2025 Delaware Code
Title 14 - Education
Chapter 13. SALARIES AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
§ 1306. Salary schedule for chief school officers.

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14 DE Code § 1306 (2025)
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§ 1306. Salary schedule for chief school officers.

(a) A superintendent who is the chief school officer of a district and who holds a certificate appropriate for the position shall receive as a salary the amount for which that superintendent qualifies under § 1316 of this title and the schedule set forth in § 1305(a), (b) and (d) of this title, plus an annual amount for administrative responsibility. The amount for administrative responsibility is to be determined either in accordance with the following schedule, or by multiplying the appropriate index value specified in the second schedule by the annual salary provided under § 1305(a), (b) and (d) of this title, whichever is greater:

Number of Division I Units of Pupils in the School District
71 $6,450 71-149 $8,370 150-249 $10,293 250 Plus $12,219
Less Than 200 .30 200-399 .40 400 Plus .50

(b) Each reorganized school district may employ 1 superintendent to be paid from state funds in accordance with subsection (a) of this section. Such superintendent shall not be charged against the allotment of any personnel provided by this chapter or Chapter 17 of this title.

(c) In the event any school district is appropriated state funds for salaries of a number of administrative or supervisory personnel in excess of that specifically required by this section and § 1307 of this title, the number of administrative assistants provided under subsection (b) of this section for such district shall be reduced by a like number, but not less than 2.

46 Del. Laws, c. 48, § 1;  47 Del. Laws, c. 195, § 1;  14 Del. C. 1953, § 1306;  49 Del. Laws, c. 339, § 1;  50 Del. Laws, c. 602, § 1;  52 Del. Laws, c. 344, § 4;  55 Del. Laws, c. 427, §§ 1, 2;  56 Del. Laws, c. 131, § 1;  56 Del. Laws, c. 292, § 9;  57 Del. Laws, c. 333, § 2;  58 Del. Laws, c. 192, § 1;  58 Del. Laws, c. 304, § 1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 34;  62 Del. Laws, c. 68, § 42(e);  62 Del. Laws, c. 277, §§ 11(f), 131(a);  62 Del. Laws, c. 423, § 48(a);  63 Del. Laws, c. 80, §§ 11(f), 112;  63 Del. Laws, c. 322, § 11(f), (g);  64 Del. Laws, c. 90, § 11(d)(iii);  64 Del. Laws, c. 220, § 6(b);  64 Del. Laws, c. 334, § 11(j)(2);  65 Del. Laws, c. 348, § 12(r)(2);  66 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 12(p)(2);  66 Del. Laws, c. 303, § 12(m)(2);  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 
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