West Virginia-2015-SB422-Introduced

[Introduced February 5, 2015; referred to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-4-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to increasing salaries for teachers through fiscal year 2020.

That §18A-4-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

(a) It is the goal of the Legislature to increase the state minimum salary for teachers with zero years of experience and an A. B. degree, including the equity supplement, to at least $43,000 by fiscal year 2019.

(b) Beginning July 1, 2014, and continuing 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




Years	4th	3rd	2nd		A.B.		M.A.	M.A.	M.A.	Doc-
Exp.	Class	Class	Class	A.B.	+15	M.A.	+15	+30	+45	torate

0	27,917	28,606	28,872	30,315	31,076	32,843	33,604	34,365	35,126	36,161
1	28,245	28,934	29,200	30,833	31,594	33,362	34,123	34,883	35,644	36,679
2	28,574	29,262	29,528	31,352	32,113	33,880	34,641	35,402	36,163	37,198
3	28,902	29,590	29,856	31,871	32,631	34,399	35,160	35,920	36,681	37,716
4	29,474	30,162	30,428	32,633	33,394	35,162	35,923	36,683	37,444	38,479
5	29,802	30,490	30,756	33,152	33,913	35,680	36,441	37,202	37,963	38,998
6	30,130	30,818	31,084	33,670	34,431	36,199	36,960	37,720	38,481	39,516
7	30,458	31,147	31,412	34,189	34,950	36,717	37,478	38,239	39,000	40,035
8	30,786	31,475	31,741	34,707	35,468	37,236	37,997	38,757	39,518	40,553
9	31,114	31,803	32,069	35,226	35,987	37,754	38,515	39,276	40,037	41,072
10	31,443	32,131	32,397	35,746	36,506	38,274	39,035	39,796	40,556	41,591
11	31,771	32,459	32,725	36,264	37,025	38,793	39,553	40,314	41,075	42,110
12	32,099	32,787	33,053	36,783	37,543	39,311	40,072	40,833	41,593	42,628
13	32,427	33,115	33,381	37,301	38,062	39,830	40,590	41,351	42,112	43,147
14	32,755	33,443	33,709	37,820	38,580	40,348	41,109	41,870	42,630	43,665
15	33,083	33,771	34,037	38,338	39,099	40,867	41,627	42,388	43,149	44,184
16	33,411	34,099	34,365	38,857	39,617	41,385	42,146	42,907	43,667	44,702
17	33,739	34,428	34,693	39,375	40,136	41,904	42,665	43,425	44,186	45,221
18	34,067	34,756	35,022	39,894	40,655	42,422	43,183	43,944	44,705	45,740
19	34,395	35,084	35,350	40,412	41,173	42,941	43,702	44,462	45,223	46,258
20	34,723	35,412	35,678	40,931	41,692	43,459	44,220	44,981	45,742	46,777
21	35,052	35,740	36,006	41,449	42,210	43,978	44,739	45,499	46,260	47,295
22	35,380	36,068	36,334	41,968	42,729	44,496	45,257	46,018	46,779	47,814
23	35,708	36,396	36,662	42,487	43,247	45,015	45,776	46,536	47,297	48,332
24	36,036	36,724	36,990	43,005	43,766	45,534	46,294	47,055	47,816	48,851
25	36,364	37,052	37,318	43,524	44,284	46,052	46,813	47,574	48,334	49,369
26	36,692	37,380	37,646	44,042	44,803	46,571	47,331	48,092	48,853	49,888
27	37,020	37,708	37,974	44,561	45,321	47,089	47,850	48,611	49,371	50,406
28	37,348	38,037	38,302	45,079	45,840	47,608	48,368	49,129	49,890	50,925
29	37,676	38,365	38,631	45,598	46,358	48,126	48,887	49,648	50,408	51,443
30	38,004	38,693	38,959	46,116	46,877	48,645	49,405	50,166	50,927	51,962
31	38,333	39,021	39,287	46,635	47,396	49,163	49,924	50,685	51,445	52,480
32	38,661	39,349	39,615	47,153	47,914	49,682	50,443	51,203	51,964	52,999
33	38,989	39,677	39,943	47,672	48,433	50,200	50,961	51,722	52,483	53,518
34	39,317	40,005	40,271	48,190	48,951	50,719	51,480	52,240	53,001	54,036
35	39,645	40,333	40,599	48,709	49,470	51,237	51,998	52,759	53,520	54,555

(c) Beginning July 1, 2015, 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.

