2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 17:421.3 — Minimum salary schedule for teachers
§421.3. Minimum salary schedule for teachers
A. Effective not later than July 1, 1988, the following minimum salary schedule for a one hundred eighty day school session shall apply with respect to teachers in public elementary and high schools of this state, including elementary school librarians holding valid Louisiana teaching certificates, adult education teachers, and teachers employed in state schools for the deaf, blind, spastic, and cerebral palsied and in State School District No. 1:
Years
of
Two
Three
Bach-
Master's
Spec.
Ph.D. or
Expe-
Years
Years
elor's
Master's
Plus 30
in Ed.
Ed.D.
rience
College
College
Degree
Degree
Grad. Hrs.
Degree
Degree
0
$ 9,229
$ 9,817
$12,171
$12,464
$12,464
$12,907
$13,495
1
9,375
9,965
12,464
12,758
12,758
13,200
13,787
2
9,523
10,110
12,758
13,053
13,053
13,495
14,083
3
9,817
10,405
13,053
13,346
13,346
13,787
14,525
4
10,110
10,700
13,346
13,641
13,641
14,083
14,990
5
10,405
10,994
13,641
14,083
14,155
14,603
15,452
6
10,700
11,287
13,936
14,525
14,679
15,142
15,915
7
10,994
11,729
14,230
14,990
15,221
15,684
16,378
8
11,436
12,171
14,525
15,452
15,761
16,223
16,841
9
11,876
12,612
14,990
15,915
16,300
16,765
17,304
10
12,318
13,053
15,452
16,378
16,841
17,304
17,769
11
15,916
16,841
17,382
17,844
18,232
12
16,393
17,346
17,924
18,383
18,671
13
16,885
17,867
18,462
18,934
19,231
14
16,885
17,867
18,462
18,934
19,231
15
16,885
17,867
18,462
18,934
19,231
16
17,391
18,403
19,016
19,503
19,808
17
17,391
18,403
19,016
19,503
19,808
18
17,391
18,403
19,016
19,503
19,808
19
17,913
18,955
19,586
20,088
20,402
20
17,913
18,955
19,586
20,088
20,402
21
17,913
18,955
19,586
20,088
20,402
22
18,450
19,523
20,174
20,690
21,014
23
18,450
19,523
20,174
20,690
21,014
24
18,450
19,523
20,174
20,690
21,014
25
19,004
20,109
20,779
21,311
21,645
B.(1) For the 1988-1989 school year, the maximum years of experience to which the salary schedule shall be applied shall be fifteen years and the base salary shall be increased by five percent.
(2) For the 1989-1990 school year, the maximum years of experience to which the salary schedule shall be applied shall be twenty years and the 1988-1989 base salary shall be increased by seven percent.
(3) For the 1990-1991 school year and thereafter, the maximum years of experience to which the salary schedule shall be applied shall be twenty-five years and the 1989-1990 base salary shall be increased by seven percent.
C. At no time after July 1, 1988, shall the salary of teachers covered by the provisions of this Section be less than the salary they received in 1987-1988; however, teachers who are absent for purposes of sick leave who present a medical certificate attesting to such illness, and those teachers on emergency leave, approved by the superintendent, shall receive the salary provided in the schedule herein, and those teachers on sabbatical leave shall receive the pay based on this schedule as authorized by R.S. 17:1184.
D. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the funds of any parish or city school board used for supplemental salary to teachers shall continue to be paid to the teacher and shall not be redirected to any other purpose.
E.(1) On and after August 15, 1993, the amount of the annual salary paid to any teacher in any school year shall not be reduced below the amount of such salary paid during the previous school year, nor shall the amount of the annual salary paid to any teacher be reduced at any time during an academic year.
(2) The limitations on the reduction in the amount of the annual salary paid to any teacher shall not be applicable to the correction of any accounting errors or to a reduction necessitated by the elimination of a state program or state funding.
(3) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to the reduction of any local salary supplement funded, in whole or in part, from a revenue source requiring voter approval when such voter approval has not been obtained.
F. Any increase in the expenditures of a city or parish school board resulting from a change to the minimum salary schedule for teachers provided by this Section shall be fully funded by the state. Such funds shall be made available to the city or parish school board.
G. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any state monies allocated to a city or parish school board pursuant to an appropriation funding the state Minimum Foundation Program shall be used first to fully implement the provisions of this Section applicable to any teacher who holds a valid Louisiana teaching certificate and whose primary responsibility is to provide instruction on a daily basis to students in a classroom setting, and such funds shall not be directed by a city or parish school board to any other purpose until such time as the board has complied with the requirements of this Subsection.
Acts 1988, No. 659, §1, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 222, §1, eff. June 26, 1989; Acts 1993, No. 70, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 398, §1, eff. June 8, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 1034, §1, eff. July 1, 1993.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 659, §3; PROVIDES CHAPTER 39 IS NULL AND VOID IF THIS SECTION IS NOT FUNDED.}}
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