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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4509 FILED ON: 8/2/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4180 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Erika Uyterhoeven |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to educator pay. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex8/2/2023 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4509 FILED ON: 8/2/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4180 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Erika |
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| 19 | 19 | | Uyterhoeven relative to establishing minimum salaries for teachers and education support |
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| 20 | 20 | | professionals. Education. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to educator pay. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2amended by striking out sections 40, and inserting in place thereof the following section:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 Section 40. (a) In a school district as defined in section 2 of chapter 70 of the general |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4laws, or an educational collaborative formed under the provisions of section 4E of chapter 40, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5the compensation of each teacher, as defined in chapter 32 of the general laws and pursuant to |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6regulation 807 CMR 4.00, except a person in training and except a person employed as a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7temporary substitute, and the compensation of each “education support professional,” shall be at |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8a rate of not less than sixty-five thousand dollars for teachers and a rate of not less than forty five |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9thousand dollars for education support professionals for the school year commencing after July |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10first, two thousand and twenty-four. The compensation paid to such teachers and education |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11support professionals shall be deemed to be fully earned at the end of the school year, and |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12proportionately earned during the school year. Payment of such compensation may be deferred to 2 of 3 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13the extent that equal payments may be established for a twelve month period including amounts |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14payable in July and August subsequent to the end of the school year. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15 (b) Beginning in fiscal year 2025, school districts and educational collaboratives, as |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16defined herein, shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth for the cost increases incurred by such |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17school districts and educational collaboratives as a result of increasing teacher and education |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18support professional compensation pursuant to this section. Reimbursements for the cost |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19increases shall be distributed in accordance with this paragraph; provided, however, that no |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20funds for said reimbursements shall be deducted from funds distributed pursuant to chapter 70 or |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21other existing state appropriations. The reimbursement amounts to each school district and |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22educational collaborative shall be equal to 100 per cent of the increase in the year in which the |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23increase occurs; 60 per cent of that amount in the first year following; 40 per cent of that amount |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24in the second year following; and 20 per cent of that amount in the third year following. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25 (c) For the purposes of this section, the term “education support professional” shall |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26include, but not be limited to, a paraeducator, tutor, family liaison, interpreter, translator, |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27qualified practitioner, as defined in the school-based Medicaid reimbursement program, clerical |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28services worker, custodial and maintenance services worker, food services worker, health and |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29student services worker, security services worker, skilled trades worker, technical services |
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| 58 | 58 | | 30worker, and transportation services worker employed by a school district; provided, however, |
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| 59 | 59 | | 31that the term shall not include a teacher, as defined in chapter 32 of the general laws, or any other |
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| 60 | 60 | | 32employee of a school district or educational collaborative whose role requires certification under |
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| 61 | 61 | | 33section 38G of this chapter or under chapter 74 of the general laws. 3 of 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 34 (d) Beginning on July 1, 2029, and for each subsequent five-year period, the executive |
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| 63 | 63 | | 35office of labor and workforce development shall calculate an adjusted minimum compensation |
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| 64 | 64 | | 36rate for teachers and education support professionals by increasing the current rate of |
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| 65 | 65 | | 37compensation by the rate of inflation for the previous five-year period. Said adjusted rate of |
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| 66 | 66 | | 38compensation shall be calculated to the nearest cent using the consumer price index for urban |
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| 67 | 67 | | 39wage earners and clerical workers or a successor index, for the 60 months prior to July 1 of the |
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| 68 | 68 | | 40subsequent five-year period, as calculated by the United States department of labor. Each |
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| 69 | 69 | | 41adjusted minimum compensation rate calculated under this section shall take effect on the |
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| 70 | 70 | | 42following September 1. |
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| 71 | 71 | | 43 (e) Effective September 1 of the five-year period starting on July 1, 2029, and effective |
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| 72 | 72 | | 44for each subsequent five-year period thereafter, the compensation rates shall be adjusted as laid |
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| 73 | 73 | | 45out in subsection (d) and be eligible for reimbursement under subsection (b) of this section. |
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| 74 | 74 | | 46 (f) The implementation of this section shall be consistent with the provisions of chapter |
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| 75 | 75 | | 47150E of the General Laws, including but not limited to the duty to bargain on wages, hours and |
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| 76 | 76 | | 48working conditions, or any agreements entered into in accordance with said chapter 150E of the |
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| 77 | 77 | | 49General Laws. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting a school district or |
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| 78 | 78 | | 50educational collaborative from providing teachers or educational support professionals with |
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| 79 | 79 | | 51compensation that is higher than the minimum amounts as defined herein. |
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