Years	4th	3rd	2nd		A.B.		M.A.	M.A.	M.A.	Doc-
Exp.	Class	Class	Class	A.B.	+15	M.A.	+15	+30	+45	torate
0	28417	29106	29372	30815	31576	33343	34104	34865	35626	36661
1	28745	29434	29700	31333	32094	33862	34623	35383	36144	37179
2	29074	29762	30028	31852	32613	34380	35141	35902	36663	37698
3	29402	30090	30356	32371	33131	34899	35660	36420	37181	38216
4	29974	30662	30928	33133	33894	35662	36423	37183	37944	38979
5	30302	30990	31256	33652	34413	36180	36941	37702	38463	39498
6	30630	31318	31584	34170	34931	36699	37460	38220	38981	40016
7	30958	31647	31912	34689	35450	37217	37978	38739	39500	40535
8	31286	31975	32241	35207	35968	37736	38497	39257	40018	41053
9	31614	32303	32569	35726	36487	38254	39015	39776	40537	41572
10	31943	32631	32897	36246	37006	38774	39535	40296	41056	42091
11	32271	32959	33225	36764	37525	39293	40053	40814	41575	42610
12	32599	33287	33553	37283	38043	39811	40572	41333	42093	43128
13	32927	33615	33881	37801	38562	40330	41090	41851	42612	43647
14	33255	33943	34209	38320	39080	40848	41609	42370	43130	44165
15	33583	34271	34537	38838	39599	41367	42127	42888	43649	44684
16	33911	34599	34865	39357	40117	41885	42646	43407	44167	45202
17	34239	34928	35193	39875	40636	42404	43165	43925	44686	45721
18	34567	35256	35522	40394	41155	42922	43683	44444	45205	46240
19	34895	35584	35850	40912	41673	43441	44202	44962	45723	46758
20	35223	35912	36178	41431	42192	43959	44720	45481	46242	47277
21	35552	36240	36506	41949	42710	44478	45239	45999	46760	47795
22	35880	36568	36834	42468	43229	44996	45757	46518	47279	48314
23	36208	36896	37162	42987	43747	45515	46276	47036	47797	48832
24	36536	37224	37490	43505	44266	46034	46794	47555	48316	49351
25	36864	37552	37818	44024	44784	46552	47313	48074	48834	49869
26	37192	37880	38146	44542	45303	47071	47831	48592	49353	50388
27	37520	38208	38474	45061	45821	47589	48350	49111	49871	50906
28	37848	38537	38802	45579	46340	48108	48868	49629	50390	51425
29	38176	38865	39131	46098	46858	48626	49387	50148	50908	51943
30	38504	39193	39459	46616	47377	49145	49905	50666	51427	52462
31	38833	39521	39787	47135	47896	49663	50424	51185	51945	52980
32	39161	39849	40115	47653	48414	50182	50943	51703	52464	53499
33	39489	40177	40443	48172	48933	50700	51461	52222	52983	54018
34	39817	40505	40771	48690	49451	51219	51980	52740	53501	54536
35	40145	40833	41099	49209	49970	51737	52498	53259	54020	55055

(d) Beginning July 1, 2016, 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.

