 31-
659 note. 
SEC. 6. On July 1, 1955, each permanent employee assigned to a 
salary class in accordance with section 4 and section 5 of this Act shall 
be assigned to the numerical service step on the schedule for his class, 
or class and group, under this Act next above the numerical service 
step occupied by him on June 30, 1955, under the provisions of the 
Salary Act of 1947 and each such employee shall advance one nu-
merical service step each year thereafter until he reaches the highest 
step provided on the schedule for his class, or class and group, except 
that each employee under this Act w^ho was on a service step under 
the Salary Act of 1947 which was numerically as high or higher than 
the top step provided for the salary class, or class and group, to 
which he is assigned under section 1 of this Act shall be assigned on 
July 1, 1955, to the highest step provided for his salary class, or class 
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and group, under section 1 of this Act. 
The Superintendent of 
Schools, salary class 1, shall be assigned on July 1, 1955, to the salary 
provided for that position in section 1 of this Act. Any permanent 
employee serving in a position not covered by the Salary Act of 1947 
but which may be later established under section 5 of this Act shall be 
given service credit for the purpose of salary placement under this Act 
equivalent to the number of years of satisfactory service rendered 
within the school system in the position then occupied by such em-
ployee and shall be assigned to the numerical service step on the 
schedule for his class, or class and group, under this xVct next above 
the numerical service step corresponding to his years of service under 
his previous classification. 
If such employee is on a service step in 
his previous classification which is numerically as high or higher than 
the top service step provided for his salary class, or class and group, 
under this Act, he shall be assigned to the highest service step pro-
vided for his salary class, or class and group, under this Act. 
Each 
employee transferred and assigned to salary class 18 under this Act, 
and on permanent tenure on July 1,1955, who on June 30, 1947, was a 
permanent employee of the Board of Education in either group 13 or 
group D of salary classes 1-8, inclusive, in the District of Columbia 
Teachers' Salary Act of 1945, as amended, shall be placed one service 
step higher than he would otherwise be entitled to under the pro-
visions of this section except that in no case shall his salary be higher 
than the maximum salary provided for his class and group. 
SEC. 7. (a) Each employee appointed under this Act who has not 
had prior service under the Board or who may be reappointed or 
reinstated, shall be assigned to the service step numbered next above 
the number of years of service with which he is credited for the purpose 
of salary placement. 
The Board, on the w^ritten recommendation of 
the Superintendent of Schools, is authorized to evaluate the previous 
experience of each new appointee to determine the number of years 
with which he may be credited for the purpose of salary placement. 
Credit for service rendered either inside or outside of public schools 
of the District of Columbia shall be effective on the date of the regular 
Board meeting immediately preceding the date of approval by the 
Board or on the date of appointment, whichever is later. 
Such credit 
shall apply to all positions in salary classes 18 and 19, and to the 
positions of chief librarian and assistant professor, salary class 14; 
and to the position of associate professor, salary class 11; and to the 
position of professor, salary class 8. Such placement credit shall not 
be granted in excess of five years. 
(b) In crediting previous experience of any teacher who has been 
absent from his duties because of naval or military service in the 
armed forces of the United States or its allies, the Board is hereby 
authorized to include such naval or military service as the equivalent 
of approved experience. 
(c) No provision in this Act shall be interpreted as preventing any 
teacher, school officer, or other employee of the Board who has been 
granted leave to enter the armed forces of the United States or its 
allies from receiving any annual service increment or increments to 
which he would have been entitled had he remained continuously in 
the service of the public schools. 
SEC. 8. (a) Each teacher, school officer, and other employee 
appointed or promoted on probationary tenure to a position covered 
by section 1 of this Act shall receive his first increase in salary in 
that position on the beginning day of his second year of probationary 
service in the position; he shall receive his second increase in salary 
in that position on the date when his appointment or promotion to 
the position is made permanent; and he shall receive all subsequent 
59 Stat. 488; 61 
Stat. 260. 
D. C. C o d e 31-
638 to 31-658. 
New appointees, 
etc. 
Service credit. 
Leave to e n t e r 
armed forces. 
Probationary sal-
ary increase. 
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[69 S T A T , 
T e r r a i n ation of 
p r o b a t i o n 
by 
Board. 
T e m p o rary em-
ployees. 
Gr oup B or 
promotions. 
P r o m o t i o n t o 
h i g h e r 
s a l a r y 
class. 
increases in salar;^ to which he is entitled in that position on July 1 
of each year, beginning with the July 1 next after the date of his 
permanent appointment or promotion to the position in accordance 
with section 6 and section 7 of this Act. 
