2023 Delaware Code › Title 14 - Education › Chapter 13. SALARIES AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES › § 1308. Salary schedules for administrative secretaries, financial secretaries, senior secretaries, secretaries and clerks [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 325 § 8(m)(6)].

§ 1308. Salary schedules for administrative secretaries, financial secretaries, senior secretaries, secretaries and clerks [For application of this section, see 83 Del. Laws, c. 325 § 8(m)(6)].
(a) Each administrative secretary, financial secretary, senior secretary, secretary and clerk who works and is paid for 12 months per year shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule:
Step
Clerk*
Secretary*
SeniorSecretary*
FinancialSecretary*
AdministrativeSecretary*
Years ofExperience
1
19,801
21,403
22,272
22,752
23,549
0
2
20,387
21,987
22,811
23,296
24,100
1
3
20,969
22,526
23,354
23,839
24,650
2
4
21,556
23,064
23,894
24,382
25,200
3
5
22,103
23,602
24,434
24,926
25,815
4
6
22,622
24,141
24,976
25,495
26,435
5
7
23,138
24,679
25,548
26,109
27,060
6
8
23,654
25,215
26,160
26,722
27,680
7
9
24,173
25,818
26,770
27,335
28,303
8
10
24,690
26,426
27,380
27,948
28,923
9
11
25,207
27,033
27,989
28,564
29,545
10
12
25,786
27,640
28,598
29,177
30,165
11
13
26,369
28,247
29,209
29,788
30,788
12
14
26,954
28,855
29,820
30,403
31,409
13
15
27,537
29,463
30,428
31,018
32,029
14
16
28,121
30,072
31,039
31,628
32,654
15
17
28,706
30,677
31,650
32,241
33,275
16
18
29,291
31,285
32,261
32,856
33,895
17
19
29,874
31,891
32,871
33,467
34,517
18
20
30,458
32,500
33,479
34,084
35,139
19
21
31,040
33,106
34,089
34,697
35,759
20
22
31,637
33,727
34,713
35,324
36,395
21
23
32,250
34,363
35,350
35,963
37,043
22
24
32,878
35,013
36,001
36,616
37,707
23
25
33,518
35,673
36,667
37,283
38,385
24
*Annual Salary in Whole Dollars.
(b) For purposes of implementing the salary schedule contained in subsection (a) of this section, the 18-year step on the salary schedule is effective for administrative secretaries on July 1, 1989; the 19-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1990; and the 20-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991. The 17-year step is effective for clerks, secretaries, senior secretaries, and financial secretaries on July 1, 1989; the 18-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1990; the 19-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991; and the 20-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1992.
(c) One twelfth of the salary rate set forth under subsection (a) of this section shall be deducted for each month that the employee is not employed.
(d) These same classifications and pay rates shall apply to the Department of Education, except that the Department shall be authorized to revise the schedule annually to enable the Department to pay salary supplements up to the equivalent of the average of the 3 highest salaries for like positions paid by school districts.
(e) During the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, a reorganized school district may employ personnel to be paid pursuant to this section in a number equal to 1 of each full 10 state units of pupils for the first 100 such full state units of pupils and 1 additional for each additional full 12 state units of pupils.
(f) The total number of secretarial employees to which a reorganized school district is entitled shall be as specified in subsection (e) of this section, but the number that may be assigned to each classification beginning July 1, 1989, shall be according to the following and in the order specified:
(1) Up to 8 percent of the total secretarial allocation in each district or a minimum of 2 positions per district, whichever is larger, may be assigned as “administrative secretary.”
(2) Up to 40 percent of the total secretarial allocation in each district or a minimum of 3 per district plus 1 for each school enrolling 15 or more units of pupils, whichever is greater, may be classified as “senior secretary” or “financial secretary.”
(3) Twelve percent of the total secretarial allocation in each district shall be classified as “clerk.”
(4) The balance of the total clerical allocation in each district shall be classified as “secretary.”
46 Del. Laws, c. 48, §  2;  47 Del. Laws, c. 195, §  1;  48 Del. Laws, Sp. Sess., c. 489,, §  2;  14 Del. C. 1953, §  1308;  56 Del. Laws, c. 143, §  2;  56 Del. Laws, c. 292, §  11;  56 Del. Laws, c. 470, §  2;  57 Del. Laws, c. 333, §§  5, 6;  58 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  2;  58 Del. Laws, c. 305, §§  2, 6, 7;  59 Del. Laws, c. 34;  60 Del. Laws, c. 31, §  1;  61 Del. Laws, c. 407, §§  8, 15;  61 Del. Laws, c. 409, §  102(a);  62 Del. Laws, c. 68, §  42(e);  62 Del. Laws, c. 277, §  11(f);  63 Del. Laws, c. 80, §  11(f);  63 Del. Laws, c. 322, §  11(f), (g);  64 Del. Laws, c. 90, §  11(d)(vi);  64 Del. Laws, c. 220, §  6(a);  64 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  11(j)(5);  65 Del. Laws, c. 87, §  11(k)(2);  65 Del. Laws, c. 348, §  12(r)(4);  66 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  12(p)(4);  66 Del. Laws, c. 303, §  12(m)(4), (5);  67 Del. Laws, c. 47, §§  12(o)(4)-(7);  67 Del. Laws, c. 281, §  8(o)(2);  68 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  8(m)(1);  68 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  8(m)(2);  69 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  8(m)(2);  69 Del. Laws, c. 291, §  8(i)(3);  70 Del. Laws, c. 118, §  8(i)(2);  70 Del. Laws, c. 425, §  8(i)(2);  71 Del. Laws, c. 132, §  8(m)(2);  71 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  66;  71 Del. Laws, c. 354, §  8(n)(2);  72 Del. Laws, c. 94, §  8(n)(3);  72 Del. Laws, c. 395, §  8(n)(2);  73 Del. Laws, c. 74, §  8(n)(2);  73 Del. Laws, c. 312, §  8(m)(2);  74 Del. Laws, c. 307, §  8(m)(3);  75 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  8(m)(3);  75 Del. Laws, c. 350, §  8(m)(2);  76 Del. Laws, c. 80, §  8(m)(2);  77 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  8(m)(2);  77 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  8(m)(2);  78 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  8(m)(7), (14);  78 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  8(m)(5)(iii);  79 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  8(m)(5)(iii);  79 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  8(m)(5)(iii), (6)(iii);  80 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  8(m)(5)(iii);  80 Del. Laws, c. 298, § 8(m)(5)(iii);  81 Del. Laws, c. 58, § 8(m)(5)(iii);  81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 8(m)(6)(iii);  82 Del. Laws, c. 64, § 8(m)(6)(iii);  83 Del. Laws, c. 54, § 8(m)(6)(iii);  83 Del. Laws, c. 325, § 8(m)(6)(iii);