An Act to amend the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955, as amended,and to provide for the adjustment of annuities paid from the District of Columbia teachers' retirement and annuity fund
PL 87-881 (S.1447), enacted 10/24/1962

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P U B U C LAW 87-881-(3CT. 24, 1962 
1229 
Public Law 87-881 
AN A C T 
October 24, 1962 
To amend the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955, as amended, 
[s. 1447] 
and to provide for the adjustment of annuities paid from the District of 
Columbia teachers' retirement and annuity fund. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re/presentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE I 
SEC. 101. The Act entitled "An Act to fix and regulate the salaries 
of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Educa-
tion of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes", approved 
August 5, 1955 (69 Stat. 521, ch. 569), as amended, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) Section 1 is amended by striking everything after the first 
sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following salary schedules: 
District of Co-
lumbia Teachers' 
Salary Act of 
1955, amendment. 
72 Stat. 11004. 
D.C. Code 31-
1501. 
'Salary class and position 
Serv-
ice 
step 1 
(mini-
mum) 
Serv-
ice 
step 2 
Serv-
ice 
steps 
Serv-
ice 
step 4 
Serv-
ice 
steps 
Serv-
ice 
step 6 
Serv-
ice 
step 7 
Serv-
ice 
step 8 
Serv-
ice 
step ( 
Class 1: Superintendent of Schools.--
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 sen-
ior high schools). 
Assistant to assistant super-
intendent (general research, 
budget, and legislation). 
Assistant to assistant super-
intendent (pupil appraisal, 
study, and attendance). 
Director, elementary educa-
tion (supervision and in-
struction) . 
Director, health, physical ed-
ucation, 
athletics 
and 
safety. 
Executive assistant to dep-
uty superintendent. 
Principal, elementary school. 
Principal, junior high school. 
Principal, senior high 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. 
$19,000 
16,500 
14,350 
12,700 
11,000 
11,500 
11,700 
11,050 
11,250 
$14,600 
12,950 
11,250 
11,750 
11,950 
11,300 
11,500 
$14,850 
13,200 
11,500 
12,000 
12,200 
11,560 
11,750 
$15,100 
13,450 
11,750 
12,250 
12,450 
11,800 
12,000 
$15,350 
13,700 
12,000 
12,500 
12,700 
12,050 
12,250 
$15,600 
13,950 
12,250 
12,750 
12,950 
12,300 
12,500 
$15,850 
14,200 
12,500 
13,000 
13,200 
12,550 
12,750 
$16,100 
14,450 
12,750 
13,250 
13,450 
12,800 
13,000 
$16,350 
14,700 
13,000 
13,500 
13,700 
13,050 
13,250 
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"Salary class and position 
Class?: 
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 
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. 
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-
ulum. 
Supervising director, elemen-, 
tary education (supervi-
sion and instruction). 
Supervising director, reading 
clinic. 
Supervising director, subject 
field. 
Class 9: 
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, ma.ster's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 
30 credit hours 
Assistant director, audio-
visual. 
Assistant director, practical 
nursing. 
Assistant director, subject 
field. 
Associate professor, teachers 
college. 
Chief librarian, 
teachers 
college. 
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. 
Psychiatric social worker. 
Assistant professor, labora-
tory school. 