(b) Any employee in the service of the Board on the effective date 
of this Act appointed or promoted on probationary tenure during the 
period from July 1, 1952, to June 30, 1955, inclusive, to a position 
covered by section 4 of this Act shall be compensated for salary in-
creases in accordance with the subsection (a) of this section and shall 
receive his first increase effective as of the first date of his second year 
of probationary service based upon the rates of pay currently in effect 
on that date and such employee shall be assigned on July 1, 1955, to 
the numerical service step in the salary schedule for his class, or class 
and group, in section 1 of this Act corresponding to his number of 
years of creditable service. 
(c) The Board is authorized to terminate the services of any pro-
bationary employee in the class to which appointed, upon the written 
recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, at any time during 
the two year probationary period: Provided^ That if an employee so 
terminated has permanent status within the school system he shall be 
returned to the salary class he last occupied on permanent status, and 
placed on the step which would have been occupied by him. 
SEC. 9. The Board is hereby authorized to appoint and assign tem-
porary employees within the salary structure of section 1 of this Act, 
whenever such action is necessary and recommended in writing by 
the Superintendent of Schools. Such appointments shall be for 
periods not to extend beyond June 30 of the fiscal year in which the 
appointments are made and the Board is authorized to terminate the 
appointment of any temporary employee at any time upon the written 
recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools. Each temporary 
employee shall be assigned to a numerical service step and receive an 
annual rate of compensation in accordance with section 7, but he shall 
receive no annual service increments and may be credited with not 
more than five years of service either inside or outside the public schools 
of the District of Columbia for the purpose of salary placement. 
SEC. 10. (a) On and after July 1, 1955, each promotion to group B, 
or group C, within a salary class shall become effective on the date 
of the regular Board meeting immediately preceding the date of aj)-
proval by the Board or on the effective date of the master's degree or 
the completion of thirty credit hours beyond the master's degree, 
whichever is later. 
(b) Any employee in a position covered by section 1 of this Act who 
is promoted to group B or group C of the same salary class shall be 
assigned to the same numerical service step on the schedule for his 
new group as he would have occupied on the schedule from which 
promoted. 
SEC. 11. Any employee in a salary class covered by section 1 of 
this Act, when promoted to a higher-paid salary class, shall be assigned 
to the lowest numerical service step on the schedule for his new class, 
or class and group, which will give him an immediate increase in 
annual salary rate at least equal to the sum of the following: 
(1) Any annual service increment to which the employee would 
have been entitled in his former salary class at the time of his promo-
tion; and 
(2) The annual service increment scheduled for his new class and 
group: Provided^ That no such employee shall be assigned to a higher 
numerical service step on the schedule for his new class, or class and 
group, than he would have occupied on the schedule from which 
promoted. 
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SEC. 12. Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, 
the Board, on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of 
Schools, may employ not more than fifteen retired members of the 
armed services of the United States as teachers of military science 
and tactics in the public high schools of the District of Columbia, and 
such teachers so employed shall be entitled to compensation in accord-
ance with the salary schedules in section 1 of this Act, in addition to 
their retired pay and allowances. 
SEC. 13. The Board is hereby authorized to conduct as parts of the 
public school system, evening schools, summer schools, and American-
ization School, under and within appropriations made by Congress, 
and on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools 
to fix and prescribe the salaries of teachers in the evening and summer 
schools. 
SEC. 14. Each employee assigned to salary class 18 in the foregoing 
schedules, and to the position of attendance officer, salary class 19; 
each chief librarian and each assistant professor in class 14; each 
associate professor in class 11; and each professor in class 8 shall be 
classified as a teacher for payroll purposes and his annual salary shall 
be paid in ten monthly installments in accordance with existing law. 
SEC. 15. On and after the effective date of this Act, the Act entitled 
"An Act to provide that the Board of Education of the District of 
Columbia shall have sole authority to regulate the vacation periods 
and annual leave of absence of certain school officers and employees 
of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia", approved 
March 5, 1952, as amended, shall apply to employees of the Board of 
Education whose salaries are fixed in salary classes 7-17, inclusive, 
under this Act. 
However, such Act shall not apply to the following 
employees: Chief examiner, class 7; and professor, class 8; associate 
professor, class 11; Assistant Director, Department of Food Services, 
class 12; assistant professor and chief librarian, class 14. 
SEC. 16. On and after the effective date of this Act, the Act entitled 
"An Act to provide cumulative sick and emergency leave with pay for 
teachers and attendance officers in the employ of the Board of Educa-
tion of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved 
October 13, 1949, as amended, shall apply to employees of the Board 
whose salaries are fixed in salary class 18, and the position of attend-
ance officer, salary class 19; and to the following employees in the 
salary classes indicated: Professor, class 8; associate professor, class 
11; chief librarian and assistant professor, class 14, under this Act. 
