(2) Section 1, as amended, is amended by adding the following subsection:
"(b) Each employee appointed to a position of Teacher-Aide (Non-
Instructional) as provided in Section 5(c), shall be paid in accordance with
the following salary schedule:

(3) Section 2(c) (1) is amended to read as follows:

"(1) The terms 'master's degree' and 'doctor's degree' mean, respectively, a master's degree and a doctor's degree granted in course by an accredited higher educational institution."

(4) Section 4 is amended by adding at the end of the paragraph the following sentence: "Any employee in Group C of his salary class possessing a doctor's degree as determined in accordance with section 2(c) (1), shall be transferred to Group D in accordance with the provisions of Section 10(a).”

(5) Section 5 is amended by adding the following subsections:

"(c) The Board, with concurrence of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, is authorized to establish positions of Teacher-Aide (Non-Instructional) as educational assistants. When used in this Act, the term 'Teacher-Aide' means a non-instructional employee with three or more years of higher education beyond high school whose primary duty it is to assist the instructional staff in tasks related to instruction. The rates of compensation shall be in accordance with Section 1(b). Teacher-Aides shall be eligible for leave, retirement, life insurance and health benefits as provided in the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951, the Civil Service Retire ment Act, the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 and any other benefits which may become available to employees occupying positions covered by the Classification Act of 1949, as such acts are now or may hereafter be amended.

"(d) The Board with the cooperation of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall annually evaluate the duties and responsibilities of each position of principal in Salary Class 6 based on such workload factors as the academic program; the number of teachers supervised; school enrollment; co-curricular, extra-curricular and community activities; and the supervision of professional and non-professional non-teaching personnel and such other factors as the Board deems appropriate. Salary adjustments made as a result of such evaluation shall be in accordance with one of the four principal levels provided in Salary Class 6. However, the employee shall continue to retain the same numerical service step and group in the principal level to which assigned: Provided, That no adjustment resulting from this initial evaluation shall decrease the rate of compensation authorized for any principal on the effective date of this subsection; but when the position becomes vacant any subsequent appointee to such position shall be compensated in accordance with the rate of pay determined to be applicable to such position. Subsequent to the initial evaluation and level assignment provided by this subsection, no principal shall change levels until he has been rated in a different level on three consecutive years. Transfer of a principal to a lower level salary in Salary Class 6 in accordance with the evaluation of principalships as provided for in this section, shall not be construed to be a violation of tenure or other salary placement provisions as are provided in this Act and such reassignments to Class 6 salary levels are hereby authorized."

(6) Section 7(a) is amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 7. (a) Each employee who is newly appointed or reappointed to a position under Section 1, except the Superintendent of Schools and the Deputy Superintendent of Schools, shall be assigned to the service step numbered next above the number of years of service with which he is credited

for the purpose of salary placement. The Board, on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, is authorized to evaluate the previous experience of each such employee to determine the number of years with which he may be so credited. Placement credit for service rendered either in or outside of the public schools of the District of Columbia for any position in Salary Class 15 shall be based on one year of such placement credit for each year of satisfactory service, not exceeding nine years: Provided, That an employee newly appointed or reappointed from a school system outside of the public schools of the District of Columbia shall have satisfactorily served in the same type of position regardless of school level, and in an educational system or institution of recognized standing. Each permanent employee in Salary Class 15 and each employee in Salary Class 15 who has been appointed or reappointed on probationary tenure and has less than 10 years of creditable service, as determined by the Board on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, shall, on July 1, 1966, move to a numerical service step commensurate with the additional creditable service but in no event to exceed service step 8. On July 1, 1967, any permanent or probationary employee in Salary Class 15 who has eight or more years of creditable service as determined by the Board on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, shall be moved to the appropriate numerical service step but in no event to exceed service step 10. Except as otherwise provided by this section, probationary employees shall be compensated for salary increases in accordance with Section 8 of this Act: Provided, That employees appointed to the positions of attendance officer, census supervisor, child labor inspector, counselor, librarian, research assistant, school psychologist, school social worker, and such other positions in Salary Class 15 as may be approved by the Board shall also receive one year of placement credit for each year of satisfactory service in a teaching position, but not in excess of nine years for all types of service rendered outside the school system, and persons appointed to the position of shop teacher in the vocational education program shall receive one year of placement credit for each year of approved experience in the trades, as determined by the Board but not in excess of nine years for any combination of trade experience and educational service outside the school system. Employees newly appointed or reappointed to the positions of chief librarian (Class 11), assistant professor (Class 13), associate professor (Class 11), and professor (Class 8), shall receive one year of placement credit for each year of satisfactory service, not in excess of five years, in a position of the same or higher rank in a college or university of recognized standing outside the District of Columbia public schools, as determined by the Board. Employees newly appointed, reappointed, or reassigned to any position in Salary Classes 3 to 14 inclusive, except the positions of chief librarian and assistant professor, associate professor and professor, shall receive no placement credit for educational service or trade experience outside the District of Columbia public schools."

