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Public Law 84–243
To fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Approved August 5, 1955
Statutory text
AN ACT
To fix and regulate the salaries of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the, United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I— SALARY SCHEDULES
Section 1.
That the following are the salary schedules for teachers, school officers, and certain other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia whose positions are included therein:
| Salary class and position | Service step 1 minimum | Service step 2 | Service step 3 | Service step 4 | Service step 5 | Service step 6 | Service step 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1: Superintendent of schools: | |||||||
| Bachelor’s degree | $14,000 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Master’s degree | 16,000 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Doctor’s degree | 18,000 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Class 2: Deputy superintendent | 11,700 | $12,000 | $12,300 | $12,600 | $12,900 | $13,200 | $13,500 |
| Classic 3: Assistant superintendent; president, teachers college | 10,100 | 10,400 | 10,700 | 11,000 | 11,300 | 11,600 | 11,900 |
| Class 4 | 9,500 | 9,700 | 9,900 | 10,100 | 10,300 | 10,500 | 10,700 |
| Class 5: | |||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 8,600 | 8,800 | 9,000 | 9,200 | 9,400 | 9,600 | 9,800 |
| Group C, master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 8,800 | 9,000 | 9,200 | 9,400 | 9,600 | 9,800 | 10,000 |
| Class 6: | |||||||
| Group A, bachelor’s degree | 7,700 | 7,900 | 8,100 | 8,300 | 8,500 | 8,700 | 8,900 |
| Group B, master’s degree | 8,200 | 8,400 | 8,600 | 8,800 | 9,000 | 9,200 | 9,400 |
| Group C, master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 8,400 | 8,600 | 8,800 | 9,000 | 9,200 | 11,400 | 9,600 |
| Director, Department of Food Services | |||||||
| Class 7: | |||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 7,700 | 7,900 | 8,100 | 8,300 | 8,500 | 8,700 | 8,900 |
| Group C, master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 7,900 | 8,100 | 8,300 | 8,500 | 8,700 | 8,900 | 9,100 |
| Chief Examiner | |||||||
| Director | |||||||
| Principal, senior high school | |||||||
| Class 8: Professor, teachers college | 7,700 | 7,900 | 8,100 | 8,300 | 8,500 | 8,700 | 8,900 |
| Class 9: | |||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 7,200 | 7,400 | 7,600 | 7,800 | 8,000 | 8,200 | 8,400 |
| Group C, master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 7,400 | 7,000 | 7,800 | 8,000 | 8,200 | 8,400 | 8,600 |
| Principal, vocational high school | |||||||
| Principal, junior high school | |||||||
| Principal, Americanization school | |||||||
| Class 10: | |||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 6,800 | 7,000 | 7,200 | 7,400 | 7,800 | 7,800 | 8,000 |
| Group C, master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 7,000 | 7,200 | 7,400 | 7,600 | 7,800 | 8,000 | 8,200 |
| Director, Department of School Attendance and Work Permits | |||||||
| Supervising Director | |||||||
| Principal, elementary school | |||||||
| Principal, laboratory school | |||||||
| Class 11: Associate professsor, teachers college | 6,800 | 7,000 | 7,200 | 7,400 | 7,600 | 7,800 | 8,000 |
| Class 12: | |||||||
| Group A, bachelor’s degree | 6,300 | 6,500 | 6,700 | 6,900 | 7,100 | 7,300 | 7,500 |
| Group B, master’s degree | 6,800 | 7,000 | 7,200 | 7,400 | 7,600 | 7,800 | 8,000 |
| Group C, master’s degree, plus 30 credit hours | 7,000 | 7,200 | 7,400 | 7,600 | 7,800 | 8,000 | 8,200 |
| Assistant Director, Department of Food Services | |||||||
| Class 13: | |||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 6,100 | 6,300 | 6,500 | 700 | 6,900 | 7,100 | |
| Group C, master’s degree, plus 30 credit hours | 6,300 | 6,500 | 6,700 | 6,900 | 7,100 | 7,300 | 7,500 |
| Assistant Director | |||||||
| Principal, Capitol Page School | |||||||
| Assistant principal, senior high school | |||||||
| Class 14: Assistant professor, teachers college; chief librarian, teachers college | 6,100 | 6,300 | 6,500 | 6,700 | 6,900 | 7,100 | 7,300 |
| Class 15: | |||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 5,900 | 6,100 | 6,300 | 6,500 | 6,700 | 6,900 | 7,100 |
| Group C, master’s degree, plus 30 credit hours | 6,100 | 6,300 | 6,500 | 6,700 | 6,900 | 7,100 | 7,300 |
| Assistant principal, vocational high school | |||||||
| Assistant principal, junior high school | |||||||