Years	4th	3td	2nd		A.B.		M.A.	M.A.	M.A.	Doc-
Exp.	Class	Class	Class	A.B.	+15	M.A.	+15	+30	+45	torate
0	30917	31606	31872	33315	34076	35843	36604	37365	38126	39161
1	31245	31934	32200	33833	34594	36362	37123	37883	38644	39679
2	31574	32262	32528	34352	35113	36880	37641	38402	39163	40198
3	31902	32590	32856	34871	35631	37399	38160	38920	39681	40716
4	32474	33162	33428	35633	36394	38162	38923	39683	40444	41479
5	32802	33490	33756	36152	36913	38680	39441	40202	40963	41998
6	33130	33818	34084	36670	37431	39199	39960	40720	41481	42516
7	33458	34147	34412	37189	37950	39717	40478	41239	42000	43035
8	33786	34475	34741	37707	38468	40236	40997	41757	42518	43553
9	34114	34803	35069	38226	38987	40754	41515	42276	43037	44072
10	34443	35131	35397	38746	39506	41274	42035	42796	43556	44591
11	34771	35459	35725	39264	40025	41793	42553	43314	44075	45110
12	35099	35787	36053	39783	40543	42311	43072	43833	44593	45628
13	35427	36115	36381	40301	41062	42830	43590	44351	45112	46147
14	35755	36443	36709	40820	41580	43348	44109	44870	45630	46665
15	36083	36771	37037	41338	42099	43867	44627	45388	46149	47184
16	36411	37099	37365	41857	42617	44385	45146	45907	46667	47702
17	36739	37428	37693	42375	43136	44904	45665	46425	47186	48221
18	37067	37756	38022	42894	43655	45422	46183	46944	47705	48740
19	37395	38084	38350	43412	44173	45941	46702	47462	48223	49258
20	37723	38412	38678	43931	44692	46459	47220	47981	48742	49777
21	38052	38740	39006	44449	45210	46978	47739	48499	49260	50295
22	38380	39068	39334	44968	45729	47496	48257	49018	49779	50814
23	38708	39396	39662	45487	46247	48015	48776	49536	50297	51332
24	39036	39724	39990	46005	46766	48534	49294	50055	50816	51851
25	39364	40052	40318	46524	47284	49052	49813	50574	51334	52369
26	39692	40380	40646	47042	47803	49571	50331	51092	51853	52888
27	40020	40708	40974	47561	48321	50089	50850	51611	52371	53406
28	40348	41037	41302	48079	48840	50608	51368	52129	52890	53925
29	40676	41365	41631	48598	49358	51126	51887	52648	53408	54443
30	41004	41693	41959	49116	49877	51645	52405	53166	53927	54962
31	41333	42021	42287	49635	50396	52163	52924	53685	54445	55480
32	41661	42349	42615	50153	50914	52682	53443	54203	54964	55999
33	41989	42677	42943	50672	51433	53200	53961	54722	55483	56518
34	42317	43005	43271	51190	51951	53719	54480	55240	56001	57036
35	42645	43333	43599	51709	52470	54237	54998	55759	56520	57555

(e) Beginning July 1, 2017, 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.

Years	4th	3rd	2nd		A.B.		M.A.	M.A.	M.A.	Doc-
Exp.	Class	Class	Class	A.B.	+15	M.A.	+15	+30	+45	torate
0	33417	34106	34372	35815	36576	38343	39104	39865	40626	41661
1	33745	34434	34700	36333	37094	38862	39623	40383	41144	42179
2	34074	34762	35028	36852	37613	39380	40141	40902	41663	42698
3	34402	35090	35356	37371	38131	39899	40660	41420	42181	43216
4	34974	35662	35928	38133	38894	40662	41423	42183	42944	43979
5	35302	35990	36256	38652	39413	41180	41941	42702	43463	44498
6	35630	36318	36584	39170	39931	41699	42460	43220	43981	45016
7	35958	36647	36912	39689	40450	42217	42978	43739	44500	45535
8	36286	36975	37241	40207	40968	42736	43497	44257	45018	46053
9	36614	37303	37569	40726	41487	43254	44015	44776	45537	46572
10	36943	37631	37897	41246	42006	43774	44535	45296	46056	47091
11	37271	37959	38225	41764	42525	44293	45053	45814	46575	47610
12	37599	38287	38553	42283	43043	44811	45572	46333	47093	48128
13	37927	38615	38881	42801	43562	45330	46090	46851	47612	48647
14	38255	38943	39209	43320	44080	45848	46609	47370	48130	49165
15	38583	39271	39537	43838	44599	46367	47127	47888	48649	49684
16	38911	39599	39865	44357	45117	46885	47646	48407	49167	50202
17	39239	39928	40193	44875	45636	47404	48165	48925	49686	50721
18	39567	40256	40522	45394	46155	47922	48683	49444	50205	51240
19	39895	40584	40850	45912	46673	48441	49202	49962	50723	51758
20	40223	40912	41178	46431	47192	48959	49720	50481	51242	52277
21	40552	41240	41506	46949	47710	49478	50239	50999	51760	52795
22	40880	41568	41834	47468	48229	49996	50757	51518	52279	53314
23	41208	41896	42162	47987	48747	50515	51276	52036	52797	53832
24	41536	42224	42490	48505	49266	51034	51794	52555	53316	54351
25	41864	42552	42818	49024	49784	51552	52313	53074	53834	54869
26	42192	42880	43146	49542	50303	52071	52831	53592	54353	55388
27	42520	43208	43474	50061	50821	52589	53350	54111	54871	55906
28	42848	43537	43802	50579	51340	53108	53868	54629	55390	56425
29	43176	43865	44131	51098	51858	53626	54387	55148	55908	56943
30	43504	44193	44459	51616	52377	54145	54905	55666	56427	57462
31	43833	44521	44787	52135	52896	54663	55424	56185	56945	57980
32	44161	44849	45115	52653	53414	55182	55943	56703	57464	58499
33	44489	45177	45443	53172	53933	55700	56461	57222	57983	59018
34	44817	45505	45771	53690	54451	56219	56980	57740	58501	59536
35	45145	45833	46099	54209	54970	56737	57498	58259	59020	60055

