Bill Text: MS HB322 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Teachers; extend years for annual incremental increases from 35 to 40 years.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee [HB322 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-HB322-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Education
By: Representative Moore
House Bill 322
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-19-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE FOR WHICH PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE PAID AN ANNUAL INCREMENTAL INCREASE FROM 35 TO 40; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-19-7. (1) This * * *
subsection shall be
known and may be cited as the Mississippi "Teacher Opportunity Program
(TOP)." The allowance in the Mississippi Adequate Education Program for
teachers' salaries in each * * * school district shall be
determined and paid in accordance with the scale for teachers' salaries as
provided in this subsection. For teachers holding the following types of
licenses or the equivalent as determined by the State Board of Education, and
the following number of years of teaching experience, the scale shall be as
follows:
2007-2008 School Year and School Years Thereafter
Less Than 25 Years of Teaching Experience
AAAA............................................... $ 35,020.00
AAA................................................ 33,990.00
AA................................................. 32,960.00
A.................................................. 30,900.00
25 or More Years of Teaching Experience
AAAA............................................... $ 37,080.00
AAA................................................ 36,050.00
AA................................................. 35,020.00
A.................................................. 32,960.00
The State Board of Education
shall revise the salary scale prescribed above for the 2007-2008 school year to
conform to any adjustments made to the salary scale in prior fiscal years due
to revenue growth over and above five percent (5%). For each one percent (1%)
that the Sine Die General Fund Revenue Estimate Growth exceeds five percent
(5%) for fiscal year * * * 2012,
as certified by the Legislative Budget Office to the State Board of Education
and subject to specific appropriation therefor by the Legislature, the State
Board of Education shall revise the salary scale to provide an additional one
percent (1%) across-the-board increase in the base salaries for each type of
license.
It is the intent of the
Legislature that any state funds made available for salaries of licensed
personnel in excess of the funds paid for such salaries for the 1986-1987
school year shall be paid to licensed personnel * * * in accordance with a
personnel appraisal and compensation system implemented by the State Board of
Education. The State Board of Education shall have the authority to adopt and
amend rules and regulations as are necessary to establish, administer and
maintain the system.
[Until July 1, 2012, this paragraph shall read as follows:]
All teachers employed on a full-time basis shall be paid a minimum salary in accordance with the above scale. Provided, however, that school districts are authorized to reduce the state minimum salary by a pro rata daily amount in order to comply with the school district employee furlough provisions of Section 37-7-308.
[From and after July 1, 2012, this paragraph shall read as follows:]
All teachers employed on a full-time basis shall be paid a minimum salary in accordance with the above scale. However, no school district shall receive any funds under this section for any school year during which the local supplement paid to any individual teacher shall have been reduced to a sum less than that paid to that individual teacher for performing the same duties from local supplement during the immediately preceding school year. The amount actually spent for the purposes of group health and/or life insurance shall be considered as a part of the aggregate amount of local supplement but shall not be considered a part of the amount of individual local supplement.
* * *
* * *
2012-2013
School Year
And School Years Thereafter Annual Increments
For teachers holding a Class
AAAA license, the minimum base pay specified in this subsection shall be
increased by the sum of Seven Hundred Ninety-four Dollars ($794.00) for each
year of teaching experience possessed by the person holding * * *
the license until * * *
that person * * *
has
forty (40) years of teaching experience.
For teachers holding a Class
AAA license, the minimum base pay specified in this subsection shall be
increased by the sum of Seven Hundred Twenty-seven Dollars ($727.00) for each
year of teaching experience possessed by the person holding * * *
the license until * * *
that person * * *
has
forty (40) years of teaching experience.
For teachers holding a Class
AA license, the minimum base pay specified in this subsection shall be
increased by the sum of Six Hundred Sixty Dollars ($660.00) for each year of
teaching experience possessed by the person holding * * * the license until * * *
that person * * *
has
forty (40) years of teaching experience.
