V.I. Code tit. 3, § 554 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 554. Teacher Schedule

 The Teacher Schedule which follows is the basic pay schedule for positions assigned to, and allocated to grades under, the Education System provided by section 493(c) of this chapter. (a) Basic Grades Non-degree Schedule GRADE STEPABCDEFGHI1$5,100$5,300$5,500$5,700$5,900$6,100   25,4005,6005,8006,0006,2006,400   35,7005,9006,1006,3006,5006,700   46,0006,2006,4006,6006,8007,000    Degree Schedule 5 (B.A.)7,0007,4257,8508,2758,7009,125$9,559$9,975$10,4006 (M.A.)7,8008,3258,8509,3759,90010,47510,95011,47512,0007 (Ed.S.)8,6009,2259,85010,47511,00011,72512,35012,97513,600 (b) An employee in a supervisory or administrative position in the professional education, guidance, or library service of the Department of Education shall continue to be paid in accordance with his grade and within-grade step under subparagraph (a) of the Education Schedule and shall in addition receive a pay differential under this subparagraph. This per annum differential shall be the amount indicated below:Guidance Counsellors $750Secondary Department Heads with:1 to 5 teachers525 6 to 11 teachers625 12 or more teachers825Assistant Principals, Secondary or Consolidated Schools with:1 to 30 professional education personnel1,875 31 to 60 professional education personnel2,375 60 to 120 professional education personnel2,875 120 or more3,375Assistant Principals, Elementary with:1 to 30 professional education personnel1,875 31 to 60 professional education personnel2,375 60 to 120 professional education personnel2,875 120 or more3,375Principals with:1 to 10 professional education personnel1,350 11 to 30 professional education personnel2,250 31 to 60 professional education personnel2,875 61 to 90 professional education personnel3,750 91 to 120 professional education personnel4,625 120 or more5,500Subject Supervisors 1,875General Supervisors (Kindergarten, Elementary and Secondary) 2,250Program Coordinators 1,875Assistant Program Coordinators 750Directors (except in cases where the positions are listed in the annual appropriations Act) 5,000Assistant Director 2,500Physical Education Teacher-Coach (Maximum of two sports per teacher) 600Special Education Teacher 500Band Director 600Drama Coach 500Chorus Director 500School Publication Teacher 350 (c) Teachers and other professional employees under this schedule shall be given credit for all years of full-time teaching or other professional experience in the Virgin Islands public school system and shall be given credit for a maximum of five years of full-time teaching or other professional experience in another school system and in both instances, shall be placed accordingly in the appropriate steps in the appropriate grade. Provided, however, That based solely on service prior to July, 1969, such personnel in Grades 1 through 4 shall not be placed at a step higher than step “F”; and such personnel in Grades 5 through 7 shall not be placed at a step higher than step “I”. (d) A teacher or any other employee in this schedule who moves from a lower grade to a higher grade shall retain the same step in the next higher grade as he occupied in the lower grade. (e) Salaries of teachers and others employed under this schedule who meet the experience requirements as outlined herein and the training requirements outlined in subsection 494(a) above or those who meet the requirements for the $150 pay differential as provided for in subsection (f) of this section for additional college work shall be adjusted according to the following: 1. The pay differential of $150 shall be added to the pay of employees effective on the first pay period following receipt and verification of official transcripts by the Commissioner. Employees are responsible for transmittal of transcripts to the Commissioner. 2. Teachers and others who qualify for appointment to a higher grade by virtue of having received additional training shall be reassigned to a higher grade by the Commissioner of Education as of the first official day of work for the current school year for those who qualify before September 1, and whose official transcripts are received and verified by the Commissioner between July 1 and January 31, or February 1, for those who qualify, after September 1, and whose official transcripts are received and verified by the Commissioner before the following June 30. The employee shall be responsible for the delivery of transcripts to the Commissioner of Education. In no case shall placement under this section be made retroactive beyond six months. (f) A teacher, or other employee under this schedule, including a supervisor, shall receive $150 for each 9 semester hours or its equivalent in quarter units beyond the minimum education required in his grade. However, there shall be no more than a total of 4 such pay differentials included in the compensation for a teacher in grade 5 and no more than 5 for a teacher in grade 4 or grade 6. Course work under this subsection must be approved by the Commissioner of Education as courses leading to a baccalaureate degree, or in the case of degree holders to a higher degree.