(f) Beginning July 1, 2018, 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.

Years	4th	3rd	2nd		A.B.		M.A.	M.A.	M.A.	Doc-
Exp.	Class	Class	Class	A.B.	+15	M.A.	+15	+30	+45	torate
0	35917	36606	36872	38315	39076	40843	41604	42365	43126	44161
1	36245	36934	37200	38833	39594	41362	42123	42883	43644	44679
2	36574	37262	37528	39352	40113	41880	42641	43402	44163	45198
3	36902	37590	37856	39871	40631	42399	43160	43920	44681	45716
4	37474	38162	38428	40633	41394	43162	43923	44683	45444	46479
5	37802	38490	38756	41152	41913	43680	44441	45202	45963	46998
6	38130	38818	39084	41670	42431	44199	44960	45720	46481	47516
7	38458	39147	39412	42189	42950	44717	45478	46239	47000	48035
8	38786	39475	39741	42707	43468	45236	45997	46757	47518	48553
9	39114	39803	40069	43226	43987	45754	46515	47276	48037	49072
10	39443	40131	40397	43746	44506	46274	47035	47796	48556	49591
11	39771	40459	40725	44264	45025	46793	47553	48314	49075	50110
12	40099	40787	41053	44783	45543	47311	48072	48833	49593	50628
13	40427	41115	41381	45301	46062	47830	48590	49351	50112	51147
14	40755	41443	41709	45820	46580	48348	49109	49870	50630	51665
15	41083	41771	42037	46338	47099	48867	49627	50388	51149	52184
16	41411	42099	42365	46857	47617	49385	50146	50907	51667	52702
17	41739	42428	42693	47375	48136	49904	50665	51425	52186	53221
18	42067	42756	43022	47894	48655	50422	51183	51944	52705	53740
19	42395	43084	43350	48412	49173	50941	51702	52462	53223	54258
20	42723	43412	43678	48931	49692	51459	52220	52981	53742	54777
21	43052	43740	44006	49449	50210	51978	52739	53499	54260	55295
22	43380	44068	44334	49968	50729	52496	53257	54018	54779	55814
23	43708	44396	44662	50487	51247	53015	53776	54536	55297	56332
24	44036	44724	44990	51005	51766	53534	54294	55055	55816	56851
25	44364	45052	45318	51524	52284	54052	54813	55574	56334	57369
26	44692	45380	45646	52042	52803	54571	55331	56092	56853	57888
27	45020	45708	45974	52561	53321	55089	55850	56611	57371	58406
28	45348	46037	46302	53079	53840	55608	56368	57129	57890	58925
29	45676	46365	46631	53598	54358	56126	56887	57648	58408	59443
30	46004	46693	46959	54116	54877	56645	57405	58166	58927	59962
31	46333	47021	47287	54635	55396	57163	57924	58685	59445	60480
32	46661	47349	47615	55153	55914	57682	58443	59203	59964	60999
33	46989	47677	47943	55672	56433	58200	58961	59722	60483	61518
34	47317	48005	48271	56190	56951	58719	59480	60240	61001	62036
35	47645	48333	48599	56709	57470	59237	59998	60759	61520	62555

(g) Beginning July 1, 2019, 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.

