HB142 Summary

• Provides a 4% salary increase for certificated K-12 personnel (teachers) in city and county school systems beginning fiscal year 2019-2020, with increases applied to each step of the State Minimum Salary Schedule based on years of experience.

• Grants a 4% pay increase to education support personnel (K-12) beginning fiscal year 2019-2020, with separate salary schedules established for each job classification.

• Extends 4% salary increases to employees at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, two-year postsecondary institutions, and other specified public educational institutions for fiscal year 2019-2020.

• Establishes that pay increases are given in addition to any step increases and local salary schedule increases, except that superintendent salaries are excluded unless approved by majority recorded vote of the governing body.

• Pay increases begin in fiscal year 2019-2020 and continue in subsequent years, with the act becoming effective immediately upon passage and gubernatorial approval.