TITLE 17. EDUCATION
CHAPTER 2. TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES
PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
17:421.3 Minimum salary schedule for teachers
A. Effective not later than July 1, 1988, the following minimum salary schedule for a one hundred eighty day school session shall apply with respect to teachers in public elementary and high schools of this state, including elementary school librarians holding valid Louisiana teaching certificates, adult education teachers, and teachers employed in state schools for the deaf, blind, spastic, and cerebral palsied and in State School District No. 1:
|
Years of Experience |
Two Years College' |
Three Years' College |
Bachelor's Degree |
Master's Degree |
Master's Plus 30 Grad. Hrs. |
Spec. In Ed. Degree |
Ph.D. or Ed.D. Degree |
|
0 |
$9,229 |
$9,817 |
$12,171 |
$12,464 |
$12,464 |
$12,907 |
$13,495 |
|
1 |
9,375 |
9,965 |
12,464 |
12,758 |
12,758 |
13,200 |
13,787 |
|
2 |
9,523 |
10,110 |
12,758 |
13,053 |
13,053 |
13,495 |
14,083 |
|
3 |
9,817 |
10,405 |
13,053 |
13,346 |
13,346 |
13,787 |
14,525 |
|
4 |
10,110 |
10,700 |
13,346 |
13,641 |
13,641 |
14,083 |
14,990 |
|
5 |
10,405 |
10,994 |
13,641 |
14,083 |
14,155 |
14,603 |
15,452 |
|
6 |
10,700 |
11,287 |
13,936 |
14,525 |
14,679 |
15,142 |
15,915 |
|
7 |
10,994 |
11,729 |
14,230 |
14,990 |
15,221 |
15,684 |
16,378 |
|
8 |
11,436 |
12,171 |
14,525 |
15,452 |
15,761 |
16,223 |
16,841 |
|
9 |
11,876 |
12,612 |
14,990 |
15,915 |
16,300 |
16,765 |
17,304 |
|
10 |
12,318 |
13,053 |
15,452 |
16,378 |
16,841 |
17,304 |
17,769 |
|
11 |
|
|
15,916 |
16,841 |
17,382 |
17,844 |
18,232 |
|
12 |
|
|
16,393 |
17,346 |
17,924 |
18,383 |
18,671 |
|
13 |
|
|
16,885 |
17,867 |
18,462 |
18,934 |
19,231 |
|
14 |
|
|
16,885 |
17,867 |
18,462 |
18,934 |
19,231 |
|
15 |
|
|
16,885 |
17,867 |
18,462 |
18,934 |
19,231 |
|
16 |
|
|
17,391 |
18,403 |
19,016 |
19,503 |
19,808 |
|
17 |
|
|
17,391 |
18,403 |
19,016 |
19,503 |
19,808 |
|
18 |
|
|
17,391 |
18,403 |
19,016 |
19,503 |
19,808 |
|
19 |
|
|
17,913 |
18,955 |
19,586 |
20,088 |
20,402 |
|
20 |
|
|
17,913 |
18,955 |
19,586 |
20,088 |
20,402 |
|
21 |
|
|
17,913 |
18,955 |
19,586 |
20,088 |
20,402 |
|
22 |
|
|
18,450 |
19,523 |
20,174 |
20,690 |
21,014 |
|
23 |
|
|
18,450 |
19,523 |
20,174 |
20,690 |
21,014 |
|
24 |
|
|
18,450 |
19,523 |
20,174 |
20,690 |
21,014 |
|
25 |
|
|
19,004 |
20,109 |
20,779 |
21,311 |
21,645 |
B. (1) For the 1988-1989 school year, the maximum years of experience to which the salary schedule shall be applied shall be fifteen years and the base salary shall be increased by five percent.
(2) For the 1989-1990 school year, the maximum years of experience to which the salary schedule shall be applied shall be twenty years and the 1988-1989 base salary shall be increased by seven percent.
(3) For the 1990-1991 school year and thereafter, the maximum years of experience to which the salary schedule shall be applied shall be twenty-five years and the 1989-1990 base salary shall be increased by seven percent.
C. At no time after July 1, 1988, shall the salary of teachers covered by the provisions of this Section be less than the salary they received in 1987-1988; however, teachers who are absent for purposes of sick leave who present a medical certificate attesting to such illness, and those teachers on emergency leave, approved by the superintendent, shall receive the salary provided in the schedule herein, and those teachers on sabbatical leave shall receive the pay based on this schedule as authorized by R.S. 17:1184.
D. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the funds of any parish or city school board used for supplemental salary to teachers shall continue to be paid to the teacher and shall not be redirected to any other purpose.
E. (1) On and after August 15, 1993, the amount of the annual salary paid to any teacher in any school year shall not be reduced below the amount of such salary paid during the previous school year, nor shall the amount of the annual salary paid to any teacher be reduced at any time during an academic year.
(2) The limitations on the reduction in the amount of the annual salary paid to any teacher shall not be applicable to the correction of any accounting errors or to a reduction necessitated by the elimination of a state program or state funding.
(3) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to the reduction of any local salary supplement funded, in whole or in part, from a revenue source requiring voter approval when such voter approval has not been obtained.
F. Any increase in the expenditures of a city or parish school board resulting from a change to the minimum salary schedule for teachers provided by this Section shall be fully funded by the state. Such funds shall be made available to the city or parish school board.
G. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any state monies allocated to a city or parish school board pursuant to an appropriation funding the state Minimum Foundation Program shall be used first to fully implement the provisions of this Section applicable to any teacher who holds a valid Louisiana teaching certificate and whose primary responsibility is to provide instruction on a daily basis to students in a classroom setting, and such funds shall not be directed by a city or parish school board to any other purpose until such time as the board has complied with the requirements of this Subsection.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 812, Sec. 2, eff. July 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 329, Sec. 1; Acts 1979, No. 357, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; Acts 1979, No. 477, Sec. 1; Acts 1980, No. 699, Sec. 1, eff. July 24, 1980; Acts 1982, No. 253, Sec. 1, eff. July 1, 1982; Acts 1986, No. 877, Sec. 1, eff. July 1, 1986; Acts 1988, No. 659, Sec. 1, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 222, Sec. 1, eff. June 26, 1989; Acts 1993, No. 70, Sec. 1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 398, Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 1993; Acts 1993, No. 1034, Sec. 1 eff. July 1, 1993.