SEC. 17. On and after the effective date of this Act, the Act entitled 
•'An Act to provide educational employees of the public schools of the 
District of Columbia with leave of absence, with part pay, for the 
purposes of educational improvement, and for other purposes", 
approved June 12, 1940, shall apply to employees of the Board whose 
salaries are fixed under section 1 of this Act. 
SEC. 18. On and after the effective date of this Act, the Act entitled 
"An Act to permit the Board of Education of the District of Columbia 
to participate in the foreign teacher exchange program in cooperation 
with the Ignited States Office of Education", approved September 28, 
1950, shall apply to employees of the Board whose salaries are fixed 
under section 1 of this Act. 
SEC. 19. On and after the effective date of this Act, the Act entitled 
"An Act for the retirement of public school teachers in the District of 
Columbia", approved August 7, 1946, as amended, shall apply to pro-
bationary and permanent employees of the Board whose salaries are 
fixed under section 1 of this Act, and all references in the said Act of 
E m p 1 o yment of 
retired members of 
armed services. 
Evening schools, 
etc. 
Classification of 
certain employees 
as teachers. 
Leave. 
66 Stat. 14. 
D. C. C o d e 31-
698. 
63 Stat. 842. 
D. C. C o d e 31-
69 1 et 
seq. 
54 Stat. 349. 
D. C. C o d e 31-
632 to 31-637. 
T e a c h e r e x-
change program. 
64 Stat. 1076. 
D. C. C o d e 31-
699 to 31-699b. 
60 Stat. 875. 
D. C. 31-721 t o 
31-739. 
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D. C. C o d e 31-
659 note. 
Repeal. 
D. C. C o d e 31-
659 note. 
D. C. C o d e 31-
721. 
D. c. Code Si-
ege. 
46 Stat. 468. 
5 u s e 691 note. 
Repeal. 
D. C. 
725. 
C o d e 31-
Short title. 
Effective date. 
August 7,1946, to the Salary Act of 1947 shall be interpreted to apply 
to this Act. Nothing in this section shall require the recomputation 
of the annuity of any person retired under the Act of August 7, 1946, 
as amended, prior to the effective date of this Act, or of any person 
retired prior to the effective date of the Act of August 7, 1946, as 
amended, whose annuity is computed in accordance with the provisions 
of that Act. 
SEC. 20. The District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1947, 
approved July 7,1947, as amended, is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 21. Section 1 of the Act for the Retirement of Public School 
Teachers, approved August 7, 1946, as amended, is amended by 
striking out "June 30'- wherever it appears in such section and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "December 31", provided that interest shall not be 
compounded as of December 31, 1955. 
SEC. 22. Section 6 of the District of Columbia Teachers' Leave Act 
of 1949, as amended, is amended by adding thereto the following new 
sentence: "Service rendered by such substitutes shall not be regarded 
ns service within'the meaning of the Civil Service Retirement Act of 
May 29, 1930, as amended.". 
SEC. 23. The proviso in section 5 of the Act of August 7, 1946, en-
titled "An Act for the retirement of public school teachers in the Dis-
trict of Columbia", as amended by the Act approved March 6, 1952 
(66 Stat. 17), is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 24. This Act may be cited as "District of Columbia Teachers' 
Salary Act of 1955". 
SEC. 25. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1955. 
Approved August 5, 1955. 
August 5, 1955 
[S. 2428] 
Public Law 244 
CHAPTER 570 
AN ACT 
To increase the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force, 
and the Fire Department of the District of (Columbia, the United States Park 
Police, and the White House Police, and for other purposes. 
D. C. police and 
firemen. 
Salary increase. 
67 Stat. 72. 
D. C. C o d e 
4-
813. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 101 of 
the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953 
(Public Law 74, Eighty-third Congress), as amended, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 101. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), the 
annual basic salaries of the officers and members of the Metropolitan 
Police force shall be at the rates set forth in the following table: 
"Chief of police 
$13,438 
Deputy Chiefs 
9, 094 
Inspectors 
8, 335 
Captains 
7,085 
Lieutenants 
6, 460 
Sergeants 
5„936 
Corporals 
5,472 
Private, class 4 (three or more years' service) 
4,990 
Private, class 3 (two or more but less than three years' service) 
4,707 
Private, class 2 (one or more but less than two years' service) 
4, 424 
Private, class 1 (less than one year's service) 
4,193 
All original appointments of privates shall be made at the annual 
basic salary of $4,193 and the first year of service shall be probationary. 
"(b) The annual basic salary of a private of any class of the Metro-
politan Police force shall be increased by—