| Salary class and position | Service step 1 minimum | Service step 2 | Service step 3 | Service step 4 | Service step 5 | Service step 6 | Service step 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 16: | |||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | $5,700 | $5,900 | $6,100 | $6,300 | $6,500 | $6,700 | $6,000 |
| Group C, master’s degree, plus 30 credit hours | 5,900 | 6,100 | 6,300 | 6,500 | 6,700 | 6,900 | 7,100 |
| Class 17: | |||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 5,400 | 5,000 | 5,800 | 6,000 | 6,200 | 6,400 | 6,600 |
| Group C, master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 5,600 | 5,800 | 6,000 | 6,200 | 6,400 | 6,600 | 6,800 |
| Assistant | |||||||
| Supervisor | |||||||
| Chief attendance officer | |||||||
| Class 18: | |||||||
| Group A, bachelor’s degree | 3,900 | 4,060 | 4,220 | 4,380 | 4,540 | 4,700 | 4,860 |
| Group B, master’s degree | 4,400 | 4,560 | 4,720 | 4,880 | 5,040 | 5,200 | 5,360 |
| Group C, master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 4,000 | 4,760 | 4,920 | 5,080 | 5,240 | 5,400 | 5,560 |
| Instructor, teachers college | |||||||
| Librarian, teachers college | |||||||
| Teacher, senior high school | |||||||
| Teacher, vocational high school | |||||||
| Teacher, junior high school | |||||||
| Teacher, elementary school | |||||||
| School librarian | |||||||
| Counselor | |||||||
| Research assistant | |||||||
| Class 19: | |||||||
| Group A, bachelor’s degree | 3,900 | 4,000 | 4,220 | 4,380 | 4,540 | 1,700 | 4,860 |
| Group B, master’s degree | 4,400 | 4,560 | 4,720 | 4,880 | 5,040 | 5,200 | 5,360 |
| Attendance officer | |||||||
| Child labor inspector | |||||||
| Census supervisor | |||||||
| Salary class and position | Service step 8 | Service step 9 | Service step 10 | Service step 11 | Service step 12 | Service step 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1: Superintendent of schools | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Class 2: Deputy superintendent | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Class 3: Assistant superintendent; president, teachers college | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Class 4 | $10,900 | $11,100 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Class 5: | ||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 10,000 | 10,200 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Group C, master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 10,200 | 10400 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Class 6: | ||||||
| Group A, bachelor’s degree | 9,100 | 9,300 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Group B, master’s degree | 9,600 | 9,800 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Group C, master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 9,800 | 10,000 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Director, Department of Food Services | ||||||
| Class 7: | ||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 9,100 | 9,300 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Group C, master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 9,300 | 9,500 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Chief Examiner | ||||||
| Director | ||||||
| Principal, senior high school | ||||||
| Class 8: Professor, teachers college | 9,100 | 9,300 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Class 9: | ||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 8,600 | 8,800 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Group C master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 8,800 | 9,000 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Principal, vocational high school | ||||||
| Principal, junior high school | ||||||
| Principal, Americanization school | ||||||
| Class 10: | ||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 8,200 | 8400 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Group C, master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 8,400 | 8,600 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Director, Department of School Attendance and Work Permits | ||||||
| Supervising Director | ||||||
| Principal, elementary school | ||||||
| Principal, laboratory school | ||||||
| Class 11; Associate professor, teachers college | 8,200 | 8,400 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Class 12: | ||||||
| Group A, bachelor’s degree | 7,700 | 7,900 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Group B, master’s degree | 8,200 | 8,400 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Group C, master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 8,400 | 8,600 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Assistant Director, Department of Food Services | ||||||
