An Act to amend the District of Columbia Teachers Salary Act of 1947
PL 82-192 (S.945), enacted 10/24/1951

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PUBLIC LAW 192—OCT. 24, 1951 
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Public Law 192 
CHAPTER 541 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1947. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of AmeHca in Congress assembled^ That article II, 
section 1, of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1947, 
as amended, is amended by inserting before "Class 14—Assistant 
Principals in Junior High Schools" a new class to read as follows: 
"Class 13A—Assistants, Consultants, and Supervisors.—A basic 
salary of $4,330 per year with an annual increase in salary of $100 
for ten years, or until a maximum salary of $5,330 per year is reached." 
SEC. 2. The third sentence of section 2 of such Act, as amended, is 
amended (a) by striking therefrom "Except as hereinafter provided 
in this section" and inserting in lieu thereof "After July 1, 1947"; 
(b) by striking the colon preceding the first proviso and inserting in 
lieu thereof a period; and (c) by striking therefrom the first proviso 
and so much of the second proviso as reads: '"''And provided 
further^ 
however^ That". 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 3 of such Act, as amended, is amended by striking 
out from the proviso the word "year" and inserting in lieu thereof the 
words "two years". 
(b) This section shall take effect on the first day of July next fol-
lowing the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. Section 4 of such Act, as amended, is amended by striking 
out from the fii^st sentence thereof the following: ", except as provided 
in section 2 of this Act". 
SEC. 5. (a) Paragraphs (e), (f), (g), (h), (k), (1), (m), (n), (o), 
(p), and (ab) of section 6 of such Act, as amended, are amended to 
read as follows: 
"(e) Teachers in junior high schools, now assigned to salary class 
2, group C, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 2, group 
C, of the foregoing schedule; 
"(f) Teachers in junior high schools, now assigned to salary class 
2, group D, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 2, group 
C, of the foregoing schedule; 
"(g) Teachers in senior high schools, now assigned to salary class 
3, group A, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 3, group 
C, of the foregoing schedule; 
"(h) Teachers in senior high schools, now assigned to salary class 
3, group B, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 3, group 
C, of the foregoing schedule; 
"(k) Teachers in vocational or trade schools shall be transferred 
and assigned as follows: 
"(1) Vocational school teachers now assigned to salary class 5, 
group A, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 5, group A, 
of the foregoing schedule; 
"(2) Vocational school teachers now assigned to salary class 5, 
group B, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 5, group A, 
pf the foregoing schedule; 
"(3) Vocational school teachers now assigned to salary class 5, 
group C, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 5, group 
C, of the foregoing schedule; and 
"(4) Vocational school teachers now assigned to salary class 5, 
group D, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 5, group C, 
of the foregoing schedule; 
"(1) Research assistants shall be transferred and assigned as 
follows: 
October 24,1951 
[S. 945] 
District of Colum-
bia Teachers' Salary 
Act of 1947, amend-
ments. 
61 Stat. 248. 
P r o b a t i o n a r y 
period. 
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"(1) Research assistants now assigned to salary class 6, group A, 
shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 6, group A, of the 
foregoing schedule; 
"(2) Research assistants now assigned to salary class 6, group B, 
shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 6, group A, of the 
foregoing schedule; 
"(3) Research assistants now assigned to salary class 6, group C, 
shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 6, group C, of the 
foregoing schedule; and 
"(4) Research assistants now assigned to salary class 6, group D, 
shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 6, group C, of the 
foregoing schedule; 
"(m) Instructors in the teachers colleges now assigned to salary 
class T, group A, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 7, 
group G^of the foregoing schedule; 
"(n) Instructors in the teachers colleges now assigned to salary 
class 7, group B, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 7, 
group C, of the foregoing schedule; 
"(o) Librarians in the teachers colleges now assigned to salary 
class 8, group A, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 8, 
group C, of the foregoing schedule; 
"(p) Librarians in the teachers colleges now assigned to salary 
class 8, group B, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 8, 
group C, of the foregoing schedule; 
"(ab) Supervisors of penmanship now assigned to salary class 7, 
group B, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 7, group C, 
of the foregoing schedule with the title of instructor in the teachers 
colleges;". 
