HB174 Summary

• Provides a 2.5% salary increase for certificated K-12 employees beginning in fiscal year 2018-2019, applied to each step of the State Minimum Salary Schedule based on years of experience.

• Grants a 2.5% pay increase to education support personnel, adult bus drivers, and part-time support employees in K-12 schools and the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind starting in fiscal year 2018-2019.

• Requires all two-year postsecondary institutions under the Community College System to increase all salary schedules by 2.5% for fiscal year 2018-2019, with pay increases in addition to step increases.

• Excludes school superintendents from the pay increase provisions; any superintendent pay increase requires majority recorded vote of the governing body.

• Pay increases continue in subsequent years but do not authorize additional increases beyond those specified, and the bill becomes effective immediately upon passage and governor approval.