| Class 13: | ||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 7,500 | 7,700 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Group C, master’s degree plus 30 credit hours | 7,700 | 7,900 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Assistant Director | ||||||
| Principal, Capitol Page School | ||||||
| Assistant principal, senior high school | ||||||
| Class 14: Assistant professor, teachers college; chief librarian, teachers college | 7,500 | 7,700 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Class 15: | ||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 7,300 | 7,500 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Group C, master’s degree, plus 30 credit hours | 7,500 | 7,700 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Assistant principal, vocational high school | ||||||
| Assistant principal, junior high school | ||||||
| Salary class and position | Service step 8 | Service step 9 | Service step 10 | Service step 11 | Service step 12 | Service step 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 16: | ||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | $7,100 | 17,300 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Group C, master’s degree, plus 30 credit hours | 7,300 | 7,500 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Class 17: | ||||||
| Group B, master’s degree | 6,800 | 7,000 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Group C, master’s degree, plus 30 credit hours | 7,000 | 7,200 | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| Assistant | ||||||
| Supervisor | ||||||
| Chief attendance officer | ||||||
| Class 18: | ||||||
| Group A, bachelor’s degree | 5,020 | 5,180 | $5,340 | $5,500 | $5,660 | $5,800 |
| Group B, master’s degree | 5,520 | 5,680 | 5,840 | 6,000 | 6,160 | 6,300 |
| Group C, master’s degree, plus 30 credit hours | 5,720 | 5,880 | 6,040 | 6,200 | 6,360 | 6,500 |
| Instructor, teachers college | ||||||
| Librarian, teachers college | ||||||
| Teacher, senior high school | ||||||
| Teacher, vocational high school | ||||||
| Teacher, junior high school | ||||||
| Teacher, elementary school | ||||||
| School librarian | ||||||
| Counselor | ||||||
| Research assistant | ||||||
| Class 19: | ||||||
| Group A, bachelor’s degree | 5,020 | 5,180 | 5,340 | 5,500 | 5,660 | 5,800 |
| Group B, master’s degree | 5,520 | 5,680 | 5,840 | 6,000 | 6,160 | 6,300 |
| Attendance officer | ||||||
| Child labor inspector | ||||||
| Census supervisor | ||||||
TITLE II— CLASSIFICATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF EMPLOYEES
Sec. 2.
The Board of Education on written recommendation
Eligibility requirements; appointment; promotion.
Classification and assignment.
of the Superintendent of Schools is authorized to establish the eligibility requirements and prescribe methods of appointment and promotion for teachers, school officers, and other employees. The Board of
Teachers, etc., in positions on June 30, 1955.
Continuance of employment.
Education is authorized and directed, on written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, to classify and assign all teachers, school officers, and other employees to the salary classes and groups in section 1 of this Act. Teachers, school officers, and other employees
Master’s degree; requirement.
on probationary or permanent status shall not be required to take any examinations, either mental or physical, to be continued in the positions in which they are employed on June 30, 1955, or to which they may be transferred and assigned under the provisions of section 4 and section 5 of this Act. No teacher, school officer, or other employee shall be appointed or promoted to any position in section 1 of this Act on probationary or permanent status unless he possesses a master’s degree, except that a person possessing a bachelor’s degree may be appointed on probationary or permanent status as Director of Food Services. Assistant Director of Food Services, Supervising Director of the Department of Military Science and Tactics, teacher of military science and tactics, teacher of driver training, shop teacher in the vocational high schools, teacher in the junior high schools, counselor in the vocational high schools, counselor in the junior high schools, teacher in the elementary schools, research assistant, attendance officer, child labor inspector, or census supervisor. No teacher, school officer,
Minimum compensation.