Years	4th	3rd	2nd		A.B.		M.A.	M.A.	M.A.	Doc-
Exp.	Class	Class	Class	A.B.	+15	M.A.	+15	+30	+45	torate
0	38417	39106	39372	40815	41576	43343	44104	44865	45626	46661
1	38745	39434	39700	41333	42094	43862	44623	45383	46144	47179
2	39074	39762	40028	41852	42613	44380	45141	45902	46663	47698
3	39402	40090	40356	42371	43131	44899	45660	46420	47181	48216
4	39974	40662	40928	43133	43894	45662	46423	47183	47944	48979
5	40302	40990	41256	43652	44413	46180	46941	47702	48463	49498
6	40630	41318	41584	44170	44931	46699	47460	48220	48981	50016
7	40958	41647	41912	44689	45450	47217	47978	48739	49500	50535
8	41286	41975	42241	45207	45968	47736	48497	49257	50018	51053
9	41614	42303	42569	45726	46487	48254	49015	49776	50537	51572
10	41943	42631	42897	46246	47006	48774	49535	50296	51056	52091
11	42271	42959	43225	46764	47525	49293	50053	50814	51575	52610
12	42599	43287	43553	47283	48043	49811	50572	51333	52093	53128
13	42927	43615	43881	47801	48562	50330	51090	51851	52612	53647
14	43255	43943	44209	48320	49080	50848	51609	52370	53130	54165
15	43583	44271	44537	48838	49599	51367	52127	52888	53649	54684
16	43911	44599	44865	49357	50117	51885	52646	53407	54167	55202
17	44239	44928	45193	49875	50636	52404	53165	53925	54686	55721
18	44567	45256	45522	50394	51155	52922	53683	54444	55205	56240
19	44895	45584	45850	50912	51673	53441	54202	54962	55723	56758
20	45223	45912	46178	51431	52192	53959	54720	55481	56242	57277
21	45552	46240	46506	51949	52710	54478	55239	55999	56760	57795
22	45880	46568	46834	52468	53229	54996	55757	56518	57279	58314
23	46208	46896	47162	52987	53747	55515	56276	57036	57797	58832
24	46536	47224	47490	53505	54266	56034	56794	57555	58316	59351
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(c) (h) Six hundred dollars shall be paid annually to each classroom teacher who has at least twenty years of teaching experience. 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) (I) To meet the objective of salary equity among the counties as set forth in section five of this article, each teacher shall be paid an equity supplement amount as applicable for his or her classification of certification or classification of training and years of experience as follows, subject to the provisions of that section:

(1) For "4th Class" at zero years of experience, $1,781. An additional $38 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(2) For "3rd Class" at zero years of experience, $1,796. An additional $67 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(3) For "2nd Class" at zero years of experience, $1,877. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(4) For "A. B." at zero years of experience, $2,360. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(5) For "A. B.+ 15" at zero years of experience, $2,452. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(6) For "M. A." at zero years of experience, $2,644. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(7) For "M. A.+ 15" at zero years of experience, $2,740. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(8) For "M. A.+ 30" at zero years of experience, $2,836. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience;

(9) For "M. A + 45" at zero years of experience, $2,836. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience; and

(10) For "Doctorate" at zero years of experience, $2,927. An additional $69 shall be paid for each year of experience up to and including thirty-five years of experience.

These payments: (I) Shall be in addition to any amounts prescribed in the applicable State Minimum Salary Schedule, any specific additional amounts prescribed in this section and article and any county supplement in effect in a county pursuant to section five-a of this article; (ii) shall be paid in equal monthly installments; and (iii) shall be considered a part of the state minimum salaries for teachers.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to raise minimum teacher salaries through fiscal year 2020.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.