Serv-
ice 
step 1 
(mini-
mum) 
$10,350 
10,550 
9,850 
10,050 
8.940 
9,440 
9,640 
9,030 
9,230 
8,620 
8,820 
8,210 
8,410 
7,395 
7,595 
Serv-
ice 
step 2 
$10,600 
10,800 
10,100 
10,300 
9,190 
9,690 
9,890 
9.280 
9,480 
8,870 
9,070 
8,460 
8,660 
7,710 
7,910 
Serv-
ice 
step 3 
$10,850 
11,050 
10,350 
10,550 
9,440 
9.940 
10,140 
9,530 
9,730 
9,120 
9,320 
8,710 
8,910 
8,025 
8,225 
Serv-
ice 
step 4 
$11,100 
11,300 
10,600 
10,800 
9.690 
10,190 
10.390 
9.780 
9,980 
9,370 
9,570 
8,960 
9,160 
8,340 
8,540 
Serv-
ice 
Steps 
$11,350 
11,550 
10,850 
11,050 
9.940 
10,440 
10.640 
10,030 
10,230 
9,620 
9,820 
9,210 
9,410 
8,655 
8,855 
Serv-
ice 
step 6 
$11,600 
11,800 
11,100 
11,300 
10,190 
10,690 
1 
10,890 
10,280 
10,480 
9,870 
10,070 
9,460 
9,660 
8,970 
9,170 
Serv-
ice 
step 7 
$11,850 
12,050 
11,350 
11,550 
10,440 
10,940 
11,140 
10,530 
10,730 
10,120 
10,320 
9,710 
9,910 
9,285 
9,485 
Serv-
ice 
steps 
$12,100 
12,300 
11,600 
11,800 
10.690 
11,190 
11,390 
10,780 
10,980 
10,370 
10,570 
9,960 
10,160 
9,600 
9,800 
Serv-
ice 
step 9 
$12,350 
12,560 
11,850 
12,050 
10.940 
11,440 
11.640 
11,030 
11,230 
10,620 
10,823 
10,210 
10,410 
9,915 
10,115 
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"Salary class and position 
Class 14: 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit 
Service 
step 1 
(mini-
mum) 
$6,030 
6,530 
6,730 
"Salary class and position 
Class 14: 
Group A, bachelor's degree 
Group B, master's degree. 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit hours 
"Salary class and position 
Class 15: 
Group A, bachelor's degree 
Group B, master's degree 
Group C, master's degree plus 
Attendance ofQcer. 
Census supervisor. 
School psychologist. 
Counselor, elementary and 
secondary schools. 
Instructor, teachers college. 
Instructor, laboratory school. 
Child labor inspector. 
Coimselor, 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. 
Service 
step 1 
(mini-
mum) 
$5,000 
5,600 
6,700 
"Salary class and position 
Class 15: 
Group C, master's degree plus 30 credit 
Attendance officer. 
Census supervisor. 
School psychologist. 
Counselor, elementary and secondary 
schools. 
Instructor, teachers college. 
Instructor, laboratory school. 
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." 
Service 
step 2 
$5,260 
5,760 
5,960 
Service 
step 9 
$6,810 
7,310 
7,510 
Service 
step 2 
$6,285 
6,785 
6,985 
Service 
step 8 
$7,815 
8,315 
8,515 
Service 
steps 
$5,520 
6,020 
6,220 
Service 
step 10 
$7,025 
7,525 
7,726 
Service 
step 3 
$6,540 
7,040 
7,240 
Service 
step 9 
$8,070 
8,570 
8,770 
Service 
step 4 
$5, 735 
6,236 
6,436 
Service 
step 11 
$7,240 
7,740 
7,940 
Service 
step 4 
$6,795 
7,295 
7,495 
Service 
step 10 
$8,325 
8,825 
9,025 
Service 
step 6 
$5,950 
6,460 
6,660 
Service 
step 12 
$7,465 
7,955 
8,155 
Service 
steps 
$7,050 
7,550 
7,750 
Service 
step 11 
$8,580 
9,080 
9,280 
Service 
step 6 
$6,166 
6,665 
6,866 
Service 
step 13 
$7,670 
8,170 
8,370 
Service 
step 6 
$7,305 
7,805 
8,005 
Service 
step 12 
$8,835 
9,335 
9,535 
Service 
step 7 
$6,380 
6,880 
7,080 
Lon-
gevity 
step X 
$8,190 
8,690 
8,890 
Service 
step 7 
$7,560 
8,060 
8,260 
Service 
step 13 
$9,090 
9,590 
9,790 
Service 
steps 
$6,596 
7,095 
7,295 
liOn-
gevity 
step Y 
$8,710 
9,210 
9,410 
(2) Section 2, subsection (a), is amended by striking from the third 
sentence "December 31,1957" and inserting in lieu thereof "December 
31, 1962"; hj striking from the fourth sentence the words "counselor 
in the vocational high schools, counselor in the junior high schools", 
and the words "school social worker,", and by inserting immediately 
before the period at the end of the same sentence the following: ", and 
except that a person not possessing a master's degree who was 
appointed on probationary or permanent status before January 1, 
1963, to a position as a nonshop* teacher in a vocational education pro-
D.C. Code 31-
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D.C. Code 31-
1521. 
gram, or counselor in the vocational high schools, or counselcJi' in the 
junior high schools may continue to be employed in such a position, 
and except that a person not possessing a master's degree who was on 
the list of eligible candidates for any such position before January 1, 
1963, may continue to be eligible for such position until the expiration 
of such eligible list"; and hj striking from the fifth sentence "Decem-
ber 31,1957" and inserting in lieu thereof "December 31,1962". 
