"Group B: A basic salary of $5,200 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $5,500 per year is reached.

"CLASS 14-ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

"Group A: A basic salary of $4,300 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $5,100 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $5,200 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $5,500 per year is reached.

"CLASS 15-ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS

"Group A: A basic salary of $4,300 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $5,100 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $5,200 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $5,500 per year is reached. "CLASS 16-ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

"Group A: A basic salary of $4,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $5,300 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $5,400 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $5,700 per year is reached.

"CLASS 17-HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS

“Group A: A basic salary of $4,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $5,300 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $5,400 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $5,700 per year is reached.

"CLASS 18-PRINCIPALS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

"Group A: A basic salary of $4,800 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $5,600 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $5,700 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $6,000 per year is reached.

"CLASS 19-PRINCIPALS OF VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS

"Group A: A basic salary of $4,800 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $5,600 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $5,700 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $6,000 per year is reached.

"CLASS 20-PRINCIPALS OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS

"Group A: A basic salary of $5,300 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $6,100 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $6,200 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $6,500 per year is reached.

"CLASS 21-ASSISTANT DIRECTORS

"Group A: A basic salary of $4,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $5,300 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $5,400 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $5,700 per year is reached.

"CLASS 22-DIRECTORS

"Group A: A basic salary of $5,300 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $6,100 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $6,200 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $6,500 per year is reached.

"CLASS 23-DIVISIONAL DIRECTORS

"Group A: A basic salary of $5,300 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $6,100 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $6,200 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $6,500 per year is reached.

"CLASS 24-CHIEF EXAMINERS

"Group A: A basic salary of $5,300 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $6,100 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $6,200 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $6,500 per year is reached.

"CLASS 25-PRESIDENTS OF TEACHERS COLLEGES

"Group A: A basic salary of $6,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $200 for five years, or until a maximum salary of $7,500 per year is reached.

"Group B: A basic salary of $7,600 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $200 for two years, or until a maximum salary of $8,000 per year is reached.

"CLASS 26-ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENTS

"Group A: A basic salary of $6,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $200 for five years, or until a maximum salary of $7,500 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $7,600 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $200 for two years, or until a maximum salary of $8,000 per year is reached.

"CLASS 27-ASSISTANT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT (IN CHARGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION)

"Group A: A basic salary of $7,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $200 for five years, or until a maximum salary of $8,500 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $8,600 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $200 for two years, or until a maximum salary of $9,000 per year is reached.

"CLASS 28-FIRST ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS

"Group A: A basic salary of $7,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $200 for five years, or until a maximum salary of $8,500 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $8,600 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $200 for two years, or until a maximum salary of $9,000 per year is reached.

"CLASS 29-SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

"A basic salary of $12,000 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $1,500 for two years, or until a maximum salary of $15,000 per year is reached.

"DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND WORK PERMITS

"CLASS 30-DIRECTOR

"Group A: A basic salary of $4,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $5,300 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $5,400 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $5,700 per year is reached.

"CLASS 31-CHIEF ATTENDANCE OFFICERS

"Group A: A basic salary of $3,600 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for eight years, or until a maximum salary of $4,400 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $4,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for three years, or until a maximum salary of $4,800 per year is reached.

"CLASS 32-ATTENDANCE OFFICERS

"Group A: A basic salary of $2,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for twelve years, or until a maximum salary of $3,700 per year is reached.

"Group B: A basic salary of $3,800 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for four years, or until a maximum salary of $4,200 per year is reached.

"CLASS 33-CENSUS SUPERVISORS

"Group A: A basic salary of $2,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for twelve years, or until a maximum salary of $3,700 per year is reached. "Group B: A basic salary of $3,800 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for four years, or until a maximum salary of $4,200 per year is reached."

"CLASS 34-CHILD LABOR INSPECTORS

"Group A: A basic salary of $2,500 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for twelve years, or until a maximum salary of $3,700 per year is reached.

"Group B: A basic salary of $3,800 per year, with an annual increase in salary of $100 for four years, or until a maximum salary of $4,200 per year is reached. SEC. 2. The teachers, school officers, and other employees provided for in title I of said Act of July 21, 1945, as hereby amended, during the first year of service after the effective date of this Act shall receive compensation in accordance with the provisions of sections 4, 6, and 8 of said Act of July 21, 1945, as hereby amended, and of sections 5, 8, 9, and 10 of this Act.

