| 1 | 1 | | 1 SB225 |
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| 2 | 2 | | 2 217684-1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 3 By Senator Smitherman |
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| 4 | 4 | | 4 RFD: Finance and Taxation Education |
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| 5 | 5 | | 5 First Read: 16-FEB-22 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Page 0 1 217684-1:n:02/16/2022:KMS/cr LSA2022-696 |
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| 14 | 14 | | 8 SYNOPSIS: This bill would increase the salaries of |
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| 15 | 15 | | 9 public education employees. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 10 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 11 A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | 12 TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 19 | 19 | | 13 AN ACT |
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| 20 | 20 | | 14 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 15 Relating to the salaries of public education |
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| 22 | 22 | | 16 employees; to provide for a revision of the State Minimum |
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| 23 | 23 | | 17 Salary Schedule to reflect a pay increase of six percent |
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| 24 | 24 | | 18 beginning with the fiscal year 2022-2023; to provide that each |
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| 25 | 25 | | 19 employee of certain boards of education shall receive the pay |
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| 26 | 26 | | 20 increase according to placement on the appropriate salary |
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| 27 | 27 | | 21 step; to require the appropriate increases on the State |
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| 28 | 28 | | 22 Minimum Salary Schedule; to provide support employees with a |
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| 29 | 29 | | 23 six percent pay increase beginning with the fiscal year |
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| 30 | 30 | | 24 2022-2023; to require salary schedules; to provide the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 25 employees of certain other public educational institutions and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 26 schools with a six percent pay increase for the 2022-2023 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 27 fiscal year; to provide for an across the board salary |
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| 34 | 34 | | Page 1 1 increase on all two-year postsecondary salary schedules, to |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2 establish other requirements on the two-year postsecondary |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3 salary schedules; and to establish miscellaneous pay |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4 provisions relating to public education. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6 Section 1. PAY INCREASES, FY 2022-2023. (a) The |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7 State Budget Officer shall allocate to the State Board of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8 Education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9 Deaf and Blind, the Board of Youth Services School District, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10 the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11 Board of Directors for the Alabama School of Cyber Technology |
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| 45 | 45 | | 12 and Engineering, and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama |
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| 46 | 46 | | 13 School of Mathematics and Science and for disbursement to the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 14 employees thereof funds based on the criteria established in |
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| 48 | 48 | | 15 this act. It is not the intent of this act to make |
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| 49 | 49 | | 16 appropriations, but the appropriations required by this act |
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| 50 | 50 | | 17 shall be made in the annual Education Trust Fund budget act |
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| 51 | 51 | | 18 for the designated fiscal year. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 19 (1) Certificated Personnel (K-12). For the fiscal |
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| 53 | 53 | | 20 year beginning October 1, 2022, and each year thereafter, each |
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| 54 | 54 | | 21 certificated employee at all city and county school systems |
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| 55 | 55 | | 22 and the teachers at the Department of Youth Services School |
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| 56 | 56 | | 23 District shall receive a six percent salary increase. Each |
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| 57 | 57 | | 24 step and cell on the State Minimum Salary Schedule contained |
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| 58 | 58 | | 25 in the annual budget act for the public schools shall be in- |
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| 59 | 59 | | 26 creased by the amounts below for fiscal year 2022-2023, the |
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| 60 | 60 | | Page 2 1 State Minimum Salary Schedule shall reflect the following per- |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2 centage increase: |
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| 62 | 62 | | Step3 Years of Experience Increase |
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| 63 | 63 | | 14 Less than 3 6.00% |
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| 64 | 64 | | 25 3 but less than 6 6.00% |
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| 65 | 65 | | 36 6 but less than 9 6.00% |
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| 66 | 66 | | 47 9 but less than 12 6.00% |
