2025 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 [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 62, § 8(m)(6)].

§ 1308. Salary schedules for administrative secretaries, financial secretaries, senior secretaries, secretaries and clerks [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 62, § 8(m)(6)].

(a) Each administrative assistant I, II, and III who works and is paid for 12 months per year shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule:

Step	Administrative Assistant I*	Administrative Assistant II*	Administrative Assistant III*	Years of Experience
1	23,905	25,380	26,250	0
2	24,544	25,975	26,853	1
3	25,133	26,567	27,455	2
4	25,721	27,161	28,056	3
5	26,309	27,757	28,728	4
6	26,898	28,378	29,406	5
7	27,485	29,049	30,089	6
8	28,072	29,719	30,766	7
9	28,732	30,389	31,447	8
10	29,396	31,058	32,125	9
11	30,059	31,733	32,805	10
12	30,723	32,403	33,483	11
13	31,386	33,071	34,164	12
14	32,051	33,743	34,842	13
15	32,716	34,415	35,520	14
16	33,381	35,082	36,203	15
17	34,042	35,751	36,882	16
18	34,707	36,425	37,560	17
19	35,370	37,092	38,240	18
20	36,035	37,767	38,920	19
21	36,697	38,436	39,598	20
22	37,376	39,122	40,293	21
23	38,071	39,820	41,000	22
24	38,781	40,533	41,727	23
25	39,503	41,263	42,468	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. In accordance with classification changes effective July 1, 2024, for purposes of this section, administrative secretary is equivalent to administrative assistant III, senior secretary and financial secretary are equivalent to administrative assistant II; and clerk and secretary are equivalent to administrative assistant I.

(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:

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);  83 Del. Laws, c. 54, § 8(m)(6)(iii);  83 Del. Laws, c. 325, § 8(m)(6)(iii);  84 Del. Laws, c. 81, § 8(m)(6)(iii);  84 Del. Laws, c. 295, § 8(m)(6)(iii)(a);  85 Del. Laws, c. 62, § 8(m)(6)(iii);