SB217ENGROSSED
Page 0
SB217
25LXSKK-2
By Senators Chesteen, Butler
RFD: Education Policy
First Read: 07-Mar-24
1
2
3
4
5 SB217 Engrossed
Page 1
First Read: 07-Mar-24
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:
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 16-13-231.1 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
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28 SB217 Engrossed
Page 2
(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.
29
30
31
32 SB217 Engrossed
Page 3
2024.
Senate
Read for the first time and referred
to the Senate committee on Education
Policy
................07-Mar-24
Read for the second time and placed
on the calendar:
1 amendment
................20-Mar-24
Read for the third time and passed
as amended
Yeas 30
Nays 0
Abstains 0
................04-Apr-24
Patrick Harris,
Secretary.
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53