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| 67 | 67 | | 58 12 but less than 15 6.00% |
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| 68 | 68 | | 69 15 but less than 18 6.00% |
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| 69 | 69 | | 710 18 but less than 21 6.00% |
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| 70 | 70 | | 811 21 or greater 6.00% |
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| 71 | 71 | | 912 24 but less than 27 6.00% |
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| 72 | 72 | | 1013 27 or more 6.00% |
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| 73 | 73 | | All certificated employees, including the Adult14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | 15 Basic Education and Science in Motion employees, shall be |
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| 75 | 75 | | 16 guaranteed pay increases in the amounts indicated above for |
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| 76 | 76 | | 17 their years of experience and degrees earned and the |
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| 77 | 77 | | 18 corresponding pay increases shall be reflected in the |
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| 78 | 78 | | 19 appropriate local salary schedule and paid to each |
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| 79 | 79 | | 20 certificated employee. The provisions and requirements of this |
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| 80 | 80 | | 21 act shall be in addition to the provisions of Section |
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| 81 | 81 | | 22 16-13-231.1, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the State |
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| 82 | 82 | | Page 3 1 Minimum Salary Schedule. Each certificated employee shall be |
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| 83 | 83 | | 2 properly placed on the local salary schedule according to |
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| 84 | 84 | | 3 degree earned and years of public education service, either |
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| 85 | 85 | | 4 in-state or out-of-state, which shall be not less than the |
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| 86 | 86 | | 5 amounts appropriated for the State Minimum Salary Schedule. |
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| 87 | 87 | | 6 The employee shall be paid according to degree earned and |
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| 88 | 88 | | 7 length of public education experience. The pay increase shall |
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| 89 | 89 | | 8 be given to each person employed for the 2022-2023 fiscal year |
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| 90 | 90 | | 9 in addition to any state or local step increase to which the |
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| 91 | 91 | | 10 employee is otherwise entitled. The local board of education |
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| 92 | 92 | | 11 shall transmit to the State Department of Education the |
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| 93 | 93 | | 12 appropriate notice of the earned advanced degree for each |
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| 94 | 94 | | 13 employee in a timely fashion; thereafter, the employee shall |
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| 95 | 95 | | 14 be paid for the advanced degree as soon as the degree is |
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| 96 | 96 | | 15 certified to the State Department of Education as being |
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| 97 | 97 | | 16 earned. |
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| 98 | 98 | | 17 (2) Education Support Personnel (K-12). A six |
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| 99 | 99 | | 18 percent pay increase, beginning with the fiscal year |
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| 100 | 100 | | 19 2022-2023, shall be paid to each public education support |
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| 101 | 101 | | 20 worker and adult bus driver, including Adult Basic Education |
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| 102 | 102 | | 21 and Science in Motion personnel, employed for the 2022-2023 |
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| 103 | 103 | | 22 fiscal year in addition to the salary received during the |
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| 104 | 104 | | 23 2021-2022 fiscal year, except employees covered under the |
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| 105 | 105 | | 24 state's Merit System at the Department of Youth Services |
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| 106 | 106 | | 25 District. Each governing body or authority shall establish and |
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| 107 | 107 | | 26 maintain a salary schedule for each class and type of employee |
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| 108 | 108 | | 27 and each step of each salary schedule shall be increased to |
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| 109 | 109 | | Page 4 1 reflect a six percent pay increase beginning with fiscal year |
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| 110 | 110 | | 2 2022-2023, which shall be given to the person employed |
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| 111 | 111 | | 3 full-time for the 2022-2023 fiscal year and each year employed |
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| 112 | 112 | | 4 full-time thereafter. The base rate of pay for part-time |
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| 113 | 113 | | 5 support employees shall be increased by six percent beginning |
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| 114 | 114 | | 6 with fiscal year 2022-2023. A separate local salary schedule |
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| 115 | 115 | | 7 shall be established and maintained for each specific job |
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| 116 | 116 | | 8 performed. |
