H.R. 15965, 92d Cong., 2d Sess., by Mr. McMillan on July 20, 1972 A BILL To amend the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 to increase salaries, to provide certain revisions in the retirement benefits of public school teachers, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 TITLE I-SALARY INCREASES FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TEACHERS AND SCHOOL OFFICERS 4 5 SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "District of 6 Columbia Teachers' Salary Act Amendments of 1972”. I 82-531 O-72-2 2 1 SEC. 102. The District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act 2 of 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1501, et seq.) is amended as 3 follows: 4 (1) Section 1 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1501) is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 "SECTION 1. The following is the salary schedule for 7 teachers, school officers, and certain other employees of the 8 Board of Education whose positions are covered under this 9 Act: 5 1 (2) Section 2 (a) of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1511 2 (a)) is amended by (A) amending the fourth sentence to read as follows: "No teacher, school officer, or other employee shall be appointed or promoted to any position covered by section 1 of this Act on probationary or permanent status unless he possesses a master's degree, except that a person possessing a bachelor's degree may be appointed on probationary or permanent status as teacher of military science and tactics, teacher of driver training, shop teacher in the vocational education program, teacher in the junior high schools, teacher in the ele mentary schools, research assistant, attendance officer, child labor inspector, or census supervisor, and a person not possessing a bachelor's degree may be appointed on probationary or permanent status as shop teacher in the Vocational education program if he submits acceptable cordance with the rules of the Board."; and 17 18 evidence of equivalent training and experience in ac 19 22 20 (B) striking out the fifth sentence. 21 (3) Section 4 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1521) 22 is amended to read as follows: 23 "SEC. 4. Each teacher, school officer, or other employee 24 in the service of the Board of Education on the effective 25 date of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act |