Senate Bill No. 126
(By Senators Grubb, Macnaughtan and Bailey)
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[Introduced January 24, 1996;
referred to the Committee on Education;
and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article four, chapter
eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to providing for salary increases over a period of three years.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article four, chapter eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-2. State minimum salaries for teachers.
~~(a) Each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in "state minimum salary schedule I":~~ ~~Provided,~~ That effective the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, and thereafter, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in the "state minimum salary schedule" as set forth in this section, specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article, and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article during the contract year.
STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE I

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(a) Effective the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five through the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in "state minimum salary schedule I." Effective the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six through the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in "state minimum salary schedule II." Effective the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven through the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in "state minimum salary schedule III." Effective the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, and thereafter, each teacher shall receive the amount prescribed in "state minimum salary schedule IV": Provided, That in addition to the amount set forth in each "state minimum salary schedule" as set forth in this section each teacher shall receive specific additional amounts prescribed in this section or article, and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article during the contract year.
STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE II I

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STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE II

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STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE III

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STATE MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE IV

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(b) Six hundred dollars shall be paid annually to each classroom teacher who has at least twenty years of teaching experience. Such payments: (i) Shall be in addition to any amounts prescribed in ~~the~~ each "state minimum salary schedule"; (ii) shall be paid in equal monthly installments; and (iii) shall be deemed a part of the state minimum salaries for teachers.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to maintain progress toward paying West Virginia professional school personnel at the national average by providing salary increase of one thousand five hundred dollars per year for three years; a thirty dollar increase in the annual experience increment in each of the next three years; and to extend the annual experience increments for employees holding an AB degree through a Masters +15 to nineteen years.
Strike throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.