SLS 20RS-423 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 127
BY SENATOR BARROW
TEACHERS. Prohibits salary schedules for teachers from including limitations based upon
years of experience. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 17:418(A)(2), relative to salaries of teachers and other school
3 employees; to provide relative to the salary schedules established for such
4 employees; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 17:418(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง418. Salaries; teachers and other school employees
8 A. * * *
9 (2) Such salary schedules shall be established and published not later than
10 January 1, 2013, and shall become effective for all employees not later than the
11 beginning of the 2013-2014 school year. No salary scheduled adopted pursuant
12 to this Section shall include salary limitations based upon years of experience.
13 * * *
14 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
15 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
16 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
17 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 127
SLS 20RS-423 ORIGINAL
1 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cheryl Serrett.
DIGEST
SB 127 Original 2020 Regular Session Barrow
Present law provides that the governing authority of each local public elementary and
secondary school shall establish salary schedules to determine the pay of teachers and all
other school employees.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally provides that salary schedules shall not
include salary limitations based on years of experience.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 17:418(A)(2))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.