or other employee shall receive compensation at a rate less than his annual compensation as of June 30, 1955.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Act the Board is authorized
Vocational high school shop teachers.
on a written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, to appoint or promote vocational high school shop teachers to salary class 18, group B, without, a master’s degree if they submit evidence of equivalent training and experience in accordance with the rules of the Board. A vocational high school shop teacher may not be appointed, assigned, or promoted to salary class 18, group C, who does not possess a master’s degree granted in course plus thirty credit hours.
When used in this Act—
The term “master’s degree” and “doctor’s degree” mean,
“Master’s” and “doctor’s” degrees.
respectively, a master’s degree and a doctor’s degree granted in course by an accredited higher educational institution.
The term “plus thirty credit hours” means the equivalent of
“Plus thirty credit hours”.
not less than thirty graduate credit hours in academic, vocational, or professional courses beyond a master’s degree, representing a definite educational program satisfactory to the Board. Graduate credit hours beyond thirty which were earned prior to obtaining a master’s degree may be applied in computing such thirty credit hours.
The terms “Board” and “Board of Education” mean the Board of Education of the District of Columbia.
The term “Salary Act of 1947” means the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1947, as amended.
Sec. 3.
For other than temporary employees and the Superintendent
Probationary service.
of Schools, the first two years of service in each position covered by section 1 of this Act shall be probationary regardless of any change in title or numbers used in classifying the position. Teachers, school officers, and other employees who have satisfactorily completed the probationary period in any position covered by section 1 of this Act and whose permanent appointments have been approved by the Board shall be considered employees of the Board on permanent tenure.
TITLE III— METHOD OF ASSIGNMENT OF EMPLOYEES TO SALARY SCHEDULES
Sec. 4.
Each teacher, school officer, and other employee in the service of the Board on July 1, 1955, who occupies a position formerly assigned in accordance with the provisions of title I of the Salary Act
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of 1947 shall be placed in a salary class covered by section 1 of this Act as indicated at the end of this section. Any employee in group A of his salary class on June 30, 1955, shall be assigned to group A of the class to which he is transferred on July 1, 1955. Any employee in group C of his salary class on June 30, 1955, shall be assigned to group B of the class to which he is transferred on July 1, 1955, except that an employee possessing a master’s degree plus thirty credit hours shall be transferred to group C. Any employee not in a group A or a group C on June 30, 1955, shall be assigned to group A on July 1, 1955, if his new salary class contains such a group, except that an employee possessing a master’s degree or an employee in salary classes 7, 9,’10, 13, 15, and 17 on July 1, 1955, who does not possess a master’s degree shall be assigned to group B if his new salary class contains such a group and an employee possessing a master’s degree plus thirty credit hours shall be assigned to group C if his new salary class contains such a group.
