2012 Delaware Code
Title 14 - Education
CHAPTER 13. SALARIES AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
§ 1322. Salary schedule for school food service employees [Effective Jan. 1, 2012]

(a) School food service managers who work on a program of at least 7 hours per day of the 10-month school year (185 days) shall receive annual salaries in accordance with the following schedule:

SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE MANAGERS*

Number of Pupils in School Served by Cafeteria

Step	Below 351	351-500	501-800	801-1200	1201-1600	1601-2000	2000+	Yrs. Of Exp.
1	17,246	18,213	19,178	20,141	21,091	22,260	22,841	0
2	17,729	18,692	19,661	20,624	21,526	22,403	23,279	1
3	18,213	19,178	20,141	21,091	21,964	22,841	23,717	2
4	18,692	19,661	20,624	21,526	22,403	23,279	24,155	3
5	19,178	20,141	21,091	21,984	22,841	23,717	24,593	4
6	19,661	20,624	21,526	22,403	23,279	24,155	25,032	5
7	20,141	21,091	21,964	22,841	23,717	24,593	25,507	6
8	20,624	21,526	22,403	23,279	24,155	25,032	25,991	7
9	21,091	21,964	22,841	23,717	24,593	25,507	26,476	8
10	21,526	22,403	23,279	24,155	25,032	25,991	26,959	9
11	21,964	22,841	23,717	24,593	25,507	26,476	27,439	10
12	22,403	23,279	24,155	25,032	25,991	26,959	27,921	11
13	22,841	23,717	24,593	25,507	26,476	27,439	28,407	12
14	23,279	24,155	25,032	25,991	26,959	27,921	28,888	13
15	23,717	24,593	25,507	26,476	27,439	28,407	29,376	14
16	24,155	25,032	25,991	26,959	27,921	28,888	29,861	15
17	24,605	25,523	26,484	27,451	28,415	29,380	30,354	16
18	25,065	26,030	26,989	27,953	28,920	29,880	30,858	17
19	25,536	26,549	27,504	28,465	29,434	30,389	31,370	18
20	26,013	27,078	28,028	28,986	29,957	30,907	31,890	19

* - Annual Salary in Whole Dollars.

Salaries provided for in this schedule shall be paid to the school food service manager of a single cafeteria. A food service manager responsible for the preparation of food for more than 1 cafeteria shall receive $400 for each additional cafeteria. A manager of satellite cafeteria or cafeterias shall receive the salary provided for in this schedule less $200. A satellite cafeteria is defined as one where no basic food preparation takes place. A manager who manages more than 1 cafeteria shall receive the salary provided in this scale using the total school enrollments of all cafeterias managed. The salaries listed in this schedule for school food service managers shall be increased for additional training as defined by the State Board of Education as follows:

One Year of College $452

Two Years of College $682

Bachelor's Degree $1,360

(b) In the case of a school food service manager who is employed for less than full time as defined in subsection (a) of this section, the salary shall be computed on the basis of the fractional part of the hourly assignment.

(c) School lunch cooks and school lunch general workers shall be paid no less than the minimum hourly wage in accordance with the federal statutes. School lunch cooks and school lunch general workers who work on the basis of a formula of 7 hours of labor per 100 meals (including adjusting of a la carte meals) shall receive minimum hourly wages in accordance with the following schedule:

SCHOOL LUNCH COOKS AND GENERAL WORKERS*

Step	General Worker	Cook/Baker	Years of Experience
1	10.83	11.67	0
2	10.97	11.79	1
3	11.13	11.92	2
4	11.22	12.03	3
5	11.34	12.17	4
6	11.52	12.35	5
7	11.66	12.45	6
8	11.76	12.54	7
9	11.84	12.64	8
10	11.94	12.77	9
11	12.06	12.92	10
12	12.26	13.05	11
13	12.38	13.19	12
14	12.51	13.32	13
15	12.64	13.42	14
16	12.77	13.58	15
17	12.93	13.74	16
18	13.07	13.84	17
19	13.22	13.93	18
20	13.38	14.05	19
21	13.53	14.15	20
22	13.68	14.26	21

* - Annual Salary in Whole Dollars.

(d) The salaries prescribed in subsections (a) and (b) of this section for school lunch manager and district managers shall be paid from state funds. The wages prescribed in subsection (c) of this section for school lunch cooks and general workers shall be paid from funds derived from local school lunch operations and deposited by the local school district with the State Treasurer and from moneys derived from the General Fund of the State. A minimum of 25% of the salary prescribed in subsection (c) of this section for school lunch cooks and general workers shall be paid by the State from funds not derived from local school lunch operations. Only those funds designated for wages are to be so deposited.

14 Del. C. 1953, § 1322; 51 Del. Laws, c. 157, § 1; 52 Del. Laws, c. 344, § 13; 54 Del. Laws, c. 43, § 9; 55 Del. Laws, c. 409, § 7; 56 Del. Laws, c. 143, § 3; 56 Del. Laws, c. 470, § 6, 7; 57 Del. Laws, c. 333, § 15, 21-23; 58 Del. Laws, c. 192, § 1; 58 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 1; 59 Del. Laws, c. 34; 59 Del. Laws, c. 473, § 1, 2; 60 Del. Laws, c. 31, § 1; 61 Del. Laws, c. 407, § 3, 4; 61 Del. Laws, c. 409, § 106, 107; 62 Del. Laws, c. 68, § 42(e); 62 Del. Laws, c. 277, § 11(f); 63 Del. Laws, c. 80, § 11(f); 63 Del. Laws, c. 322, § 11(f), (g); 64 Del. Laws, c. 90, § 11(d)(x), (xi); 64 Del. Laws, c. 220, § 6(a), (b); 64 Del. Laws, c. 334, § 11(j)(11), (12); 65 Del. Laws, c. 87, § 11(k)(4), (5); 65 Del. Laws, c. 299, § 1; 65 Del. Laws, c. 348, § 12(r)(9), (10); 66 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 12(p)(10)-(12); 66 Del. Laws, c. 303, § 12(m)(9), (10); 67 Del. Laws, c. 47, § 12(o)(9), (10); 67 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 8(o)(4), (5); 68 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 8(m)(3), (4); 68 Del. Laws, c. 290, § 8(m)(4), (5); 69 Del. Laws, c. 64, § 8(m)(4), (5); 69 Del. Laws, c. 291, § 8(i)(7), (8); 70 Del. Laws, c. 118, § 8(i)(4), (5); 70 Del. Laws, c. 425, § 8(i)(4), (5); 71 Del. Laws, c. 132, § 8(m)(4), (5); 71 Del. Laws, c. 180, § 76; 71 Del. Laws, c. 354, § 8(n)(4), (5); 72 Del. Laws, c. 94, § 8(n)(5), (6); 72 Del. Laws, c. 294, § 42; 72 Del. Laws, c. 395, § 8(n)(4), (5); 73 Del. Laws, c. 74, § 8(n)(4), (5); 73 Del. Laws, c. 312, § 8(m)(4), (5); 74 Del. Laws, c. 307, § 8(m)(5), (6); 75 Del. Laws, c. 77, § 41; 75 Del. Laws, c. 89, § 8(m)(5), (6); 75 Del. Laws, c. 350, § 8(m)(4), (5); 76 Del. Laws, c. 80, § 8(m)(4), (5); 77 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 8(m)(4), (5); 77 Del. Laws, c. 327, § 8(m)(4), (5); 78 Del. Laws, c. 78, § 8(m)(9), (10), (16) and (17).;