SEC. 3. The Board of Education, on recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, is authorized, empowered, and directed to assign, at the time of appointment, teachers, school officers, or other employees hereafter appointed to the salary classes and positions in the foregoing salary schedule in accordance with previous experience, eligibility qualifications possessed, and the character of the duties to be performed by such persons: Provided, That the first year of service of any newly appointed teacher, school officer, or other employee shall be probationary: And provided further, That such teacher, school officer, or other employee shall receive his first longevity increase on the date of his permanent appointment, subject to the limitations of section 5 of this Act.

SEC. 4. That section 4 of said Act approved July 21, 1945, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, every teacher, school officer, or other employee in the service of the Board of Education on permanent or probationary tenure on June 30, 1947, shall receive the salary provided in the foregoing schedule for his class or position in accordance with the following rules:

“(a) For the purposes of the following provisions of this section, the annual compensation received by any teacher, school officer, or other employee shall be defined as the annual compensation received by such employee on June 30, 1947, under the provisions of title I of said Act approved July 21, 1945, exclusive of any additional compensation authorized by the Act entitled 'An Act to authorize increases in the salary rates of teachers, school officers, and other employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia whose pay is fixed and regulated by the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1945, as amended', approved July 31, 1946.

"(b) Teachers, school officers, or other employees shall receive an increase in their annual compensation at the rate of $700 at the beginning of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948: Provided, That all teachers, school officers, and other employees shall receive during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, the minimum or basic salary of the class and group to which they are assigned in all instances where the minimum or basic salary of said class and group exceeds by more than $700 the annual compensation received by any such employee on June 30, 1947: Provided further, That all teachers, school officers, and other employees whose salaries are increased at the rate of not more than $700 per annum during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, shall also receive one annual increase in salary in the amount provided in title I of this Act for his class and group if entitled to an annual increase on July 1, 1947, under the provisions of said Act of July 21, 1945, as amended: And provided further, That the Superintendent of Schools shall receive during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, the basic salary of class 29 of the foregoing schedule."

SEC. 5. (a) Every teacher, school officer, or other employee in the service of the Board of Education on probationary tenure on June 30, 1947, whose annual compensation is increased under the provisions of this amendatory Act at the rate of not more than $700 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, or who may be appointed after June 30, 1947, shall receive his first annual increase on the date of his permanent appointment.

(b) Every teacher, school officer, or other employee in the service of the Board of Education on probationary tenure on June 30, 1947, whose annual compensation is increased under the provisions of this amendatory Act at the rate of more than $700 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, shall receive his first annual increase on July 1, 1948.

SEC. 6. Section 6, paragraph (ap), of said Act approved July 21, 1945, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "research assistants," the word "counselors,".

SEC. 7. Section 7 of said Act approved July 21, 1945, is hereby amended by striking out "1946" and inserting in lieu thereof "1948".

SEC. 8. Strike out so much of section 9 as reads: "Every teacher, instructor, librarian, and research assistant in the service on July 1, 1945, except as herein otherwise provided, and every teacher, instructor, librarian, and research assistant thereafter appointed shall be assigned according to eligibility to group A or group C, and shall be promoted to group B or group D according to eligibility on the basis of such evidence of superior teaching or other superior service and of increased professional attainments as the Board of Education may prescribe: Provided, That teachers, instructors, librarians, and research assistants receiving salaries in group B or group D on June 30, 1945, shall be transferred and assigned to group B or group D in their respective salary classes in accordance with section 6 without further examinations or additional qualifications,", and insert in lieu thereof the following: "Every teacher, instructor, librarian, and research assistant in the service on July 1, 1945, except as herein otherwise provided, and every teacher, school officer, or other employee thereafter appointed shall be assigned according to eligibility to group A or group C, and every teacher, school officer, or other employee, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be promoted to group B or group D according to eligibility on the basis of such evidence of superior teaching or other superior service and of increased professional attainments as the Board of Education may prescribe: Provided, That teachers, instructors, librarians, and research assistants receiving salaries in group B or group D on June 30, 1947, shall be continued in group B or group D in their respective salary classes without further examinations or additional qualifi cations,".