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| 117 | 117 | | 9 (3) AIDB. For the fiscal year 2022-2023, employees |
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| 118 | 118 | | 10 at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall receive a |
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| 119 | 119 | | 11 pay increase which shall be in excess of their salaries |
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| 120 | 120 | | 12 received during the 2021-2022 fiscal year. The increase shall |
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| 121 | 121 | | 13 be as follows: |
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| 122 | 122 | | 14 a. Certificated. The salary schedule for certifi- |
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| 123 | 123 | | 15 cated employees shall be revised to reflect at least the fol- |
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| 124 | 124 | | 16 lowing percentage increase beginning with the fiscal year |
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| 125 | 125 | | 17 2022-2023: |
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| 126 | 126 | | Step18 Years of Experience Increase |
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| 127 | 127 | | 119 Less than 3 6.00% |
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| 128 | 128 | | 220 3 but less than 6 6.00% |
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| 129 | 129 | | 321 6 but less than 9 6.00% |
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| 130 | 130 | | 422 9 but less than 12 6.00% |
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| 131 | 131 | | 523 12 but less than 15 6.00% |
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| 132 | 132 | | 624 15 but less than 18 6.00% |
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| 133 | 133 | | Page 5 71 18 but less than 21 6.00% |
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| 134 | 134 | | 82 21 or greater 6.00% |
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| 135 | 135 | | 93 24 but less than 27 6.00% |
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| 136 | 136 | | 104 27 or more 6.00% |
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| 137 | 137 | | b. Education Support Personnel (K-12). A six percent5 |
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| 138 | 138 | | 6 pay increase, beginning with the 2022-2023 fiscal year, shall |
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| 139 | 139 | | 7 be given to each support worker employed full-time by the |
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| 140 | 140 | | 8 Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. A separate local salary |
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| 141 | 141 | | 9 schedule shall be established and maintained for each specific |
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| 142 | 142 | | 10 job performed. The pay increase in this act shall be |
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| 143 | 143 | | 11 incorporated into the support employees' salary schedules. The |
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| 144 | 144 | | 12 base rate of pay for part-time support employees shall be |
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| 145 | 145 | | 13 increased by six percent for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. |
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| 146 | 146 | | 14 c. Miscellaneous Requirements. The AIDB board shall |
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| 147 | 147 | | 15 establish and maintain a salary schedule for each class and |
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| 148 | 148 | | 16 type of employee and each step of each salary schedule for |
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| 149 | 149 | | 17 fiscal year 2022-2023 shall be increased to reflect the pay |
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| 150 | 150 | | 18 increase above to be given to each person employed for the |
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| 151 | 151 | | 19 2022-2023 fiscal year and each year employed thereafter. The |
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| 152 | 152 | | 20 pay increase contained in this subsection shall be paid to |
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| 153 | 153 | | 21 each employee. |
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| 154 | 154 | | 22 (4) Two-Year Postsecondary Institutions. The Board |
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| 155 | 155 | | 23 of Trustees of the Community College System shall revise all |
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| 156 | 156 | | 24 salary schedules of the two-year postsecondary institutions to |
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| 157 | 157 | | Page 6 1 reflect an increase of six percent for the 2022-2023 fiscal |
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| 158 | 158 | | 2 year. The pay increase shall be given to each person employed |
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| 159 | 159 | | 3 in addition to any step increase to which the employee is |
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| 160 | 160 | | 4 otherwise entitled. The Postsecondary Education Department |
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| 161 | 161 | | 5 shall take proper steps to ensure that employees on all salary |
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| 162 | 162 | | 6 schedules are given full credit for prior work experience in |
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| 163 | 163 | | 7 the public schools and colleges, and shall take care to ensure |
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| 164 | 164 | | 8 proper placements on the salary schedules. Placement on the |
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| 165 | 165 | | 9 revised salary schedules shall be in accordance with the |
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| 166 | 166 | | 10 employee's length of service in public education. No pay |
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| 167 | 167 | | 11 increase shall be given to any two-year postsecondary employee |
