H. B. 2013
(By Delegate Romine)
[Introduced February 11, 2009; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-4-3 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to increased salary increments paid
to principals and assistant principals.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18A-4-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-3. State minimum annual salary increments for principals
and assistant principals.
(a) In addition to any salary increments for principals and
assistant principals, in effect on
the first day of January, two
thousand eight July 1, 2009, 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.
(b) 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.
(c) 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, 2008
No. of Teachers
Supervised Rates
1-710.0%
8-1410.5%
15-2411.0%
25-3811.5%
39-5712.0%
58 and up12.5%
STATE MINIMUM SALARY INCREMENT
RATES FOR PRINCIPALS
EFFECTIVE ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2008 2009
No. of Teachers
Supervised
Rates
1-7
11.0% 14.0%
8-14
11.5% 14.5%
15-24
12.0% 15.0%
25-38
12.5% 15.5%
39-57
13.0% 16.0%
58 and up
13.5% 16.5%
(d) The salary increment in this section for each assistant
principal shall be determined in the same manner as that for
principals using 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.
(e) Salaries for employment beyond the minimum employment term
shall be at the same daily rate as the salaries for the minimum
employment terms.
(f) 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.
(g) 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 eight January 1, 2009, and used
in supplementing the state minimum salaries as provided 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.
(h) Nothing in this section prevents a county board from
providing, in a uniform manner, salary increments greater than
those required by this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase salary
increments paid to principals and assistant principals.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.