(b) Section 6 of such Act, as amended, is further amended by 
adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows: 
"(as) Every permanent and probationary teacher, librarian, re-
search assistant, counselor, and instructor in the teachers colleges 
who— 
"(1) was in the employ of the Board of Education on June 30, 
1947, 
"(2) had a master's degree on June 30,1947, 
"(3) had been granted credit for not more than five years' 
previous experience in schools other than public schools of the 
District of Columbia, and 
"(4) had a salary of less than $3,500 during the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1948, 
shall receive, effective as of July 1,1947, in lieu of the salary received 
on and after such date, a salary of $3,000, plus $100 for each year of 
previous experience in schools other than public schools of the District 
of Columbia for which credit had theretofore been granted by the 
Board of Education, together with annual increases thereafter in 
accordance with sections 5 and 7 of this Act." 
SEC. 6. Section 7 of such Act, as amended, is amended to read as 
follows: 
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"SEC. 7. On July 1, 1948, and on the first day of each fiscal year 
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thereafter, if his work is satisfactory, every permanent teacher, school 
officer, or other employee, shall receive an annual increase in salary 
within his salary class or position as hereinbefore provided without 
In-service training action of the Board of Education, A program of in-service training 
program. 
under regulations to be formulated by the Board of Education shall m 
established to promote continuous professional growth among the 
teachers, school officers, and other employees." 
SEC. 7. Section 9 of such Act, as amended, is amended to read as 
follows: 
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"SEC. 9. (a) Every teacher, librarian, research assistant, and 
instructor in the teachers colleges in the service of the Board of 
Education on June 30, 1947, shall be transferred and assigned either 
to group A or to group C in salary classes 1 to 8, inclusive, in accordance 
with the provisions of section 6 of this Act. Every teacher, librarian, 
research assistant, counselor, and instructor in the teachers colleges 
appointed on or after July 1, 1947, shall be assigned according to 
eligibility either to group A or to group C if the salary class to which 
he is appointed be divided into group A and group C. Every teacher, 
librarian, research assistant, and counselor transferred and assigned 
on July 1,1947, to a group A, or appointed to group A on July 1,1947, 
or thereafter shall be promoted to group C on the basis of documentary 
evidence establishing the attainment of a recognized master's degree: 
Provided^ That after June 30,1948, all promotions to group C shall be 
made on the first day of the month immediately following the date on 
which documentary evidence is submitted to the Board of Education 
establishing to the Board's satisfaction the attainment of a recognized 
master's degree. 
"(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, the 
Board of Education is authorized to promote school librarians in 
the service of the Board of Education on permanent tenure on July 
1, 1950, to class 4, group C, without requiring such librarians to have 
a master's degree and to appoint or promote vocational high school 
shop teachers to class 5, group C, without requiring such teachers to 
have a master's degree." 
SEC. 8. Section 13 of such Act, as amended, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"SEC. 13. There shall be appointed by the Board of Education, on the 
recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, a chief examiner 
for the board of examiners for white schools and a chief examiner for 
the board of examiners for colored schools. All members of the re-
spective boards of examiners shall serve without additional compen-
sation." 
SEC. 9. Appropriations to carry out, after June 30,1951, the purposes 
of sections 2, 4, and 5 of this Act, and so much of section 7 of this Act 
as relates to subsection (a) of section 9 of the District of Columbia 
Teachers' Salary Act of 1947, as amended, are authorized. 
The ap-
propriations for general administration, general supervision and in-
struction, and vocational education, George-Barden program, under 
the caption "Public Schools" contained in the District of Columbia 
Appropriation Act of 1950, approved June 29,1949, and in the District 
of Columbia Appropriation Act of 1951, approved July 18, 1950, are 
hereby made available for carrying out the purposes of such sections 
of this Act for periods prior to July 1,1951. 
SEC. 10. Sections 2, 4, and 5 of this Act, and so much of section 7 
of this Act as relates to subsection (a) of section 9 of the District of 
Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1947, as amended, shall take effect 
July 1,1947. 
Approved October 24, 1951. 
Teachers colleges. 
School librariaas; 
vocational high schijol 
shop teachers. 
Promotions. 
Appointment 
of 
chief examiners. 
Appropriations au-
thorized. 
Availability of prior 
appropriations. 
63 Stat. 305. 
64 Stat. 350. 
Effective d a t e of 
designated sections. 
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CHAPTER 542 
AN ACT 
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into Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida. 
October 24,1951 
{H. R. 2322] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary