SB 2747 Summary

• Establishes a Professional Growth Salary Schedule effective with the 2016-2017 school year that replaces experience-based pay with merit-based compensation for full-time licensed teachers based on professional development, college courses, continuing education units, and student performance.

• Creates four salary tiers with minimum compensation: Provisional ($40,000), Emerging ($45,000 with 5% annual increases), Professional ($55,000 with 5% annual increases up to 9 years), and Accomplished ($75,000 requiring national board certification).

• Requires teachers to advance through tiers by meeting specific criteria including holding appropriate licenses, completing teacher evaluations, obtaining mentoring, and achieving national board certification for the highest tier.

• Maintains existing minimum salary schedules for 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school years with compensation based on license type (AAAA, AAA, AA, A) and years of experience.

• Continues existing salary supplements of $6,000 annually for teachers with national board certifications, school nurses with national certification, school counselors with NCSC endorsement, and speech-language pathologists with clinical competence certification.