AL HB239

Provides a 2% salary increase for all K-12 certificated employees (teachers) beginning fiscal year 2026-2027, applied uniformly across all 36 experience steps (0-35 years)

Grants a 2% pay increase to education support personnel (K-12), including bus drivers and Adult Basic Education staff, with the increase incorporated into local salary schedules

Extends the 2% raise to employees of specialty schools: Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering, Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, and Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences

Requires two-year postsecondary institutions (community colleges) to revise salary schedules to reflect a 2% increase for FY 2026-2027

Excludes superintendents from the automatic pay increase; any superintendent raises require a majority recorded vote of the governing body