(3) Section 2, subsection (b), is amended by striking the figure "18" 
wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof the figure "15". 
(4) Section 4 is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 4. Each teacher, school officer, or other employee in the service 
of the Board on January 1,1963, who occupies a position held by him 
(m December 31, 1962, under the provisions of this Act, 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, B, or C of his salary class 
on December 31,1962, shall be assigned to the same letter group of the 
salary class to which he is transferred on January 1,1963. 
'TITLE AND CLASS OF POSITION ON 
DECEMBER 31, 1962 
Title 
Class 
Superintendent 
Deputy 
superintendent 
Assistant 
superintendent 
Assistant 
superintendent 
in 
charge 
of business affairs 
President, 
District 
of 
Columbia 
Teachers College 
Dean, District 
of 
Columbia 
Teach-
ers College 
, 
Chief 
examiner 
Dean of students, teachers college 
Executive assistant to the superin-
tendent 
Psychiatrist 
Director, food services 
Executive assistant 
to 
the 
deputy 
superintendent 
Assistant 
to the assistant 
superin-
tendent 
(elementary schools) 
Director, 
curriculum 
Director, elementary education 
(ad-
ministration) 
J? 
Director, elementary education 
(su-
pervision and instruction) 
Director in elementary education 
Director, health, physical education, 
athletics and safety 
Director, industrial and adult educa-
tion 
Director, special education 
Principal, senior high school 
Principal, vocational high school 
Principal, junior high school 
Registrar, teachers college 
Principal, Americanization School 
Principal, junior high school 
Professor, 
District 
of 
Columbia 
Teachers College 
Supervising director, adult education 
and summer schools 
Supervising director, athletics 
Supervising director, curriculum 
Supervising director, elementary edu-
cation 
(supervision 
and 
instruc-
tion) 
Assistant to the assistant 
superin-
tendent (general research, budget 
and 
legislation) 
Assistant to the assistant 
superin-
tendent 
(junior 
and 
senior 
high 
schools) 
Assistant to the assistant 
superin-
tendent (pupil appraisal, study and 
attendance) 
Supervising director, reading clinic-_ 
Supervising director, subject field 
Director, school attendance 
Supervising director, audio-visual in-
struction 
Principal, elementary school 
TITLE 
AND CLASS OF POSITION 
ON 
JANUARY 1, 1963 
Title 
Class 
Superintendent 
Deputy superintendent 
Assistant superintendent 
Assistant superintendent in charge of 
business affairs 
President, 
District 
of 
Columbia 
Teachers College 
Dean, 
District 
of Columbia 
Teach-
ers College 
Chief 
examiner 
Dean of students. District of Colum-
bia Teachers College 
Executive assistant to the superin-
tendent 
Psychiatrist 
i 
Director, food services 
Executive assistant to the deputy su-
perintendent 
Assistant to the assistant 
superin-
tendent (elementary schools) 
Director, 
curriculum 
Director, elementary education 
(ad-
ministration) 
Director, elementary education 
(su-
pervision and instruction) 
Director in elementary education 
Director, health, physical education, 
athletics and safety 
Director, industrial and adult educa-
tion 
Director, special education 
Principal, senior high school 
Principal, vocational high school 
Principal, 
boys' 
junior-senior 
high 
school 
Registrar, 
District 
of 
Columbia 
Teachers College 
Principal, Americanization School 
Principal, junior liigh school 
Professor, District of Columbia Teach-
ers College 
Supervising director, adult education 
and summer schools 
Supervising director, athletics 
Supervising director, curriculum 
Supervising director, elementary edu-
cation 
(supervision 
and 
instruc-
tion) 
Assistant to the assistant 
superin-
tendent (general research, budget, 
and legislation) 
Assistant to the assistant 
superin-
tendent 
(junior 
and 
senior 
high 
schools) 
Assistant to the assistant 
superin-
tendent (pupil appraisal, study, and 
attendance) 
Supervising director, reading clinic 
Supervising director, subject field 
Director, school attendance 
Supervising director, audio-visual in-
struction 
Principal, elementary school 
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9 
13 
"TITLE AND CLASS OF POSITION ON 
DECEMBER 31, 1962—Continued 
Title 
Class 
Principal, Capitol Page School 
8 
Principal, health school 
7 
Principal, laboratory school 
7 
Assistant 
principal, 
senior 
high 
school 
8 
Assistant principal, vocational 
high 
school 
8 
Assistant director, food services 
9 
Assistant 
principal, 
junior 
high 
school 
9 
Assistant principal, Americanization 
School 
Associate professor, District of Co-
lumbia Teachers College 
: 
Assistant 
principal, 
elementary 
school 
11 
Assistant principal, health school 
14 
Assistant director, 
audio-visual 
in-
struction 
13 
Assistant director, evening and sum-
mer 
schools 
11 
Principal, veterans high school 
8 
Assistant director, practical nursing. 
