HB298 Summary

• Provides 2 percent salary increase for certificated K-12 employees and teachers at Department of Youth Services School District beginning fiscal year 2021-2022, with increases applied to all steps of the State Minimum Salary Schedule.

• Grants 2 percent pay increase to K-12 education support personnel, adult bus drivers, and part-time support employees starting fiscal year 2021-2022, with separate salary schedules established for each job classification.

• Requires 2 percent salary increase for employees at Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB), including certificated personnel and support workers, with revised salary schedules for fiscal year 2021-2022.

• Directs Community College System Board of Trustees to revise all two-year postsecondary institution salary schedules to reflect 2 percent increase for fiscal year 2021-2022, with no employee receiving more than 2 percent increase except as specifically provided.

• Excludes superintendents, part-time community education employees, salary supplements, National Board certification bonuses, and JROTC instructor federal salary portions from pay increase provisions; pay increases continue in subsequent years with no authorization for additional increases.