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HB146
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By Representatives Garrett, Drummond
RFD: Ways and Means Education
First Read: 07-Feb-24
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First Read: 07-Feb-24
Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to the salaries of public education employees;
to provide for a revision of the State Minimum Salary Schedule
to reflect a pay increase of two percent beginning with the
fiscal year 2024-2025; to provide that each employee of
certain boards of education shall receive the pay increase
according to placement on the appropriate salary step; to
require the appropriate increases on the State Minimum Salary
Schedule; to provide support employees with a two percent pay
increase beginning with the fiscal year 2024-2025; to require
salary schedules; to provide the employees of certain other
public educational institutions and schools with a two percent
pay increase for the 2024-2025 fiscal year; to provide for an
across the board salary increase on all two-year postsecondary
salary schedules, to establish other requirements on the
two-year postsecondary salary schedules; and to establish
miscellaneous pay provisions relating to public education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. PAY INCREASES, FY 2024-2025. (a) The State
Budget Officer shall allocate to the State Board of Education,
the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and
Blind, the Board of Youth Services School District, the Board
of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, the Board of
Directors for the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and
Engineering, and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama School
of Mathematics and Science and for disbursement to the
employees thereof funds based on the criteria established in
this act. It is not the intent of this act to make
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this act. It is not the intent of this act to make
appropriations, but the appropriations required by this act
shall be made in the annual Education Trust Fund budget act
for the designated fiscal year.
(1) Certificated Personnel (K-12). For the fiscal year
beginning October 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, each
certificated employee at all city and county school systems
and the teachers at the Department of Youth Services School
District shall receive a two percent salary increase. Each
step and cell on the State Minimum Salary Schedule contained
in the annual budget act for the public schools shall be
increased by the amounts below for fiscal year 2024-2025, the
State Minimum Salary Schedule shall reflect the following
percentage increase:
Years of Experience Increase
0 2.00%
1 2.00%
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12 2.00%
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All certificated employees, including the Adult Basic
Education and Science in Motion employees, shall be guaranteed
pay increases in the amounts indicated above for their years
of experience and degrees earned and the corresponding pay
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of experience and degrees earned and the corresponding pay
increases shall be reflected in the appropriate local salary
schedule and paid to each certificated employee. The
provisions and requirements of this act shall be in addition
to the provisions of Section 16-13-231.1, Code of Alabama
1975, relating to the State Minimum Salary Schedule. Each
certificated employee shall be properly placed on the local
salary schedule according to degree earned and years of public
education service (either in-state or out-of-state), which
shall be not less than the amounts appropriated for the State
Minimum Salary Schedule. The employee shall be paid according
to degree earned and length of public education experience.
The pay increase shall be given to each person employed for
the 2024-2025 fiscal year in addition to any state or local
step increase to which the employee is otherwise entitled. The
local board of education shall transmit to the State
Department of Education the appropriate notice of the earned
advanced degree for each employee in a timely fashion;
thereafter, the employee shall be paid for the advanced degree
as soon as the degree is certified to the State Department of
Education as being earned.
(2) Education Support Personnel (K-12). A two percent
pay increase, beginning with the fiscal year 2024-2025, shall
be paid to each public education support worker and adult bus
driver, including Adult Basic Education and Science in Motion
personnel, employed for the 2024-2025 fiscal year in addition
to the salary received during the 2023-2024 fiscal year,
except employees covered under the state's Merit System at the
Department of Youth Services School District. Each governing
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Department of Youth Services School District. Each governing
body or authority shall establish and maintain a salary
schedule for each class and type of employee and each step of
each salary schedule shall be increased to reflect a two
percent pay increase beginning with fiscal year 2024-2025,
which shall be given to the person employed full-time for the
2024-2025 fiscal year and each year employed full-time
thereafter. The base rate of pay for part-time support
employees shall be increased by two percent beginning with
fiscal year 2024-2025. A separate local salary schedule shall
be established and maintained for each specific job performed.