| TITLE AND CLASS OF POSITION IN TEACHERS’ SALARY ACT OF 1947 | TITLE AND CLASS OF POSITION IN TEACHERS’ SALARY ACT OF 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Class | Title | Class |
| Superintendent of Schools | 29 | Superintendent of Schools | 1 |
| First Assistant Superintendent | 28 | Deputy Superintendent | 2 |
| Assistant to the Superintendent (in charge of business administration) | 27 | Deputy Superintendent | 2 |
| Associate Superintendent | 26 | Assistant Superintendent | 3 |
| Chief Examiner | 24 | Chief Examiner | 7 |
| Director | 22 | Director | 7 |
| Divisional Director | 23 | Director | 7 |
| Director, Department of School Attendance and Work Permits | 30 | Director, Department of School Attendance and Work Permits | 10 |
| Director of Department of Food Services | 35 | Director, Department of Food Services | 6 |
| Assistant Director of Department of Food Services | 36 | Assistant Director, Department of Food Services | 12 |
| Head of department | 17 | Supervising director | 10 |
| Assistant Director | 21 | Assistant director | 13 |
| Assistant | 13A | Assistant | 17 |
| Supervisor | 13A | Supervisor | 17 |
| President of teachers college | 25 | President, teachers college | 3 |
| Principal of senior high school | 20 | Principal, senior high school | 7 |
| Principal of vocational high school | 19 | Principal, vocational high school | 9 |
| Principal of junior high school | 18 | Principal, junior high school | 9 |
| Principal in Americanization school | 13 | Principal, Americanization school | 9 |
| Principal in elementary school | 13 | Principal, elementary school | 10 |
| Associate professor in teachers college (in charge of laboratory school) | 11 | Principal, laboratory school | 10 |
| Assistant Director (in charge of Capitol Page School) | 21 | Principal, Capitol Page School | 13 |
| Assistant principal in senior high school | 16 | Assistant principal, senior high school | 13 |
| Assistant principal in vocational high school | 15 | Assistant principal, vocational high school | 15 |
| Assistant principal in junior high school | 14 | Assistant principal, junior high school | 15 |
| Professor in teachers college | 12 | Professor, teachers college | 8 |
| Associate professor in teachers college | 11 | Associate professor, teachers college | 11 |
| Assistant professor in teachers college | 10 | Assistant professor, teachers college | 14 |
| Instructor in teachers college | 7 | Instructor, teachers college | 18 |
| Chief librarian in teachers college | 9 | Chief librarian, teachers college | 14 |
| Librarian in teachers college | 8 | Librarian, teachers college | 18 |
| Teacher in senior high school | 3 | Teacher, senior high school | 18 |
| Teacher in vocational high school | 5 | Teacher, vocational high school | 18 |
| Teacher in junior high school | 2 | Teacher, junior high school | 18 |
| Teacher in elementary school | 1 | Teacher, elementary school | 18 |
| School librarian | 4 | School librarian | 18 |
| Counselor | 6 | Counselor | 18 |
| Research assistant | 6 | Research assistant | 18 |
| Chief attendance officer | 31 | Chief attendance officer | 17 |
| Attendance officer | 32 | Attendance officer | 19 |
| Child-labor inspector | 34 | Child-labor inspector | 19 |
| Census supervisor | 33 | Census supervisor | 19 |
Sec. 5.
This Act applies to all positions under the Board which require at least a bachelor’s degree in an appropriate field, and in addition—
involve classroom or other instruction or the supervision and direction of classroom and other instructional activities; or
involve activities, other than teaching, which require the incumbents to possess academic credits in educational theory and practice at least equivalent to those required of a teacher with a bachelor’s degree; or
involve activities which are so directly related to the educational process that the positions have characteristics of the educational field to a marked degree, even though academic credits in educational theory and practice are not required; or
involve the management or direction or organizational units or school services which, though not directly involved in the educational process, require the incumbent to deal so extensively with employees who are directly involved in the educational process on problems that require an understanding of the aims, methods and points of view of educators and educational philosophy, that it becomes impractical, insofar as salary treatment is concerned, to attempt to distinguish between them and positions covered under paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection. This paragraph (4) shall apply only to such positions as are necessary to coordinate such noneducational units or services with the educational activities of the school system.