For teachers holding a Class
A license, the minimum base pay specified in this subsection shall be increased
by the sum of Four Hundred Ninety-five Dollars ($495.00) for each year of
teaching experience possessed by the person holding * * * the license until * * *
that person * * *
has
forty (40) years of teaching experience.
The level of professional
training of each teacher to be used in establishing the salary allotment for
the teachers for each year shall be determined by the type of valid teacher's
license issued to those teachers on or before October 1 of the current school
year. * * * However, * * *
school districts are
authorized, in their discretion, to negotiate the salary levels applicable to * * *
licensed
employees who are receiving retirement benefits from the retirement system of
another state, and the annual experience increment provided above in Section 37-19-7
shall not be applicable to any such retired * * * licensed employee.
(2) (a) The following employees shall receive an annual salary supplement in the amount of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00), plus fringe benefits, in addition to any other compensation to which the employee may be entitled:
(i) Any licensed
teacher who has met the requirements and acquired a Master Teacher certificate
from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and who is employed
by a local school board or the State Board of Education as a teacher and not as
an administrator. * * * The teacher shall submit documentation to the State
Department of Education that the certificate was received * * *
before October 15
in order to be eligible for the full salary supplement in the current school
year, or the teacher shall submit * * * the documentation to the State
Department of Education * * * prior tobefore February 15 in order to be eligible for
a prorated salary supplement beginning with the second term of the school year.
(ii) A licensed
nurse who has met the requirements and acquired a certificate from the National
Board for Certification of School Nurses, Inc., and who is employed by a local
school board or the State Board of Education as a school nurse and not as an
administrator. The licensed school nurse shall submit documentation to the
State Department of Education that the certificate was received before October
15 in order to be eligible for the full salary supplement in the current school
year, or the licensed school nurse shall submit the documentation to the State
Department of Education before February 15 in order to be eligible for a
prorated salary supplement beginning with the second term of the school year. * * *
However, * * * the total
number of licensed school nurses eligible for a salary supplement under this
subparagraph (ii) shall not exceed thirty (30).
(iii) Any
licensed school counselor who has met the requirements and acquired a National
Certified School Counselor (NCSC) endorsement from the National Board of
Certified Counselors and who is employed by a local school board or the State
Board of Education as a counselor and not as an administrator. * * *
The licensed school
counselor shall submit documentation to the State Department of Education that
the endorsement was received * * * before October 15 in order to be
eligible for the full salary supplement in the current school year, or the
licensed school counselor shall submit * * * the documentation to the State
Department of Education * * * prior tobefore February 15 in order to be eligible for
a prorated salary supplement beginning with the second term of the school year.
However, any school counselor who started the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards process for school counselors between June 1,
2003, and June 30, 2004, and completes the requirements and acquires the Master
Teacher certificate shall be entitled to the master teacher supplement, and
those counselors who complete the process shall be entitled to a one-time
reimbursement for the actual cost of the process as outlined in paragraph (b)
of this subsection.
(iv) Any licensed
speech-language pathologist and audiologist who has met the requirements and
acquired a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association and who is employed by a local school board or is employed by a
state agency under the State Personnel Board. * * * The licensed speech-language
pathologist and audiologist shall submit documentation to the State Department
of Education that the certificate or endorsement was received * * *
before October 15
in order to be eligible for the full salary supplement in the current school
year, or the licensed speech-language pathologist and audiologist shall submit * * *
the documentation to
the State Department of Education * * * before February 15 in order to
be eligible for a prorated salary supplement beginning with the second term of
the school year.
(b) An employee shall
be reimbursed one (1) time for the actual cost of completing the process of
acquiring the certificate or endorsement, excluding any costs incurred for
postgraduate courses, not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for a school
counselor or speech-language pathologist and audiologist, regardless of whether
or not the process resulted in the award of the certificate or endorsement. A
local school district or any private individual or entity may pay the cost of
completing the process of acquiring the certificate or endorsement for any
employee of the school district described under paragraph (a), and the State
Department of Education shall reimburse the school district for * * *
the cost, regardless
of whether or not the process resulted in the award of the certificate or
endorsement. If a private individual or entity has paid the cost of completing
the process of acquiring the certificate or endorsement for an employee, the
local school district may agree to directly reimburse the individual or entity
for * * * the
cost on behalf of the employee.
