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Title 14 - Education
CHAPTER 13. SALARIES AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
§ 1308. Salary schedules for administrative secretaries, financial secretaries, senior secretaries, secretaries and clerks.

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14 DE Code § 1308 (2018)
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(a) Each administrative secretary, financial secretary, senior secretary, secretary and clerk who works and is paid for 12 months per year shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule:

Step Clerk* Secretary* Senior Secretary* Financial Secretary* Administrative Secretary* Years of Experience
1 17,913 19,483 20,335 20,806 21,587 0
2 18,487 20,056 20,864 21,339 22,127 1
3 19,058 20,584 21,396 21,872 22,667 2
4 19,633 21,112 21,925 22,404 23,206 3
5 20,170 21,639 22,455 22,937 23,809 4
6 20,678 22,168 22,986 23,495 24,417 5
7 21,184 22,695 23,547 24,097 25,029 6
8 21,690 23,221 24,147 24,698 25,637 7
9 22,199 23,812 24,745 25,299 26,248 8
10 22,706 24,408 25,343 25,900 26,856 9
11 23,213 25,003 25,940 26,504 27,466 10
12 23,780 25,598 26,537 27,105 28,074 11
13 24,352 26,193 27,136 27,704 28,684 12
14 24,925 26,789 27,735 28,307 29,293 13
15 25,497 27,385 28,331 28,910 29,901 14
16 26,070 27,982 28,930 29,508 30,514 15
17 26,643 28,575 29,529 30,109 31,123 16
18 27,217 29,172 30,128 30,712 31,730 17
19 27,788 29,766 30,726 31,311 32,340 18
20 28,361 30,363 31,323 31,916 32,950 19
21 28,931 30,957 31,921 32,517 33,558 20
22 29,517 31,566 32,532 33,131 34,181 21
23 30,118 32,189 33,157 33,758 34,817 22
24 30,733 32,826 33,795 34,398 35,468 23
25 31,361 33,474 34,448 35,052 36,132 24
  * — Annual Salary in Whole Dollars.

(b) For purposes of implementing the salary schedule contained in subsection (a) of this section, the 18-year step on the salary schedule is effective for administrative secretaries on July 1, 1989; the 19-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1990; and the 20-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991. The 17-year step is effective for clerks, secretaries, senior secretaries, and financial secretaries on July 1, 1989; the 18-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1990; the 19-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991; and the 20-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1992.

(c) One twelfth of the salary rate set forth under subsection (a) of this section shall be deducted for each month that the employee is not employed.

(d) These same classifications and pay rates shall apply to the Department of Education, except that the Department shall be authorized to revise the schedule annually to enable the Department to pay salary supplements up to the equivalent of the average of the 3 highest salaries for like positions paid by school districts.

(e) During the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, a reorganized school district may employ personnel to be paid pursuant to this section in a number equal to 1 of each full 10 state units of pupils for the first 100 such full state units of pupils and 1 additional for each additional full 12 state units of pupils.

(f) The total number of secretarial employees to which a reorganized school district is entitled shall be as specified in subsection (e) of this section, but the number that may be assigned to each classification beginning July 1, 1989, shall be according to the following and in the order specified:

(1) Up to 8 percent of the total secretarial allocation in each district or a minimum of 2 positions per district, whichever is larger, may be assigned as "administrative secretary."

(2) Up to 40 percent of the total secretarial allocation in each district or a minimum of 3 per district plus 1 for each school enrolling 15 or more units of pupils, whichever is greater, may be classified as "senior secretary" or "financial secretary."

(3) Twelve percent of the total secretarial allocation in each district shall be classified as "clerk."

(4) The balance of the total clerical allocation in each district shall be classified as "secretary."

46 Del. Laws, c. 48, § 2; 47 Del. Laws, c. 195, § 1; 48 Del. Laws, Sp. Sess., c. 489, § 2; 14 Del. C. 1953, § 1308; 56 Del. Laws, c. 143, § 2; 56 Del. Laws, c. 292, § 11; 56 Del. Laws, c. 470, § 2; 57 Del. Laws, c. 333, §§ 5, 6; 58 Del. Laws, c. 189, § 2; 58 Del. Laws, c. 305, §§ 2, 6, 7; 59 Del. Laws, c. 34; 60 Del. Laws, c. 31, § 1; 61 Del. Laws, c. 407, §§ 8, 15; 61 Del. Laws, c. 409, § 102(a); 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)(vi); 64 Del. Laws, c. 220, § 6(a); 64 Del. Laws, c. 334, § 11(j)(5); 65 Del. Laws, c. 87, § 11(k)(2); 65 Del. Laws, c. 348, § 12(r)(4); 66 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 12(p)(4); 66 Del. Laws, c. 303, § 12(m)(4), (5); 67 Del. Laws, c. 47, § 12(o)(4)-(7); 67 Del. Laws, c. 281, § 8(o)(2); 68 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 8(m)(1); 68 Del. Laws, c. 290, § 8(m)(2); 69 Del. Laws, c. 64, § 8(m)(2); 69 Del. Laws, c. 291, § 8(i)(3); 70 Del. Laws, c. 118, § 8(i)(2); 70 Del. Laws, c. 425, § 8(i)(2); 71 Del. Laws, c. 132, § 8(m)(2); 71 Del. Laws, c. 180, § 66; 71 Del. Laws, c. 354, § 8(n)(2); 72 Del. Laws, c. 94, § 8(n)(3); 72 Del. Laws, c. 395, § 8(n)(2); 73 Del. Laws, c. 74, § 8(n)(2); 73 Del. Laws, c. 312, § 8(m)(2); 74 Del. Laws, c. 307, § 8(m)(3); 75 Del. Laws, c. 89, § 8(m)(3); 75 Del. Laws, c. 350, § 8(m)(2); 76 Del. Laws, c. 80, § 8(m)(2); 77 Del. Laws, c. 84, § 8(m)(2); 77 Del. Laws, c. 327, § 8(m)(2); 78 Del. Laws, c. 78, § 8(m)(7), (14); 78 Del. Laws, c. 290, § 8(m)(5)(iii); 79 Del. Laws, c. 78, § 8(m)(5)(iii); 79 Del. Laws, c. 290, § 8(m)(5)(iii), (6)(iii); 80 Del. Laws, c. 79, § 8(m)(5)(iii); 80 Del. Laws, c. 298, § 8(m)(5)(iii); 81 Del. Laws, c. 58, § 8(m)(5)(iii); 81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 8(m)(6)(iii).

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