13 
Assistant director, subject 
field 
13 
Statistician 
11 
Assistant professor. District of Co-
lumbia Teachers College 
16 
Assistant 
professor, 
laboratory 
school 
16 
Chief attendance officer 
15 
Chief librarian. District of Columbia 
Teachers College 
13 
Clinical 
psychologist 
15 
Supervisor, elementary education 
13 
Psychiatric social worker 
16 
Attendance officer 
18 
Census supervisor 
18 
Child labor inspector 
18 
Coordinator, practical nursing 
18 
Counselor, elementary and secondary 
schools 
18 
Counselor, placement 
: 
18 
Instructor, 
District 
of 
Columbia 
Teachers College 
18 
Instructor, laboratory schools 
18 
Librarian, elementary and secondary 
schools 
18 
Librarian 
18 
Research assistant 
18 
School 
psychologist 
18 
School social worker 
18 
Speech correctionist. District of Co-
lumbia Teachers College 
18 
Teacher, elementary 
and 
secondary 
schools 
18 
(5) Section 6, subsection (a), is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) On January 1, 1963, each permanent employee assigned to 
salary classes 2 through 15 in accordance with section 1 and section 4 
of this Act shall be assigned to the same numerical service step 
on the schedule for his salary class, or salary class and group, under 
this Act as he occupied on December 31, 1962, except that employees 
assigned to salary class 15 on January 1, 1963, who on December 31, 
1962, were on service step 13 shall be assigned to service steps for 
their respective groups as follows: An employee who on January 1, 
1963, has completed fifteen years of creditable service but less than 
eighteen years shall be assigned to longevity step X, and an employee 
who on January 1, 1963, has completed eighteen years of creditable 
service shall be assigned to longevity step Y. 
In determining years 
of creditable service for placement on service steps, credit shall be 
given for previous service in accordance with the provisions of this 
Act governing the placement of employees who are newly appointed, 
reappointed, or reassigned or who are brought under this Act in 
accordance with the provisions of section 5." 
(6) Section 6, subsection (b), is amended by striking the period 
at the end thereof and inserting the following: ", except that each 
employee in salary class 15 shall advance from service step 13 to 
longevity step X on July 1 following the completion of fifteen years 
TITLE 
AND CLASS OF POSITION 
ON 
JANUARY 1, 1963—Continued 
Title 
Class 
Principal, Capitol Page School 
6 
Principal, health school 
6 
Principal, laboratory school 
6 
Assistant 
principal, 
senior 
high 
school 
8 
Assistant principal, vocational high 
school 
8 
Assistant director, food services 
9 
Assistant 
principal, 
junior 
high 
school 
8 
Assistant principal, Americanization 
School 
8 
Associate professor, District of Co-
lumbia Teachers College 
11 
Assistant 
principal, 
elementary 
school 
8 
Assistant principal, health school 
8 
Assistant 
director, audio-visual 
in-
struction 
11 
Assistant director, evening and sum-
mer schools 
10 
Principal, veterans high school 
6 
Assistant director, practical nursing- 
11 
Assistant director, subject 
field 
11 
Statistician 
10 
Assistant professor, District of Co-
lumbia Teachers College 
13 
Assistant 
professor, 
laboratory 
school 
13 
Chief attendance officer 
12 
Chief librarian. District of Columbia 
Teachers College 
11 
Clinical psychologist 
12 
Supervisor, elementary education 
11 
Psychiatric social worker 
13 
Attendance officer 
15 
Census supervisor 
15 
Child labor inspector 
15 
Coordinator, practical nursing 
15 
Counselor, elementary and secondary 
schools 
15 
Counselor, placement 
; 
15 
Instructor, 
District 
of 
Columbia 
Teachers College 
15 
Instructor, laboratory schools 
15 
Librarian, elementary and secondary 
schools 
15 
Librarian 
: 
15 
Research assistant 
15 
School 
psychologist 
15 
School social worker 
15 
Speech correctionist. District of Co-
lumbia Teachers College 
15 
Teacher, elementary and 
secondary 
schools 
15". 
