(a) PAY INCREASES, FY 2006-07. The State Budget Officer shall allocate to the State Board of Education, the Board of Trustees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, the Board of Youth Services School District, the Board of Directors of the Alabama School of Fine Arts, and the Board of Trustees of the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science for disbursement to the employees thereof funds based on the criteria established in this section. It is not the intent of this section to make appropriations, but the appropriations required by this section shall be made in the annual budget act for the public schools and colleges for the designated fiscal years.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 16-22-13.4

  • 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
  • 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.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • 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
(1) Certificated personnel (K-12). For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2006, and each year thereafter, each certificated employee at all city and county school systems and the teachers at the Department of Youth Services School District shall receive a five percent salary increase. Each step and cell on the State Minimum Salary Schedule contained in the annual budget act for the public schools shall be increased by the amounts below for fiscal year 2006-07, the State Minimum Salary Schedule shall reflect the following percentage increases:

Step

Years of Experience

Increase

1

Less than 3

5.0%

2

3 but less than 6

5.0%

3

6 but less than 9

5.0%

4

9 but less than 12

5.0%

5

12 but less than 15

5.0%

6

15 but less than 18

5.0%

7

18 but less than 21

5.0%

8

21 or greater

5.0%

The State Board of Education shall add two steps to the State Minimum Salary Schedule as provided for in the Foundation Program so that the matrix provides for a step increase for certificated employees with 24 years experience but less than 27 years and a step increase for certificated employees with 27 years or more experience. The State Board of Education shall adjust the existing Step 8 to accommodate the above provisions.

All certificated employees, including Adult Basic Education and Science in Motion employees, shall be guaranteed pay increases in the amounts indicated above for their years of experience and degrees earned and the corresponding pay increases shall be reflected in the appropriate local salary schedule and paid to each certificated employee. The provisions and requirements of this section shall be in addition to the provisions of Section 16-13-231.1, relating to the State Minimum Salary Schedule. Each certificated employee shall be properly placed on the local salary schedule according to degree earned and years of public education service. either in-state or out-of-state, which shall be not less than the amounts appropriated for the State Minimum Salary Schedule. The employee shall be paid according to degree earned and length of public education experience. The pay increase shall be given to each person employed for the 2006-07 fiscal year in addition to any state or local step increase to which the employee is otherwise entitled. The local board of education shall transmit to the State Department of Education the appropriate notice of the earned advanced degree for each employee in a timely fashion; thereafter, the employee shall be paid for the advanced degree as soon as the degree is certified to the State Department of Education as being earned. The annual budget act for public education shall contain an appropriation of at least five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each teacher who has successfully completed the certification process offered by the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). Payment for passing the NBPTS test shall be appropriated from the Education Trust Fund and shall be given to the qualified teacher. The pay increase provided in this section shall apply only to the portion of an employee’s salary as provided under the State Minimum Salary Schedule and shall not require a pay increase on any local supplement.

(2) Education support personnel (K-12). A five percent salary increase or a minimum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever amount is greater, shall be paid to each full-time public education support worker and adult bus driver, including Adult Basic Education and Science in Motion personnel, employed for the 2006-07 fiscal year in addition to the salary received during the 2005-06 fiscal year, except employees covered under the state’s Merit System at the Department of Youth Services School District. Each governing body of authority shall establish and maintain a salary schedule for each class and type of employee and each step of each salary schedule shall be increased to reflect a five percent pay increase or a minimum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever amount is greater, which shall be given to the person employed full-time for the 2006-07 fiscal year and each year employed full-time thereafter. The base rate of pay for part-time support employees shall be increased by five percent. A separate local salary schedule shall be established and maintained for each job. All state-mandated and state-funded salary increases and fringe benefits for Child Nutrition Program workers shall be fully funded from the Foundation Program appropriation in the Education Trust Fund appropriation act, and shall therefore be subsequently fully funded by all local boards of education from funds provided in other current expense and not from funds generated by the Child Nutrition Program unless the local school system’s Child Nutrition Program has in excess of a three-month operating reserve. Before any funds may be utilized by the local board of education to pay for salary or fringe benefits, the State Department of Education Child Nutrition Program Administrator shall conduct an analysis of each local board of education’s Child Nutrition Program, and certify that the program meets the three-month balance as of the end of the previous fiscal year and shall therefore insure that the use of the funds in excess of a three-month balance will not be detrimental to the local Child Nutrition Program. The State Department of Education Child Nutrition Program Administrator shall certify to the State Superintendent of Education that funds utilized in excess of a three-month balance as of the end of the previous fiscal year are in excess of any funds contained in an approved corrective plan submitted by the local school system’s Child Nutrition Program for expenditures at each applicable school site for facilities, equipment, personnel, and/or salary schedule adjustments. It is the intent that no employee shall suffer a reduction of hours, benefits, compensation, or termination of employment as a result of this section.
(3) AIDB. For the fiscal year 2006-07, employees at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall receive pay increases which shall be in excess of their salaries received during the 2005-06 fiscal year. The increases shall be as follows:

a. Certificated. The salary schedule for certificated employees shall be revised to reflect at least the following amount of raises:

