SB188 Summary

• Provides a 2% salary increase for certificated K-12 employees effective fiscal year 2021-2022, with increases applied to each step of the State Minimum Salary Schedule based on years of experience.

• Grants 2% pay increases to education support personnel (K-12), including adult bus drivers and support workers at all city and county school systems beginning fiscal year 2021-2022.

• Establishes 2% salary increases for employees at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB), Alabama School of Fine Arts, Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering, and Alabama School of Mathematics and Science.

• Requires the Board of Trustees of the Community College System to revise all two-year postsecondary institution salary schedules to reflect a 2% increase for fiscal year 2021-2022, with no pay increase to exceed 2% except as specifically provided.

• Excludes school superintendents from automatic pay increases; any superintendent salary increases require a majority recorded vote of the governing body and does not apply to National Board certification bonuses or JROTC federal salary portions.