D.C. Code 31-
1531. 
D.C. Code 31-
1522. 
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D.C. Code 31-
1533. 
D.C. Code 31-
1536. 
D.C. Code 31-
1542. 
of creditable service; from longevity step X to longevity step Y on 
July 1 following the completion of eighteen years of creditable 
service: Provided^ That beginning with the step increase normally 
due July 1,1963, the Board of Education, on the written recommenda-
tion of the Superintendent of Schools, is authorized to deny any such 
salary advancement for the year immediately following any year in 
which the employee fails to receive a performance rating of 'satis-
factory' from his superior officer." 
(7) Section 7, subsection (a), is amended by striking the figure 
"18" both times it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "15", by strik-
ing the figure "17" and inserting in lieu thereof "14", and by striking 
the fourth sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"Employees newly appointed or reappointed to positions of assistant 
professor (salary class 13), chief librarian and associate professor 
(salary class 11), and professor (salary class 8) shall receive one year 
of placement credit for each year of satisfactory service, not in excess 
of five years, in a position of the same or higher rank in a college or 
university of recognized standing outside the District of Columbia 
public schools, as determined by the Board." 
(8) Section 8, subsection (a), is amended by striking the period at 
the end thereof and inserting the following: ", except that beginning 
with any such step increase normally due subsequent to June 30, 1963, 
the Board of Education, on written recommendation of the Super-
intendent of Schools, is authorized to deny any such increase in salary 
for the year immediately following any year in which the employee 
fails to receive a performance rating of 'satisfactory' from his superior 
officer." 
(9) Section 11, (1), is amended by inserting after the word "incre-
ment" the words "or longevity increment". 
(10) Section 13, subsection (a), is amended by striking the classifi-
cation and pay rates for educational employees in the summer and 
evening schools and inserting in lieu thereof the following classifica-
tion and pay rates: 
"Classification 
SUMMER SCHOOL 
( K E G U L A R ) 
Teacher, 
elementary and secondary 
schools, 
and instructor, District 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 
EVENING SCHOOLS 
Teacher 
Assistant principal 
Principal 
Step 1 
Step 2 
Step 3 
Per Diem 
$19. 72 
22. 68 
25.64 
28. 59 
28. 59 
31.55 
$21. 69 
24.94 
28.20 
31.45 
31.45 
34. 70 
$23. 66 
27.21 
30.76 
34.31 
34.31 
37.86 
Per Diem 
$29. 58 
$35. 49 
Per Period 
$5.79 
8.40 
9.25' 
D.C. 
1542. 
D.C. 
1543. 
Code 31-
Code 31-
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(11) Section 13, subsection (b), is amended by striking "January 
1, 1958" and inserting in lieu thereof "January 1, 1963". 
(12) Section 14 is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 14. Each employee assigned to salary class 15 in the schedule 
provided in section 1 of this Act, each assistant professor in salary 
class 13, each associate professor and chief librarian in salary class 11 
and each professor in salary 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." 
(13) Section 15 is amended to read as follows: 
D.C. code 31-
"SEC. 15. On and after Januarj^ 1, 1963, the Act entitled 'An Act to ^^'*'*-
provide that the Boai-d 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 
66 stat, 14; 
salaries are fixed in salaiy classes 6 through 14, inclusive, under this ^^D^^**co^de 31-
Act, except the following: Executive assistant to deputy superin- 698-698a. 
tendent and assistants to assistant superintendents in salary class 6; 
dean of students. District of Columbia Teachers College, professor. 
