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AL HB173
Bill
Status
2/6/2013
Primary Sponsor
Craig Ford
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AI Summary
HB173 Summary
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Provides certificated K-12 public school employees with salary increases of 5% for FY 2013-14, then 2.5% for FY 2014-15 and FY 2015-16, with increases applied to each step of the State Minimum Salary Schedule.
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Guarantees education support personnel a 5% salary increase or $1,000 minimum (whichever is greater) for FY 2013-14, followed by 2.5% increases for FY 2014-15 and FY 2015-16.
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Extends similar salary increase schedules to employees of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, two-year postsecondary institutions, and other public educational institutions.
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Provides Teachers' Retirement System retirees and survivor beneficiaries with cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) of 5% beginning October 1, 2013, and 2.5% beginning October 1, 2014 and October 1, 2015, with a minimum monthly increase of $15.
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Requires appropriations in annual Education Budget Acts to fund the pay increases and establishes that increases are in addition to any step increases or local salary schedule adjustments employees may receive.
Legislative Description
Public education employees, salaries, increases of five percent in fiscal year 2013-2014, and two and one-half percent in fiscal years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, State Minimum Salary Schedule appropriate increases required; support employees, increase of $1,000 or five percent in fiscal year 2013-2014, and two and one-half percent in fiscal years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016; Teachers' Retirement System, cost-of-living adjustment for retirees of five percent October 1, 2013, and two and one-half percent October 1, 2014, and October 1, 2015
Education
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education
2/6/2013