(c) All salary
supplements, fringe benefits and process reimbursement authorized under this
subsection shall be paid directly by the State Department of Education to the
local school district and shall be in addition to its * * * adequate education program
allotments and not a part thereof in accordance with regulations promulgated by
the State Board of Education, and subject to appropriation by the Legislature.
Local school districts shall not reduce the local supplement paid to any
employee receiving * * * the salary supplement, and the employee shall receive any
local supplement to which employees with similar training and experience
otherwise are entitled.
(d) The State
Department of Education may not pay any process reimbursement to a school
district for an employee who does not complete the certification or endorsement
process required to be eligible for the certificate or endorsement. If an
employee for whom * * * the cost has been paid, in full or in part, by a local school
district or private individual or entity fails to complete the certification or
endorsement process, the employee shall be liable to the school district or
individual or entity for all amounts paid by the school district or individual
or entity on behalf of that employee toward his or her certificate or
endorsement.
(3) (a) Effective July 1, 2007, if funds are available for that purpose, the Legislature may authorize state funds for additional base compensation for teachers holding licenses in critical subject areas or the equivalent and who teach at least a majority of their courses in a critical subject area, as determined by the State Board of Education.
(b) Effective July 1, 2007, if funds are available for that purpose, the Legislature may authorize state funds for additional base compensation for teachers employed in a public school district located in a geographic area of the state designated as a critical teacher shortage area by the State Board of Education.
(4) (a) This * * *
subsection shall be
known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Performance-Based Pay
(MPBP)" plan. In addition to the minimum base pay described in this
section, only after full funding of MAEP and if funds are available for that
purpose, the State of Mississippi may provide monies from state funds to school
districts for the purposes of rewarding * * * licensed teachers, administrators
and nonlicensed personnel at individual schools showing improvement in student
test scores. The MPBP plan shall be developed by the State Department of
Education based on the following criteria:
(i) It is the
express intent of this legislation that the MPBP plan shall * * *
use only existing
standards of accreditation and assessment as established by the State Board of
Education.
(ii) To ensure
that all of Mississippi's teachers, administrators and nonlicensed personnel at
all schools have equal access to the monies set aside in this * * *
subsection, the MPBP
program shall be designed to calculate each school's performance as determined
by the school's increase in scores from the * * * preceding school year. The MPBP
program shall be based on a standardized scores rating where all levels of
schools can be judged in a statistically fair and reasonable way upon
implementation. At the end of each year, after all student achievement scores
have been standardized, the State Department of Education shall implement the
MPBP plan.
(iii) To ensure all teachers cooperate in the spirit of teamwork, individual schools shall submit a plan to the local school district to be approved before the beginning of each school year beginning July 1, 2008. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, how all teachers, regardless of subject area, and administrators will be responsible for improving student achievement for their individual school.
(b) The State Board of Education shall develop the processes and procedures for designating schools eligible to participate in the MPBP. State assessment results, growth in student achievement at individual schools and other measures deemed appropriate in designating successful student achievement shall be used in establishing MPBP criteria. The State Board of Education shall develop the MPBP policies and procedures and report to the Legislature and Governor by December 1, 2006.
(5) (a) Beginning in the
2008-2009 school year, if funds are available for that purpose, each school in
Mississippi shall have mentor teachers, as defined by Sections 37-9-201 through
37-9-213, who shall receive additional base compensation provided for by the
State Legislature in the amount of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per each
beginning teacher that is being mentored. The additional state compensation
shall be limited to those mentor teachers that provide mentoring services to
beginning teachers. For the purposes of * * * the funding, a beginning teacher
shall be defined as any teacher in any school in Mississippi that has less than
one (1) year of classroom experience teaching in a public school. For the
purposes of * * * the
funding, no full-time academic teacher shall mentor more than two (2) beginning
teachers.
(b) To be eligible for this state funding, the individual school must have a classroom management program approved by the local school board.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.