District of Columbia Teachers College, director, school attendance, 
and registrar. District of Columbia Teachers College, in salary class 
8; assistant director, department of food services, m salary class 9; 
statistician, in salary class 10; associate professor. District of Colum-
bia Teachers College, and chief librarian. District of Columbia 
Teachers College, in salary class 11; and assistant professor, District 
of Columbia Teachers College, in salary class 13." 
(14) Section 16 is amended by striking "January 1, 1958" and 
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inserting in lieu thereof "January 1, 1963"; by striking "salary class ^^^^' 
18" and inserting in lieu thereof "salary class 15"; by striking "chief 
librarian and assistant professor, salary class 14" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "assistant professor, salary class 13; and chief librarian, 
salary class 11". 
SEC. 102. Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the District 
Repeal. 
of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955, as amended", approved 
September 13, 1960 (74 Stat. 913), is repealed. 
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SEC. 103. Sections 101 and 102 of this title shall take effect as of ^^2.^: ,. 
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Effective date. 
January 1,1963. 
TITLE I I 
SEC. 201. (a) The annuity of each person who, on the effective date 
Annuities. 
of this section, is receiving or entitled to receive an annuity from the 
District of Columbia teachers' retirement and annuity fund shall be 
increased by 5 per centum of the amount of such annuity. 
(b) The annuity of each person who receives or is entitled to receive 
an annuity from the District of Columbia teachers' retirement and 
annuity fund commencing during the period which begins on the day 
following the effective date of this section and ends five years after 
such date, shall be increased in accordance with the following table: 
The annuity shall be 
If the annuity commences between— 
increased by— 
January 2, 1963, and December 31, 1963 
4 per centum. 
.January 1, 1964, and December 31, 1964 
. 
3 per centum. 
.January 1, 1965, and December 31, 1965 
2 per centum. 
January 1, 1966, and December 31, 1966 
1 per centum, 
(c) In lieu of any other increase provided by this section, the 
annuity of a survivor of a retired employee who received an increase 
under this section shall be increased by a percentage equal to the per-
centage by which the annuity of such employee was so increased. 
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725. 
Effective date 
of increases. 
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721 et seq. 
"Price index " 
(d) No increase provided by this section shall be computed on any 
additional annuity purchased at retirement by voluntary contribu-
tions. 
(e) The limitation contained in the next to the last sentence of 
section 5(c) (1) of the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of pub-
lic-school teachers in the District of Columbia", approved August 7, 
1946 (60 Stat. 875), as amended, as enacted by the Act of July 2, 
1956 (70 Stat. 487), shall not be effective on and after the effective date 
of this section. 
(f) The increases provided by this section shall take effect on the 
effective date of this section, except that any increase under subsection 
(b) or (c) shall take effect on the beginning date of the annuity. 
(g) The monthly installment of annuity after adjustment under 
this section shall be fixed at the nearest dollar. 
SEC. 202. 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 adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new sections: 
"SEC. 21. Whenever used in this Act the term 'price index' shall mean 
the annual average over a calendar year of the Consumer Price Index 
(all items—United States city average) published monthly by tlie 
Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
"SEC. 22. (a) After January 1,1964, and after each succeeding Janu-
ary 1, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall determine 
the per centum change in the price index from the later of 1962 or 
the year preceding the most recent cost-of-living adjustment to the 
latest complete year. 
On the basis of such Commissioners' determi-
nation, the following adjustments shall be made: 
"(1) Effective April 1, 1964, if the change in the price index 
from 1962 to 1963 shall have equaled a rise of at least 3 per centum, 
each annuity payable from the fund which has a commencing 
date earlier than January 2, 1963, shall be increased by the per 
centum rise in the price index adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 
1 per centum. 
"(2) Effective April 1 of any year other than 1964 after the 
price index change shall have equaled a rise of at least 3 per 
centum, each annuity payable from the fund which has a com-
mencing date earlier than January 2 of the preceding year shall 
be increased by the per centum rise in the price index adjusted to 
the nearest one-tenth of 1 per centum. 
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"(b) Eligibility of an annuity increase under this section shall be 
governed by the commencing date of each annuity payable from the 
fund as of the effective date of an increase, except as follows: 
"(1) Effective from the date of the first increase under this 
section, an annuity payable from the fund to an annuitant's sur-
vivor (other than a child entitled under section 9(b) (3)), which 
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annuity commenced the day after the annuitant's death, shall be ^^®-
increased as provided in sutjsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) if the com-
mencing date of annuity to the annuitant was earlier than Janu-
ary 2 of the year preceding the first increase. 
