Senate Bill No. 391
(By Senator Jackson)
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[Introduced February 2, 1999; referred to the Committee
on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section eighteen, article four,
chapter eighteen-a of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
requiring that all department of education employees receive
at least the same pay as employees of the board of education
wherein the principal place of employment is located.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eighteen, 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-4-18. Department of education certified staff salaries.
(a) Personnel employed by the state department of education
who are required to hold a teaching certificate shall receive a salary that is at least equal to the salary paid to comparable
professional personnel employed by the county board wherein their
office is located, minus the six hundred dollars authorized
pursuant to section two of this article for classroom teachers
with twenty years of experience.
(b) Effective the first day of July, two thousand two,
service personnel employed by the department of education shall
receive a salary that is at least equal to the salary paid to
comparable personnel employed by the county board wherein their
principle place of employment is located. The department of
education shall establish a salary schedule that phases in the
necessary salary increases before the first day of July, two
thousand two.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to effect an adjustment in
the earnings of department of education staff so that the staff
will earn salaries at least equivalent to those earned by county
board employees where they are employed.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.