COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 4546
(By Campbell, Paxton, Poling, Spencer,
Williams, Tabb, Beach and Wysong)
(Originating in the Committee on Finance)
[February 23, 2006]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-4-2a of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §18A-4-3 of said
code, all relating to national board for professional teaching
standards; continuing additional compensation for holders of
certification subsequently employed certain other professional
positions; certain limitations on reimbursement of non-
classroom teachers; increasing maximum for certain
reimbursements; defining program completion for reimbursement
purposes; continuing compensation if certificate renewed; and
removing obsolete language.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18A-4-2a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted; and that §18A-4-3 of said code be amended
and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-2a. State minimum salary bonus for classroom teachers with
national board certification.
(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the
rigorous standards and processes for certification by the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) helps to promote
the quality of teaching and learning. Therefore, classroom
teachers in the public schools of West Virginia should be
encouraged to achieve national board certification through a
reimbursement of expenses and an additional salary bonus which
reflects their additional certification, to be paid in accordance
with the provisions of this section.
(b) One thousand dollars shall be paid annually to each
classroom teacher who holds a valid certificate issued by the
National Board of Professional Teaching Standards for the life of
the certification, but in no event more than ten years for any one
certification: Provided, That beginning on the first day of July,
two thousand one, in lieu of the one thousand dollars, Two thousand
five hundred dollars shall be paid annually to each classroom
teacher who holds a valid certificate issued by the National Board
of for Professional Teaching Standards for the life of the
certification, but in no event more than ten years for any one
certification unless renewed.
(c) The payments:
(i) Shall be in addition to any amounts prescribed in the
applicable state minimum salary schedule;
(ii) Shall be paid in equal monthly installments; and
(iii) Shall be considered a part of the state minimum salaries
for teachers.
(d) One thousand dollars shall be paid for reimbursement once
to each teacher who enrolls in the program for the national board
for professional teaching standards certification and one thousand
dollars shall be paid for reimbursement once to each teacher who
completes the national board for professional teaching standards
certification. Effective the first day of July, two thousand one,
in lieu of the one thousand dollar payment for reimbursements,
One-half the certification fee shall be paid for reimbursement once
to each teacher who enrolls in the program for the National Board
for Professional Teaching Standards certification and one-half the
certification fee shall be paid for reimbursement once to each
teacher who completes ten scorable entries as verified by the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. certification.
Teachers who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards certification may be reimbursed a maximum of six seven
hundred dollars for expenses actually incurred while obtaining the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification.
(e) The state board shall limit the number of teachers who
receive the initial reimbursements of the certification fees set
forth in subsection (d) to one hundred teachers annually.
Effective the first day of July, two thousand one, in lieu of the
limit of one hundred teachers annually, The state board shall limit
the number of teachers who receive the initial reimbursements of
the certification fees set forth in subsection (d) to two hundred
teachers annually. All classroom teachers eligible for
reimbursement within this limit shall be reimbursed before reimbursement is paid to other teachers. The state board shall
establish selection criteria for the teachers by the legislative
rule required pursuant to subsection (g) (h) of this section.
(f) Subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this
section, funding for reimbursement of the certification fee and
expenses actually incurred while obtaining the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards certifications shall be
administered by the State Department of Education from an
appropriation established for that purpose by the Legislature. If
funds appropriated by the Legislature to accomplish the purposes of
this subsection are insufficient, the state department shall first
reduce the reimbursement to non-classroom teachers and, if still
insufficient, shall prorate the reimbursements for expenses and
shall request of the Legislature, at its next regular session,
funds sufficient to accomplish the purposes of this subsection,
including needed retroactive payments.
(g) The holder of a valid certificate issued by the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards during his or her
employment as a classroom teacher who, after the first day of July,
two thousand six, is employed as a school principal, as an
assistant school principal, or in another administrative position
in an instructional leadership capacity or related to his or her
area of national board certification, shall not forfeit his or her
rights to be paid the additional salary bonus as specified in
subsection (b) of this section.
(g) (h) The state board shall promulgate legislative rules pursuant to article three-b, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to
implement the provisions of this section.
§18A-4-3. State minimum annual salary increments for principals
and assistant principals.
In addition to any salary increments for principals and
assistant principals, in effect on the first day of January, two
thousand two, and paid from local funds, and in addition to the
county schedule in effect for teachers, the county board shall pay
each principal, a principal's salary increment and each assistant
principal an assistant principal's salary increment as prescribed
by this section from state funds appropriated for the salary
increments.