The Board, with the concurrence of the Board of Commissioners
Authority of Board to determine positions, etc.
of the District of Columbia, is authorized to determine which positions meet the criteria specified in subsection (a) of this section and to establish or transfer positions covered under other wage or salary fixing acts or authorities to the coverage of this Act. Similarly, the Board, with the concurrence of the said Board of Commissioners, is authorized to determine that positions covered under this Act do not meet the criteria specified in subsection (a) of this section and to remove any such position from the coverage of this Act: Provided, That any employee occupying any position covered by this Act on the effective date of this Act, but which is later determined not to meet the criteria specified in subsection (a) of this section, shall continue to be entitled to the salary and other benefits of this Act as long as he remains in such position. The Board, subject to the concurrence of the said Board of Commissioners, is authorized to specify for any position to be brought under this Act, the class and group as established in this Act which shall apply to such position: Provided, That such class shall be selected on the basis of the difficulty, responsibility, and qualification requirements of such position. Positions brought under this Act in accordance with this section shall be subject to the provisions of this Act to the same degree and in all respects as if such positions were specifically named in this Act. The Board is authorized to conduct such studies as are required to apply the criteria specified in subsection (a) of this section.
TITLE IV— METHOD OF ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF EMPLOYEES
Sec. 6.
On July 1, 1955, each permanent employee assigned to a
Assignment to numerical service step.
salary class in accordance with section 4 and section 5 of this Act shall be assigned to the numerical service step on the schedule for his class, or class and group, under this Act next above the numerical service step occupied by him on June 30, 1955, under the provisions of the
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Salary Act of 1947 and each such employee shall advance one numerical service step each year thereafter until he reaches the highest step provided on the schedule for his class, or class and group, except that each employee under this Act who was on a service step under the Salary Act of 1947 which was numerically as high or higher than the top step provided for the salary class, or class and group, to which he is assigned under section 1 of this Act shall be assigned on July 1, 1955, to the highest step provided for his salary class, or class and group, under section 1 of this Act. The Superintendent of Schools, salary class 1, shall be assigned on July 1, 1955, to the salary provided for that position in section 1 of this Act. Any permanent employee serving in a position not covered by the Salary Act of 1947 but which may be later established under section 5 of this Act shall be given service credit for the purpose of salary placement under this Act equivalent to the number of years of satisfactory service rendered within the school system in the position then occupied by such employee and shall be assigned to the numerical service step on the schedule for his class, or class and group, under this Act next above the numerical service step corresponding to his years of service under his previous classification. If such employee is on a service step in his previous classification which is numerically as high or higher than the top service step provided for his salary class, or class and group, under this Act, he shall be assigned to the highest service step provided for his salary class, or class and group, under this Act. Each employee transferred and assigned to salary class 18 under this Act, and on permanent tenure on July 1, 1955, who on June 30, 1947, was a permanent employee of the Board of Education in either group B or group D of salary classes 1–8, inclusive, in the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1945, as amended, shall be placed one service
D. C. Code 31–638 to 31–658.
step higher than he would otherwise be entitled to under the provisions of this section except that in no case shall his salary be higher than the maximum salary provided for his class and group.
Sec. 7.
Each employee appointed under this Act who has not
New appointees, etc.
had prior service under the Board or who may be reappointed or reinstated, shall be assigned to the service step numbered next above the number of years of service with which he is credited for the purpose of salary placement. The Board, on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, is authorized to evaluate the previous experience of each new appointee to determine the number of years with which he may be credited for the purpose of salary placement. Credit for service rendered either inside or outside of public schools
Service credit.
of the District of Columbia shall be effective on the date of the regular Board meeting immediately preceding the date of approval by the Board or on the date of appointment, whichever is later. Such credit shall apply to all positions in salary classes 18 and 19, and to the positions of chief librarian and assistant professor, salary class 14; and to the position of associate professor, salary class 11; and to the position of professor, salary class 8. Such placement credit shall not be granted in excess of five years.
In crediting previous experience of any teacher who has been absent from his duties because of naval or military service in the armed forces of the United States or its allies, the Board is hereby authorized to include such naval or military service as the equivalent of approved experience.
No provision in this Act shall be interpreted as preventing any
Leave to enter armed forces.
teacher, school officer, or other employee of the Board who has been granted leave to enter the armed forces of the United States or its allies from receiving any annual service increment or increments to which he would have been entitled had he remained continuously in the service of the public schools.
Sec. 8.
