(a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, each county and city board of education shall adopt a local salary schedule which is at least 100 percent of the State Minimum Salary Schedule as established by Sections 16-6B-8 and 16-13-231. Each teacher employed by the board shall receive at least 100 percent pay for the appropriate salary cell on the State Minimum Salary Schedule for that teacher’s level of experience and degree.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 16-13-231.1
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall be phased in over a two year period as specified below.
(1) For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1997, each local board of education shall adopt a salary schedule that shall pay each teacher employed at least one half of the difference between the board’s 1996-97 salary schedule and 100 percent of the appropriate cell of the State Minimum Salary Schedule as determined by the Legislature.(2) For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1998, and for each fiscal year thereafter, each local board of education shall adopt a salary schedule that shall pay each teacher employed at least 100 percent of the appropriate cell of the State Minimum Salary Schedule as determined by the Legislature.(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), for any teacher within three years of retirement, the teacher may make written application to the local superintendent of education of such intent to retire. Such written application shall be made on or before the fifth school day of the 1997-98 school year. Upon such written application, the local superintendent shall recommend and the local board shall approve a salary adjustment such that the applying teacher shall be paid at least 100 percent of the appropriate cell of the State Minimum Salary Schedule for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1997. Should the teacher fail to retire as provided for in the written application, the teacher shall repay to the local board of education in a timely manner the difference between the salary actually received and the amount the teacher would have received in the 1997-98 fiscal year only had he or she not filed a written application of intent to retire plus interest at the then current prevailing prime interest rate. The local board of education on a case by case basis may waive any or all of the repayment and interest.(d) For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1998, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Legislature shall include in the annual appropriation for the Foundation Program an allowance for additional instructional salaries and fringe benefits. Such allowance shall be over and above the amount calculated for instructional salaries by the State Minimum Salary Schedule and shall be not less than one percent nor more than two percent of the total cost of instructional salaries for the Foundation Program as calculated by the State Minimum Salary Schedule. The allowance shall be distributed to each local board of education in an equitable manner based on the number of Foundation Program units earned. Funds allocated by the Legislature for such allowance shall be expended only for classroom salaries and fringe benefits in the academic instructional program.(e) No teacher, as a result of this section, shall have his or her pay diminished or reduced in any manner.(f) The State Minimum Salary Schedule amounts shall be determined annually by the Legislature in the annual education appropriation act.