State funds for this purpose shall be paid within the West
Virginia public school support plan in accordance with article
nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code.
The salary increment in this section for each principal shall
be determined by multiplying the basic salary for teachers in
accordance with the classification of certification and of training
of the principal as prescribed in this article, by the appropriate
percentage rate prescribed in this section according to the number
of teachers supervised.
STATE MINIMUM SALARY INCREMENT
RATES FOR PRINCIPALS
EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2002
No. of Teachers
Supervised Rates
1-79.0%
8-149.5%
15-2410.0%
25-3810.5%
39-5711.0%
58 and up11.5%
STATE MINIMUM SALARY INCREMENT
RATES FOR PRINCIPALS
EFFECTIVE ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2002
No. of Teachers
Supervised Rates
1-710.0%
8-1410.5%
15-2411.0%
25-3811.5%
39-5712.0%
58 and up12.5%
The salary increment in this section for each assistant
principal shall be determined in the same manner as that for
principals, utilizing the number of teachers supervised by the
principal under whose direction the assistant principal works,
except that the percentage rate shall be fifty percent of the rate
prescribed for the principal.
Salaries for employment beyond the minimum employment term
shall be at the same daily rate as the salaries for the minimum
employment terms.
For the purpose of determining the number of teachers
supervised by a principal, the county board shall use data for the
second school month of the prior school term and the number of
teachers shall be interpreted to mean the total number of
professional educators assigned to each school on a full-time
equivalency basis: Provided, That if there is a change in
circumstances because of consolidation or catastrophe, the county
board shall determine what is a reasonable number of supervised
teachers in order to establish the appropriate increment percentage
rate.
No county may reduce local funds allocated for salary
increments for principals and assistant principals in effect on the
first day of January, two thousand two, and used in supplementing
the state minimum salaries as provided for in this article, unless
forced to do so by defeat of a special levy, or a loss in assessed
values or events over which it has no control and for which the
county board has received approval from the state board prior to
making the reduction.
Nothing in this section prevents a county board from
providing, in a uniform manner, salary increments greater than
those required by this section.
(a) Effective on and after the first day of July, two thousand
five, in addition to any salary increments for principals and
assistant principals, in effect on the first day of July, two
thousand five, and paid from local funds, and in addition to the
county schedule in effect for teachers, the county board shall pay each principal, a principal's salary increment and each assistant
principal an assistant principal's salary increment as prescribed
by this section from state funds appropriated for the salary
increments.
State funds for this purpose shall be paid within the West
Virginia public school support plan in accordance with article
nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code.
The salary increment in this section for each principal shall
be determined by multiplying the basic salary for teachers in
accordance with the classification of certification and of training
of the principal as prescribed in this article, by the appropriate
percentage rate prescribed in this section according to the number
of teachers supervised.
STATE MINIMUM SALARY INCREMENT
RATES FOR PRINCIPALS
EFFECTIVE ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2006
No. of Teachers
Supervised Rates
1-713.0%
8-1413.5%
15-2414.0%
25-3814.5%
39-5715.0%
58 and up15.5%
The salary increment in this section for each assistant
principal shall be determined in the same manner as that for principals, utilizing the number of teachers supervised by the
principal under whose direction the assistant principal works,
except that the percentage rate shall be fifty percent of the rate
prescribed for the principal.
Salaries for employment beyond the minimum employment term
shall be at the same daily rate as the salaries for the minimum
employment terms.
For the purpose of determining the number of teachers
supervised by a principal, the county board shall use data for the
second school month of the prior school term and the number of
teachers shall be interpreted to mean the total number of
professional educators assigned to each school on a full-time
equivalency basis: Provided, That if there is a change in
circumstances because of consolidation or catastrophe, the county
board shall determine what is a reasonable number of supervised
teachers in order to establish the appropriate increment percentage
rate.
No county may reduce local funds allocated for salary
increments for principals and assistant principals in effect on the
first day of July, two thousand five, and used in supplementing the
state minimum salaries as provided for in this article, unless
forced to do so by defeat of a special levy, or a loss in assessed
values or events over which it has no control and for which the
county board has received approval from the state board prior to
making the reduction.
Nothing in this section prevents a county board from providing, in a uniform manner, salary increments greater than
those required by this section.