Each teacher, school officer, and other employee
Probationary salary increase.
appointed or promoted on probationary tenure to a position covered by section 1 of this Act shall receive his first increase in salary in that, position on the beginning day of his second year of probationary service in the position; he shall receive his second increase in salary in that position on the date when his appointment or promotion to the position is made permanent; and he shall receive all subsequent increases in salary to which he is entitled in that position on July 1 of each year, beginning with the July 1 next after the date of his permanent appointment or promotion to the position in accordance with section 6 and section 7 of this Act.
Any employee in the service of the Board on the effective date of this Act appointed or promoted on probationary tenure during the period from July 1, 1952, to .June 30, 1955, inclusive, to a position covered by section 4 of this Act shall be compensated for salary increases in accordance with the subsection (a) of this section and shall receive his first increase effective as of the first date of his second year of probationary service based upon the rates of pay currently in effect on that date and such employee shall be assigned on July 1, 1955, to the numerical service step in the salary schedule for his class, or class and group, in section 1 of this Act corresponding to his number of years of creditable service.
The Board is authorized to terminate the services of any probationary
Termination of probation by Board.
employee in the class to which appointed, upon the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, at any time during the two year probationary period: Provided, That if an employee so terminated has permanent status within the school system he shall be returned to the salary class he last occupied on permanent status, and placed on the step which would have been occupied by him.
Sec. 9.
The Board is hereby authorized to appoint and assign temporary
Temporary employees.
employees within the salary structure of section 1 of this Act, whenever’ such action is necessary and recommended in writing by the Superintendent of Schools. Such appointments shall be for periods not to extend beyond June 30 of the fiscal year in which the appointments are made and the Board is authorized to terminate the appointment of any temporary employee at any time upon the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools. Each temporary employee shall be assigned to a numerical service step and receive an annual rate of compensation in accordance with section 7, but he shall receive, no annual service increments and may be credited with not more than five years of service either inside or outside the public schools of the District of Columbia for the purpose of salary placement.
Sec. 10.
On and after July 1, 1955, each promotion to group B,
Group B or C promotions.
or group C, within a salary class shall become effective on the date of the regular Board meeting immediately preceding the date of approval by the Board or on the effective date of the master’s degree or the completion of thirty credit hours beyond the master’s degree, whichever is later.
Any employee in a position covered by section 1 of this Act who is promoted to group B or group C of the same salary class shall be assigned to the same numerical service step on the schedule for his new group as he would have occupied on the schedule from which promoted.
Sec. 11.
Any employee in a salary class covered by section 1 of
Promotion to higher salary class.
this Act, when promoted to a higher-paid salary class, shall be assigned to the lowest numerical service step on the schedule for his new class, or class and groups which will give him an immediate increase in annual salary rate at least equal to the sum of the following:
Any annual service increment to which the employee would have been entitled in his former salary class at the time of his promotion; and
The annual service increment scheduled for his new class and group: Provided, That no such employee shall be assigned to a higher numerical service step on the schedule for his new class, or class and group, than he would have occupied on the schedule from which promoted.
TITLE V— ACCOMPANYING LEGISLATION
Sec. 12.
Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary,
Employment of retired members of armed services.
the Board, on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, may employ not more than fifteen retired members of the armed services of the United States as teachers of military science and tactics in the public high schools of the District of Columbia, and such teachers so employed shall be entitled to compensation in accordance with the salary schedules in section 1 of this Act, in addition to their retired pay and allowances.
Sec. 13.
The Board is hereby authorized to conduct as parts of the
Evening schools, etc.
public school system, evening schools, summer schools, and Americanization School, under and within appropriations made by Congress, and on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools to fix and prescribe the salaries of teachers in the evening and summer schools.
Sec. 14.
Each employee assigned to salary class 18 in the foregoing
Classification of certain employees as teachers.
schedules, and to the position of attendance officer, salary class 19; each chief librarian and each assistant professor in class 14; each associate professor in class 11; and each professor in class 8 shall be classified as a teacher for payroll purposes and his annual salary shall be paid in ten monthly installments in accordance with existing law.
