Pennsylvania Act 1955-119 — ESTABLISHING MINIMUM COMPENSATION FOR FACULTY - SCOTLAND SCHOOL

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ESTABLISHING MINIMUM COMPENSATION FOR FACULTY - SCOTLAND SCHOOL
                  Act of Aug. 5, 1955, P.L. 306, No. 119              Cl. 24
                                  AN ACT

     Establishing minimum compensation and increments for
        administrators and members of the faculty of the Scotland
        School for Veterans' Children; and imposing duties on the
        board of trustees of such school and the Superintendent of
        Public Instruction.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Compensation of each administrator or member of
     the faculty of the Scotland School for Veterans' Children, shall
     be payable in equal monthly, or semi-monthly, installments
     during the regular school term or year.
        Section 2.  Each person heretofore or hereafter appointed to
     a position as an administrator or member of the faculty of the
     Scotland School for Veterans' Children, shall receive the
     following minimum salaries and yearly increments for services
     rendered during the regular school term or year.
        (1)  Teachers holding a standard certificate valid for the
     subjects or grades in which the teacher is giving instruction,
     minimum annual salary two thousand four hundred dollars ($2400),
     minimum annual service increment two hundred dollars ($200),
     minimum number of service increments eight.
        (2)  Teachers holding a college certificate valid for the
     subjects or grades in which the teacher is giving instruction,
     minimum annual salary two thousand four hundred dollars ($2400),
     minimum annual service increment two hundred dollars ($200),
     minimum number of service increments ten.
        (3)  Teachers holding a Master's Degree and who also hold a
     college certificate valid for the subjects or grades in which
     the teacher is giving instruction, minimum annual salary two
     thousand four hundred dollars ($2400), minimum annual service
     increment two hundred dollars ($200), minimum number of service
     increments twelve.
        (4)  Teachers of applied arts and vocational subjects, who
     hold a standard certificate, shall be entitled to the same
     minimum salary and increments as teachers who hold a college
     certificate.
        (5)  Teachers of applied arts and vocational subjects, who
     hold a standard certificate and have earned an additional thirty
     semester hours of credit in professional education in the
     teaching field in which said teacher is engaged or related
     thereto, shall be entitled to the same minimum salary and
     increments as teachers holding a Master's Degree.
        (6)  Supervisors who devote one-half or more of their time to
     supervision of instruction holding a standard or college
     certificate, minimum annual salary three thousand four hundred
     dollars ($3400), minimum annual service increment two hundred
     dollars ($200), minimum number of service increments eight.
        (7)  Supervisors who devote one-half or more of their time to
     supervision of instruction holding a Master's Degree, minimum
     annual salary three thousand four hundred dollars ($3400),
     minimum annual service increment two hundred dollars ($200),
     minimum number of service increments ten.
        (8)  Principals who devote one-half or more of their time to
     supervision and administration and having less than twenty
     teachers under their supervision who hold a standard or college
     certificate, minimum annual salary three thousand four hundred
     dollars ($3400), minimum annual service increment two hundred
     dollars ($200), minimum number of service increments eight.
        (9)  Such principals who hold a Master's Degree, minimum
     annual salary three thousand four hundred dollars ($3400),
     minimum annual service increment two hundred dollars ($200),
     minimum number of service increments ten.
        (10)  Such principals having twenty or more teachers under
     their supervision but less than forty and who hold a standard or
     college certificate, minimum annual salary three thousand eight
     hundred dollars ($3800), minimum annual service increment two
     hundred dollars ($200), minimum number of service increments
     eight.
        (11)  Such principals who hold a Master's Degree, minimum
     annual salary three thousand eight hundred dollars ($3800),
     minimum annual service increment two hundred dollars ($200),
     minimum number of service increments ten.
        (12)  Provided, That the maximum salary required to be paid,
     under the provisions of this section, shall not exceed the
     minimum annual salary plus the sum of the total number of
     increments for the class.
        Section 3.  Nothing contained herein shall be construed as
     prohibiting the payment of compensation beyond the salaries
     prescribed in this act, nor shall any part of this act be
     construed as prohibiting the employment of members of the
     administrative staff of the Scotland School for Veterans'
     Children on a twelve months basis.
        Section 4.  Any faculty member or administrator who during
     the term of his employment shall have attained the qualification
     necessary for the next higher classification, as hereinbefore
     set forth, shall, commencing with the next succeeding regular
     school year within the percentage limitation prescribed by this
     act, receive the compensation prescribed for such advanced
     classification which shall be at least two hundred dollars
     ($200) in excess of the increment earned by him during the
     previous year.
        Section 5.  The provisions of this act shall not be construed
     as authorizing any decrease in the salary paid any member of the
     faculty or administrator of the Scotland School for Veterans'
     Children at the effective date of this act.
        Each person employed as a member of the faculty or
     administrator of the Scotland School for Veterans' Children
     receiving compensation equivalent to or in excess of the minimum
     salary prescribed by the above schedule, shall, for the school
     year 1955-1956, be raised to the next higher step on the
     schedule, unless such increase shall be less than one full
     increment, in which case he shall be raised to the next higher
     step on the applicable schedule. Each such person receiving
     compensation less than the minimum salary prescribed by the
     schedule, shall, for the school year 1955-1956, be raised to
     such minimum salary unless such increase shall be less than one
     full increment, in which case he shall receive an increase of
     the amount of one full increment.
        Classifications of any employe enumerated in the foregoing
     salary schedule and the qualifications of such employe must be
     approved by the board of trustees of the school and the
     Superintendent of Public Instruction to entitle any employe to
     the benefits of this act.
        The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be vested with
     the sole and final authority in interpreting the provisions of
     this act pertaining to the classification of any person covered
     thereby.
        Section 6.  All acts and parts of acts are repealed in so far
     as they are inconsistent with this act.