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SB217
25LXSKK-1
By Senators Chesteen, Butler
RFD: Education Policy
First Read: 07-Mar-24
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First Read: 07-Mar-24
SYNOPSIS:
Existing law does not provide experience credit
to certified teachers for years worked as a
paraprofessional or classroom teacher's aide before
they were certified.
This bill would provide certified teachers with
one year of experience credit on the local salary
schedule for every two years that he or she previously
worked as a paraprofessional or classroom teacher's
aide at a public school in this state, provided that he
or she has a minimum of four years total experience.
This bill would only apply to certified teachers
hired on or after June 1, 2024.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to public education; to add Section 16-23-25
to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide certain certified
teachers who previously worked as a paraprofessional or
classroom teacher's aide with experience credit on the local
salary schedule.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 16-23-25 is added to the Code of
Alabama 1975, to read as follows:
ยง16-23-25
(a) A teacher with at least four years of full-time
experience as a paraprofessional or classroom teacher's aide
in a public school who is: (i) issued a teacher certificate
pursuant to this chapter; and (ii) hired into a position
requiring such certification, shall receive one year of
experience credit on the local teacher salary schedule
established pursuant to Section 16-23-231.1 for every two
years of full-time experience that he or she earned in a
public school as a paraprofessional or classroom teacher's
aide prior to being hired as a certified teacher.
(b) This section shall only apply to teachers hired
into a position requiring teacher certification on or after
June 1, 2024.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1,
2024.
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