(3) AIDB. For the fiscal year 2024-2025, employees at
the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall receive a pay
increase which shall be in excess of their salaries received
during the 2023-2024 fiscal year. The increase shall be as
follows:
a. Certificated. The salary schedule for certificated
employees shall be revised to reflect at least the following
percentage increase beginning with the fiscal year 2024-2025:
Step Years of Experience Increase
1 Less than 3 2.00%
2 3 but less than 6 2.00%
3 6 but less than 9 2.00%
4 9 but less than 12 2.00%
5 12 but less than 15 2.00%
6 15 but less than 18 2.00%
7 18 but less than 21 2.00%
8 21 or greater 2.00%
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8 21 or greater 2.00%
9 24 but less than 27 2.00%
10 27 or more 2.00%
b. Education Support Personnel (K-12). A two percent
pay increase, beginning with the 2024-2025 fiscal year, shall
be given to each support worker employed full-time by the
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. A separate local salary
schedule shall be established and maintained for each specific
job performed. The pay increase in this act shall be
incorporated into the support employees' salary schedules. The
base rate of pay for part-time support employees shall be
increased by two percent for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.
c. Miscellaneous Requirements. The AIDB board shall
establish and maintain a salary schedule for each class and
type of employee and each step of each salary schedule for
fiscal year 2024-2025 shall be increased to reflect the pay
increase above to be given to each person employed for the
2024-2025 fiscal year and each year employed thereafter. The
pay increase contained in this subsection shall be paid to
each employee.
(4) Two-Year Postsecondary Institutions. The Board of
Trustees of the Community College System shall revise all
salary schedules of the two-year postsecondary institutions to
reflect an increase of two percent for the 2024-2025 fiscal
year. The pay increase shall be given to each person employed
in addition to any step increase to which the employee is
otherwise entitled. The Alabama Community College System shall
take proper steps to ensure that employees on all salary
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take proper steps to ensure that employees on all salary
schedules are given full credit for prior work experience in
the public schools and colleges, and shall take care to ensure
proper placements on the salary schedules. Placement on the
revised salary schedules shall be in accordance with the
employee's length of service in public education. No pay
increase shall be given to any two-year postsecondary employee
in excess of two percent, except as specifically provided in
this act.
(5) Miscellaneous provisions. The following provisions
are hereby established:
a. Fiscal Year. All salaries and salary increases which
are established by the State Board of Education shall be paid
in full to each person employed before the end of the
applicable fiscal year as defined in Section 16-1-1 of the
Code of Alabama 1975, as amended.
b. Extended Work. Public K-12 school employees on
contracts which extend beyond 187 days, or the hourly
equivalent thereof, shall be given a pro rata salary increment
for each or partial day of work extending beyond 187 days.
c. Local Increment. Any cost-of-living adjustment
and/or increase on the State Minimum Salary Schedule for
teachers as provided in this act shall be exclusive of any
local pay increase granted or due to teachers under provisions
of any local salary schedule. Any cost-of-living adjustment
and/or pay increase required by this act for public school
support personnel shall be in addition to any pay increase due
or granted to the employee under provisions of any local
salary schedules. The pay increase provisions of this act
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salary schedules. The pay increase provisions of this act
shall not apply to any salary supplements granted by local
boards of education, bonuses earned for certification by the
National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, or the
federal portion of the salary paid to a Junior Reserve Officer
Training Corps (JROTC) instructor employed by a local school
board.
d. Community Education. Each county and city board of
education shall have the option to exclude from the provisions
of this act any part-time employees of community education or
school-sponsored child care or child enrichment program which
is supplemental to the state-required educational program.
e. Local Chief Executive Officers. The pay increase
provisions of this act shall not apply to superintendents of
education of any school system or institution. Any pay
increase given to the superintendent shall be by majority
recorded vote of the governing body or authority.
Section 2. The pay increase granted in this act shall
begin in fiscal year 2024-2025 and continue in subsequent
years. Nothing in this act shall authorize additional pay
increases in subsequent years.
Section 3. The provisions of this act are severable. If
any part of this act is declared invalid or unconstitutional,
that declaration shall not affect the part which remains.
Section 4. This act shall become immediately following
its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise
becoming law.
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becoming law.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
was passed by the House 16-Apr-24.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 02-May-24 Passed
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