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Senate Bill 551 (Public) Filed Monday, April 5, 2021
AN ACT TO INCREASE COMPENSATION FOR TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH AT LEAST FIFTEEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
Intro. by Britt.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (Apr 6 2021)

Bill History:

S 551

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 5 2021 - View Summary

    Identical to H 497, filed 4/5/21.

    Sets a monthly teacher salary schedule for "A" teachers for 2021-22 for licensed public school personnel classified as teachers, based on years of experience, ranging from $3,500 for teachers with 0 years of experience to $5,460 for 25 or more years of experience.

    Provides for a 12% salary supplement for licensed teachers who have National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification; a 10% salary supplement for licensed teachers classified as "M" teachers; a $126 salary supplement for licensed teachers with licensure based on academic preparation at the six-year degree level, in addition to the "M" teachers salary supplement; a $253 salary supplement for licensed teachers with licensure based on academic preparation at the doctoral degree level, in addition to the "M" teachers salary supplement; and a 10% salary supplement for certified school nurses.

    Requires that the first step of the salary schedule for school psychologists, school speech pathologists licensed at the master's degree level or higher, and school audiologists licensed at the master's degree level or higher, must be equivalent to the sixth step of the "A" salary schedule. Provides for a 10% salary supplement. Deems these employees eligible to receive salary supplements equivalent to those of teachers for academic preparation at the six-year degree level or the doctoral degree level.

    Requires that the twenty-sixth step of the salary schedule for school psychologists, school speech pathologists licensed at the master's degree level or higher, and school audiologists licensed at the master's degree level or higher must be 7.5% higher than the salary received by these same employees on the twenty-fifth step of the salary schedule.

    Provides that in lieu of the amounts of annual longevity payments to teachers paid on the teacher salary schedule, beginning with the 2014-15 fiscal year, the amounts of those longevity payments are included in the monthly amounts under the teacher salary schedule.

    Details teacher compensation for the 2021-22 school year based on either (1) the applicable salary schedule; (2) the sum of the salary the teacher received in 2013-14, longevity pay for the 2013-14 school year, and annual bonus provided in 2014-100; or (3) the sum of the salary and annual bonus the teacher received in the 2014-15 school year, with the compensation amount determined to be equal to the greater of those amounts. Provides that teacher includes instructional support personnel.

    Appropriates $179 million in recurring funds from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for 2021-22 to increase salaries for teachers with at least 15 years of experience as specified. 

    Effective July 1, 2021.