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2020 Delaware Code
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. (2020)
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§ 1308. Salary schedules for administrative secretaries, financial secretaries, senior secretaries, secretaries and clerks.

(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* SeniorSecretary* FinancialSecretary* AdministrativeSecretary* Years ofExperience
1 18,913 20,483 21,335 21,806 22,587 0
2 19,487 21,056 21,864 22,339 23,127 1
3 20,058 21,584 22,396 22,872 23,667 2
4 20,633 22,112 22,925 23,404 24,206 3
5 21,170 22,639 23,455 23,937 24,809 4
6 21,678 23,168 23,986 24,495 25,417 5
7 22,184 23,695 24,547 25,097 26,029 6
8 22,690 24,221 25,147 25,698 26,637 7
9 23,199 24,812 25,745 26,299 27,248 8
10 23,706 25,408 26,343 26,900 27,856 9
11 24,213 26,003 26,940 27,504 28,466 10
12 24,780 26,598 27,537 28,105 29,074 11
13 25,352 27,193 28,136 28,704 29,684 12
14 25,925 27,789 28,735 29,307 30,293 13
15 26,497 28,385 29,331 29,910 30,901 14
16 27,070 28,982 29,930 30,508 31,514 15
17 27,643 29,575 30,529 31,109 32,123 16
18 28,217 30,172 31,128 31,712 32,730 17
19 28,788 30,766 31,726 32,311 33,340 18
20 29,361 31,363 32,323 32,916 33,950 19
21 29,931 31,957 32,921 33,517 34,558 20
22 30,517 32,566 33,532 34,131 35,181 21
23 31,118 33,189 34,157 34,758 35,817 22
24 31,733 33,826 34,795 35,398 36,468 23
25 32,361 34,474 35,448 36,052 37,132 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);  82 Del. Laws, c. 64, § 8(m)(6)(iii); 
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