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| 168 | 168 | | 12 in excess of six percent, except as specifically provided in |
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| 169 | 169 | | 13 this act. |
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| 170 | 170 | | 14 (5) Miscellaneous provisions. The following |
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| 171 | 171 | | 15 provisions are hereby established: |
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| 172 | 172 | | 16 a. Fiscal Year. All salaries and salary increases |
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| 173 | 173 | | 17 which are established by the State Board of Education shall be |
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| 174 | 174 | | 18 paid in full to each person employed before the end of the |
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| 175 | 175 | | 19 applicable fiscal year as defined in Section 16-1-1 of the |
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| 176 | 176 | | 20 Code of Alabama 1975, as amended. |
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| 177 | 177 | | 21 b. Extended Work. Public K-12 school employees on |
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| 178 | 178 | | 22 contracts which extend beyond 187 days, or the hourly |
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| 179 | 179 | | 23 equivalent thereof, shall be given a pro rata salary increment |
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| 180 | 180 | | 24 for each or partial day of work extending beyond 187 days. |
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| 181 | 181 | | 25 c. Local Increment. Any cost-of-living adjustment |
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| 182 | 182 | | 26 and/or increase on the State Minimum Salary Schedule for |
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| 183 | 183 | | 27 teachers as provided in this act shall be exclusive of any |
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| 184 | 184 | | Page 7 1 local pay increase granted or due to teachers under provisions |
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| 185 | 185 | | 2 of any local salary schedule. Any cost-of-living adjustment |
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| 186 | 186 | | 3 and/or pay increase required by this act for public school |
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| 187 | 187 | | 4 support personnel shall be in addition to any pay increase due |
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| 188 | 188 | | 5 or granted to the employee under provisions of any local |
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| 189 | 189 | | 6 salary schedules. The pay increase provisions of this act |
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| 190 | 190 | | 7 shall not apply to any salary supplements granted by local |
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| 191 | 191 | | 8 boards of education, bonuses earned for certification by the |
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| 192 | 192 | | 9 National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, or the |
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| 193 | 193 | | 10 federal portion of the salary paid to a Junior Reserve Officer |
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| 194 | 194 | | 11 Training Corps (JROTC) instructor employed by a local school |
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| 195 | 195 | | 12 board. |
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| 196 | 196 | | 13 d. Community Education. Each county and city board |
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| 197 | 197 | | 14 of education shall have the option to exclude from this act |
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| 198 | 198 | | 15 any part-time employees of community education or |
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| 199 | 199 | | 16 school-sponsored child care or child enrichment program which |
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| 200 | 200 | | 17 is supplemental to the state-required educational program. |
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| 201 | 201 | | 18 e. Local Chief Executive Officers. The pay increase |
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| 202 | 202 | | 19 provisions of this act shall not apply to superintendents of |
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| 203 | 203 | | 20 education of any school system or institution. Any pay |
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| 204 | 204 | | 21 increase given to the superintendent shall be by majority |
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| 205 | 205 | | 22 recorded vote of the governing body or authority. |
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| 206 | 206 | | 23 Section 2. The pay increase granted in this act |
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| 207 | 207 | | 24 shall begin in fiscal year 2022-2023 and continue in |
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| 208 | 208 | | 25 subsequent years. Nothing in this act shall authorize |
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| 209 | 209 | | 26 additional pay increases in subsequent years. |
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| 210 | 210 | | Page 8 1 Section 3. The provisions of this act are severable. |
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| 211 | 211 | | 2 If any part of this act is declared invalid or |
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| 212 | 212 | | 3 unconstitutional, that declaration shall not affect the part |
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| 213 | 213 | | 4 which remains. |
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| 214 | 214 | | 5 Section 4. This act shall become effective |
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| 215 | 215 | | 6 immediately following its passage and approval by the |
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| 216 | 216 | | 7 Governor, or its otherwise becoming law. |
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