SEC. 9. Section 9 of said Act is further amended by striking out in the second proviso the numerals and word "2, 5, or 6," wherever they appear, and inserting in lieu thereof the numerals and word "1, 2, 4, 5, or 6".

SEC. 10. Section 9 of said Act is further amended by striking out the last sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "Any person who has received for at least one year the maximum salary of group B in salary classes 1, 2, 4, 5, or 6, shall be eligible for promotion to group D in salary classes 1, 2, 4, 5, or 6 in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Board of Education may prescribe.".

SEC. 11. That section 15 of said Act approved July 21, 1945, is hereby amended to read as follows: "The Board of Education, on recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, is hereby authorized to appoint annual substitute teachers, who shall qualify for said positions by meeting such eligibility requirements as the said Board may prescribe, and who shall be assigned to the lowest class to which eligible for the type of work to be performed, and who shall be entitled to salary placement credit as provided in paragraph (ap) of section 6 of this Act, but who shall not be entitled to annual increases of said class: Provided, That the said Board shall prescribe the amount to be deducted from the salary of any absent teacher for whom an annual substitute may perform service: And provided further, That the above authorization for the appointment of annual substitute teachers shall not be construed to prevent the Board of Education from the employment of other substitute teachers under regulations to be prescribed by the said Board.”

SEC. 12. That section 16 of said Act approved July 21, 1945, is hereby amended to read as follows: "When necessary, the Board of Education, on written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, is authorized and empowered to appoint temporary teachers: Provided, That such appointments shall be made

for a limited period not to extend beyond June 30 of the fiscal year in which the appointments are made, and the Board of Education is authorized to terminate the services of any temporary teachers at any time, on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools: And provided further, That all temporary teachers shall receive the basic salary of the class in which service is to be performed plus salary placement credit provided in paragraph (ap) of section 6 of this Act, but shall not be entitled to annual increases of said class."

SEC. 13. The rates of salary herein designated shall become effective on July 1, 1947, and the estimates of the expenditures for the operation of the publicschool system of the District of Columbia shall thereafter be prepared in conformity with the classification and compensation of employees herein provided. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, no teacher, school officer, or other employee of the Board of Education whose salary is included in the schedules contained in title I of said Act of July 21, 1945, as hereby amended, shall receive any increase in compensation other than as provided in this Act. SEC. 14. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1947.

Senator CAIN. If we may first hear from the gentlemen or the individuals who will represent the Board of District of Columbia Commissioners, I shall appreciate it very much.

STATEMENT OF VERNON E. WEST, CORPORATION COUNSEL,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, D. C.

Mr. WEST. Mr. Chairman, the Commissioners are not yet ready to report upon this bill. They have just seen it, and they have not had an opportunity to study it, and wanted to await the result of this hearing.

Senator CAIN. Dr. Corning would like to have us hear first from Mrs. Doyle, president of the Board of Education. Will she please come forward and properly identify herself to the reporter, and then proceed, Mrs. Doyle?

STATEMENT OF MRS. HENRY GRATTAN DOYLE, PRESIDENT, BOARD OF EDUCATION, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, D. C.

Mrs. DOYLE. I am Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia.

As you are aware, I am sure, the Congress last year passed a temporary increase for the teachers in the amount of $450. That was for 1 year only; and the Board of Education was asked to make a study of the whole salary schedule, and this we have done. We have done it in a way in which we have worked out all of our salary bills from the retirement bills in what we feel is the democratic manner. Senator CAIN. Mrs. Doyle, do you mind being interrupted occasionally?

Mrs. DOYLE. Not at all.

Senator CAIN. You say that last year the Congress passed a temporary relief bill of $450. Did that go to all teachers-primary, intermediate, and high school?

Mrs. DOYLE. Yes; and asked that this study be made, as I said. It proceeded to teachers' organizations; worked out along the line of cooperation; discussion with Doctor Corning, and the bill came to the Board of Education.

It was there discussed, and under the chairmanship of Mr. Lee. public hearings were held, and that has resulted in a bill which is S. 1088.

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