Step

Years of Experience

Increase

1

Less than 3

5.0%

2

3 but less than 6

5.0%

3

6 but less than 9

5.0%

4

9 but less than 12

5.0%

5

12 but less than 15

5.0%

6

15 but less than 18

5.0%

7

18 but less than 21

5.0%

8

21 or greater

5.0%

The board of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall add two steps to the salary schedule for certificated employees so that the matrix provides for a step increase for certificated employees with 24 years experience but less than 27 years and a step increase for certificated employees with 27 years or more experience. The board of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind shall adjust the existing Step 8 to accommodate the above provisions.

b. Support. A five percent salary increase or a minimum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever amount is greater, shall be given to each full-time support worker employed by the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. A separate local salary schedule shall be established and maintained for each job. The pay increase provided in this section shall be incorporated into the support employees’ salary schedule. The base rate of pay for part-time support employees shall be increased by five percent.
c. Miscellaneous requirements. The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind board shall establish and maintain a salary schedule for each class and type of employee and each step of each salary schedule for fiscal year 2006-07 shall be increased to reflect the pay increases above to be given to each person employed for the 2006-07 fiscal year and each year employed thereafter. The raises contained in this subsection shall be paid to each employee.
(4) Two-year postsecondary institutions. The State Board of Education shall revise all salary schedules of the two-year postsecondary institutions to reflect an increase of five percent for the 2006-07 fiscal year. The pay increase shall be given to each person employed in addition to any step increase to which the employee is otherwise entitled. The Postsecondary Education Department shall take proper steps to ensure that employees on all salary schedules, including the C-3 schedules, are given full credit for prior work experience in the public schools and colleges, and shall take care to ensure proper placements on the salary schedules. Placement on the revised salary schedules shall be in accordance with the employee’s length of service in public education. No pay increase shall be given to any two-year postsecondary employee in excess of five percent, except as specifically provided in this section.
(b) Miscellaneous provisions. The following provisions are hereby established:

(1) Fiscal year. All salaries and salary increases which are established by the Legislature or authorized by the State Board of Education shall be paid in full to each person employed before the end of the applicable fiscal year as defined in Section 16-1-1, as amended.
(2) Extended work. Public K-12 school employees on contracts which extend beyond 187 days shall be given a pro rata salary increment for each day or partial day of work extending beyond 187 days.
(3) Local increment. Any cost-of-living adjustment and/or increase on the State Minimum Salary Schedule for teachers as provided in this section shall be exclusive of any local pay increase granted or due to teachers under provisions of any local salary schedule. Any cost-of-living adjustment and/or pay increase required by this section for public school support personnel shall be in addition to any pay increase due or granted to the employees under provisions of any local salary schedules. The pay raise provisions of this section shall not apply to any salary supplements granted by local boards of education, bonuses earned for certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, or the federal portion of the salary paid to a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) instructor employed by a local school board.
(4) Reduced pay. No employee shall be dismissed or have his or her work hours reduced or extended or have his or her salary reduced because of the provisions of any pay raise enacted by the Legislature or required by the State Board of Education.
(5) Community education. Each county and city board of education shall have the option to exclude from the provisions of this section any community education or school-sponsored child care or child enrichment program which is supplemental to the state-required educational program.
(6) Local chief executive officers. The pay raise provisions of this section shall not apply to superintendents of education of any school system or institution. Any pay increase given to the superintendent shall be by recorded vote of the governing body of authority.
(7) Career-Technical Programs. There shall be no cutbacks or decreases in the Career-Technical Programs of any board as a result of this or any preceding pay raise act of the Legislature. Neither the salaries nor the number of career technical employee positions are to be reduced or diminished in any manner or method as a result of the passage of this section or any prior act after the 1995 fiscal year granting pay increases to any employee of the board. It shall be strictly prohibited for any board or chief executive officer to take monies from the Career-Technical Program to finance, in whole or in part, the programs or the salaries of the employees in the Career-Technical Program of the board, and the State Board of Education shall take care to protect the viability of the Career-Technical Programs of each board.
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