2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 17 — Education
RS 17:421.3 — Minimum salary schedule for teachers


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§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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