"(2) Effective from its commencing date, an annuity payable 
from the fund to an annuitant's survivor (other than a child 
entitled under section 9(b)(3)), which annuity commences the 
day after the annuitant's death and after the effective date of the 
first increase under this section, shall be increased by the total per 
centum increase the annuitant was receiving under this section 
at death. 
"(3) For purposes of computing an annuity which commences 
after the effective date of the first mcrease under this section to a 
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child under section 9(b)(3), the items $600, $720, $1,800, and 
$2,160 appearing in section 9(b)(3) shall be increased by the total 
per centum increase allowed and in force under this section, and, 
in case of a deceased annuitant, the items 40 per centum and 50 per 
centum appearing in section 9(b)(3) shall be increased by the 
total per centum increase allowed and in force under this section 
to the annuitant at death. Effective from the date of the first in-
crease under this section, the provisions of this paragraph shall 
apply as if such first increase were in effect with respect to com-
putation of a child's annuity under section 9(b) (3) which com-
menced between January 2 of the year preceding the first increase 
and the effective date of the first increase. 
"(c) No increase in annuity provided by this section shall be com-
puted on any additional annuity purchased at retirement by voluntary 
contributions. 
"(d) The monthly installment of annuity after adjustment under 
this section shall be fixed at the nearest dollar." 
SEC. 203. (a) Section 5(b) (1) of the Act entitled "An Act for the 
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retirement of public-school teachers in the District of Columbia", ^^^* 
approved August 7, 1946, as amended, is amended by striking out "50 
per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "55 per centum" and by 
striking out "$2,400" and inserting in lieu thereof "$3,600". 
(b) Section 9(b) (1) of such Act is amended by striking out "one- 
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half" and inserting in lieu thereof "55 per centum of". 
(c) Section 9(b) (2) of such Act is amended by striking out "one-
half" in the three places where it appears therein and inserting in lieu 
thereof in the first two places "55 per centum of" and in the third place 
"55 per centum". 
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(d)(1) The third sentence of section 9(b)(3) of such Act is 
amended to read as follows: "The child's annuity shall commence on 
the day after the employee dies, and such annuity granted under this 
Act or any right thereto shall terminate on the last day of the month 
before (1) his attaining age eighteen unless incapable of self-support, 
(2) his becoming capable of self-support after age eighteen, (3) his 
marriage, or (4) his death, except that the annuity of a child who is 
a student as described in section 9(c) (2) shall terminate on the last 
day of the month before (A) his marriage, (B) his death, (C) his 
ceasing to be such a student, or (D) his attaining age twenty-one." 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the benefits result-
ing from enactment of this amendment shall be paid from the teachers' 
retirement and annuity fund. 
(e) Section 9(c)(2) of such Act is amended by substituting a comma 
for the period at the end thereof and adding the following: "or such 
unmarried child between eighteen and twenty-one years of age who is 
a student regularly pursuing a full-time course of study or training in 
residence in a high school, trade school, technical or vocational insti-
tute, junior college, college, university, or comparable recognized edu-
cational institution. 
A child whose twenty-first birthday occurs prior 
to July 1 or after August 31 of any calendar year, and while he is regu-
larly pursuing such a course of study or training, shall be deemed for 
the purposes of this paragraph and section 9(b) (3) to have attained 
the age of twenty-one on the first day of July following such birthday. 
A child who is a student shall not be deemed to have ceased to be a 
student during any interim between school years if the interim does 
not exceed four months and if he shows to the satisfaction of the Com-
missioners that he has a bona fide intention of continuing to pursue 
a course of study or training in the same or different school during 
the school semester (or other period into which the school year is 
divided) immediately following the interim." 
SEC. 204. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the benefits 
made payable under the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of 
public-school teachers in the District of Columbia", approved August 
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7, 1946, as amended, by reason of the enactment of this title shall be 
paid from the District of Columbia teachers' retirement and annuity 
lund. 
SEC. 205. Section 201 of this title shall take effect on January 1, 
1963. The amendments made by section 203 shall not apply in the 
case of employees retired or otherwise separated prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act, and the rights of such persons and their sur-
vivors shall continue in the same manner and to the same extent as if 
these amendments had not been enacted. 
Approved October 24, 1962. 
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