GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	2 

SENATE BILL 163*
Corrected Copy 2/16/89

Short Title:  School Employee Salary Schedule.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Ward; Basnight, Block, Bryan, Chalk, Cochrane, Conder, Daniel, Guy, Harris, Hunt of Durham, Hunt of Moore, Johnson of Wake, Kaplan, Martin of Guilford, Marvin, Murphy, Parnell, Plyler, Rauch, Royall, Sands, Sherron, Speed, Swain, Taft, Tally, Walker, and Winner.
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Referred to:  Education.
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February 15, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH NEW SALARY SCHEDULES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a) Effective July 1, 1989, the following salary schedule shall be applicable to certified personnel of the public schools who are classified as "A”or "G”teachers:
Yrs.	1988-89	Yrs.	1989-90	1990-91	1991-92
Exp. 	Salary	Exp.	Salary	Salary	Salary
0	$18,330	$19,053	$19,776	$20,500
1	 18,330	 19,685	 20,191	 20,910
2	 18,330	 	 19,834	 21,040	 21,328
3	 19,150	 19,986	 21,338	 22,395
4	 20,030	 20,688	 21,643	 22,843
5	 20,030	 21,434	 22,227	 23,299
6	 20,030	 21,595	 22,837	 23,765
7	 21,005	 21,760	 23,160	 24,241
8	 21,005	 	 22,578	 23,490	 24,725
9	 21,005	 22,750	 24,151	 25,220
10	 22,285	 22,925	 24,494	 25,724
11	 22,285	 23,956	 24,844	 26,239
12	 23,292	 24,138	 25,628	 26,764
13	 23,292	 24,995	 25,992	 27,299
14	 24,364	 25,185	 26,699	 27,845
15	 25,783	 26,092	 27,077	 28,402
16	 25,783	 27,235	 27,821	 28,970
17	 27,057	 27,436	 28,688	 29,549
18	 27,057	 28,491	 29,090	 30,140
19	 28,342	 28,700	 29,924	 30,743
20-22A	 28,549	  20	 29,770	 30,342	 31,358
23-25A	 28,849	  21	 30,125	 31,197	 31,985
26-28A	 28,849	  22	 30,547	 31,701	 32,625
29+A	 28,849	  23	 30,773	 32,245	 33,277
30	 30,326 	  24	 31,004	 32,697	 33,943
31	 31,799	  25	 32,224	 33,159	 34,622
32	 33,377	  26	 33,446	 34,122	 35,314
  27	 34,373	 35,093	 36,020
  28	 36,109	 36,741
  29	 37,476
The 1988-89 salary amount includes longevity payments as follows: 1.50% of gross annual salary for the 10-14 year service interval, 2.25% of gross annual salary for the 15-19 year service interval, 3.25% of gross annual salary for the 20-24 year service interval, and 4.50% of gross annual salary for the 25-32 year service interval.  Longevity payments for years 1989-90 and beyond are included in the salary increase for those years.
At the end of the three-year phase-in period, 1991-92, the schedule provides for a two percent (2%) cumulative increase between years of experience, except between the third and fourth years of experience.  The schedule provides for a five percent (5%) increase between the third and fourth years for teachers who have successfully completed the probationary period.
(b) Effective July 1, 1989, the following salary schedule shall be applicable to certified personnel of the public schools who are classified as "administrators".
Grade		Monthly salary
Level		Classification/Position	0 Yr. exper.
  1		Speech/Language Pathologist	$2,329
  2		Psychologist/Observer Evaluator	 2,422
  3		Asst. Principal/Program Consultant	 2,519
  4		Program Coordinator	 2,620
  5		Principal-Up to 300 ADM	 2,725
  6		Principal-301-600 ADM/Prog.Dir.	 2,834
  7		Principal-601-900 ADM/Asst.Supt.	 2,947
  8		Prin.-901-1200ADM/Assoc.Supt.10,001-	 3,065
	20,000 ADM
  9		Principal-1201-1500ADM/Assoc.Supt.	 3,188
20,001-30,000ADM,Supt.-Up to 1500ADM
10		Principal-1500+ADM/Assoc.Supt.-	 3,315
30,000+ADM/Supt.-1501-5000 ADM
11		Superintendent-5001-10,000 ADM	 3,448
12		Superintendent-10,001-20,000 ADM	 3,586
13		Superintendent-20,001-30,000 ADM	 3,729
14		Superintendent-30,001-50,000 ADM	 3,878
15		Superintendent-50,000+ ADM	 4,033
(c) For administrators with one through 16 years of experience there shall be, within each grade level, a four percent (4%) cumulative increase in monthly salary for each additional year of experience, except between the third and fourth years of experience.  If an administrator successfully completes the probationary period, he shall receive a six percent (6%) increase between the third and fourth years. If the percentage calculation does not produce an exact whole dollar amount, the amount of  increase shall be rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount.
Longevity payments are included in the salary increases in the new salary schedule for administrators.
(d) Teachers and administrators shall be placed on the new salary schedule based on years of experience and shall receive the salary increases necessary to bring them to the appropriate level on the schedule.
(e) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this section.
Sec. 2. The increase provided in the new salary schedules for teachers and administrators include compensation for longevity service; therefore, effective July 1, 1989, payments for longevity service may not be made as additions to annual or monthly salary amounts provided in the new salary schedule.
Sec. 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education the sum of one hundred twenty-nine million nine hundred thirty-eight thousand dollars ($129,938,000) for the 1989-90 fiscal year, and the sum of two hundred twenty-five million ninety-four thousand dollars ($225,094,000) for the 1990-91 fiscal year, to be used for the implementation of this act.
Sec. 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.