Sec. 15.
On and after the effective date of this Act, the Act entitled
Leave.
“An Act to provide that the Board of Education of the District of Columbia shall have sole authority to regulate the vacation periods and annual leave of absence of certain school officers and employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia”, approved March 5, 1952, as amended, shall apply to employees of the Board of
D. C. Code 31–698.
Education whose salaries are fixed in salary classes 7–17, inclusive, under this Act. However, such Act shall not apply to the following employees: Chief examiner, class 7; and professor, class 8; associate professor, class 11; Assistant Director. Department of Food Services, class 12; assistant professor and chief librarian, class 14.
Sec. 16.
On and after the effective date of this Act, the Act entitled “An Act to provide cumulative sick and emergency leave with pay for teachers and attendance officers in the employ of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes’”, approved October 13, 1949. as amended, shall apply to employees of the Board
D. C. Code 31–691 et seq.
whose salaries are fixed in salary class 18, and the position of attendance officer, salary class 19; and to the following employees in the salary classes indicated: Professor, class 8: associate professor, class 11; chief librarian and assistant professor, class 14, under this Act.
Sec. 17.
On and after the effective date of this Act, the Act entitled “An Act to provide educational employees of the public schools of the District of Columbia with leave of absence, with paid pay, for the purposes of educational improvement, and for other purposes”,
D. C. Code 31–632 to 31–637.
approved June 12, 1940, shall apply to employees of the Board whose, salaries are fixed under section 1 of this Act.
Sec. 18.
On and after the effective date of this Act, the Act entitled
Teacher exchange program.
“An Act to permit the Board of Education of the District of Columbia to participate in the foreign teacher exchange program in cooperation with the United States Office of Education”, approved September 28,
D. C. Code 31–699 to 31–699b.
1950, shall apply to employees of the Board whose salaries are fixed under section 1 of this Act.
Sec. 19.
On and after the effective date of this Act, the Act entitled “An Act for the retirement of public school teachers in the District of
D. C. 31–721 to 31–739.
Columbia”, approved August 7, 1946, as amended, shall apply to probationary and permanent employees of the Board whose salaries are fixed under section 1 of this Act, and all references in the said Act of August 7, 1946. to the Salary Act of 1947 shall be interpreted to apply
D. C. Code 31–659 note.
to this Act. Nothing in this section shall require the recomputation of the annuity of any person retired under the Act of August 7, 1946, as amended, prior to the effective date of this Act, or of any person retired prior to the effective date of the Act of August 7, 1946, as amended, whose annuity is computed in accordance with the provisions of that Act.
Sec. 20.
The District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1947,
Repeal.
D. C. Code 31–659 note.
approved July 7, 1947, as amended, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 21.
Section 1 of the Act for the Retirement of Public School
D. C. Code 31–721.
Teachers, approved August 7, 1946, as amended, is amended by striking out “June 30” wherever it appeal’s in such section and inserting in lieu thereof “December 31”, provided that interest shall not be compounded as of December 31, 1955.
Sec. 22.
Section 6 of the District of Columbia Teachers’ Leave Act of 1949,
D. C. Code 31–696.
as amended, is amended by adding thereto the following new sentence: “Service rendered by such substitutes shall not be regarded as service within the meaning of the Civil Service Retirement Act of
May 29, 1930, as amended.”.
Sec. 23.
The proviso in section 5 of the Act of August 7, 1946, entitled
Repeal.
“An Act for the retirement of public school teachers in the
D. C. Code 31–725.
District of Columbia”, as amended by the Act approved March 6, 1952 (66 Stat. 17), is hereby repealed.
Sec. 24.
This Act may be cited as “District of Columbia Teachers’
Short title.
Salary Act of 1955”.
Sec. 25.
This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1955.
Effective date.
Approved August 5, 1955.