(7) Section 9 is amended by designating the existing language of the section as subsection (a), and by striking the period at the end thereof and inserting the following: ": Provided, That the following provisions shall apply to all temporary employees in Salary Class 15:

"(1) Each temporary employee in Salary Class 15 employed cumulatively less than three full years as of July 1, 1966, must qualify as a probationary employee within five years after the date of employment or July 1, 1966, whichever date is later, or his employment shall be terminated as of the date of completion of the then current school year.

"(2) Each temporary employee in Salary Class 15 employed more than three full years, but less than ten full years as of July 1, 1966, must qualify as a probationary employee within seven years after July 1, 1966, or his employment shall be terminated as of the date of completion of the then current school year.

"(3) Each temporary employee in Salary Class 15 who has more than ten full years of satisfactory service as of July 1, 1966, may be continued as temporary teacher contingent upon satisfactory service: Provided, That an employee who is on temporary status only because of the age limitation, but is otherwise qualified shall receive salary placement on the same basis as a probationary or permanent teacher.

"(b) (1) Temporary employees in Salary Class 15 who become qualified for probationary or permanent employment shall be advanced in double annual increments to the place in the salary schedule which they would

have occupied if they had been probationary employees upon employment. Temporary employees in Salary Class 15 who qualify within two years of the date of their employment shall receive full placement immediately as if they had been employed as a probationary employee.

"(2) Temporary employees in Salary Class 15 with 15 or more total years of satisfactory service in the District of Columbia public schools shall be advanced to service step 8 on July 1, 1966, and to service step 10 on July 1, 1967."

(8) Section 10 is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 10. (a) On and after the effective date of this amendatory section, each promotion to Group B, Group C, or Group D, within a Salary Class, shall become effective on the date of the regular meeting of the Board immediately preceding the date of approval by the Board, or on the effective date of the Master's Degree, or Doctor's Degree, or the completion of thirty credit hours beyond the Master's Degree, whichever is later.

"(b) Any employee in a position covered by Section 1 of this Act who is promoted to Group B, Group C, or Group D, of the same Salary Class, shall be assigned to the same numerical service step on the schedule for his new group as he would have occupied in the group from which promoted." (9) Section 13(a) is amended to read as follows:

"(a) The Board is hereby authorized to conduct as part of its public school system extended school year programs, adult education school programs, and an Americanization School, under and within appropriations made by Congress. The pay for teachers, officers and other educational employees in the summer schools, adult education schools and veterans summer high school centers shall be as follows:

SEC. 3. (a) Subject to regulations prescribed by the Board of Education and approved by the Board of Commissioners, authority is hereby granted to:

(1) Pay or reimburse an individual, as provided for civilian officers and employees by the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended (5. U.S.C. 835-842), expenses of travel, including per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses, incurred in traveling between his home or place of business and the District of Columbia, for the purpose of ascertaining whether he is qualified for an appointment to a position under section 1(a) of this Act.

(2) Pay to a person newly appointed to a position under section 1(a) of this Act who is required to relocate his place of residence, in addition to any other payments authorized by law:

(i) A resettlement cash allowance not to exceed $250.00, and

(ii) A per diem allowance not to exceed $7.50 per day for a period not to exceed 90 days beginning with the date of his appointment: Provided, That allowances authorized by this subsection shall not be allowed unless the person selected shall agree in writing to remain an employee of the District of Columbia Public School System for two academic school years following his appointment unless separated for a reason which is: (1) beyond his control and (2) which is acceptable to the Board of Education. In case of violation of such agreement, any monies expended by the District of Columbia on the allowances authorized by this subsection shall be recoverable from the individual concerned as a debt.

(b) Unobligated balances of applicable current appropriations are hereby made available to carry out the purposes of this section.

SEC. 4. (a) Retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid by reason of this Act only in the case of an individual in the service of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia (including service in the Armed Forces of the United States) on the date of enactment of this Act, except that such retroactive compensation or salary shall be paid (1) to any employee covered in this Act who retired during the period beginning on the day following the first day of the first pay period which began on or after October 1, 1965, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act, for services rendered during such period, and (2) in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 3, 1950 (Public Law 636, Eightyfirst Congress), as amended, for services rendered during the period beginning on the first day of the first pay period which began on or after October 1, 1965, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act, by any such employee who dies during such period.

(b) For purposes of this section, service in the Armed Forces of the United States in the case of an individual relieved from training and service in the Armed Forces of the United States or discharged from hospitalization following such training and service, shall include the period provided by law for the mandatory restoration of such individual to a position in or under the municipal government of the District of Columbia.

SEC. 5. Appropriations to carry out the purposes of this Act are hereby authorized.

SEC. 6. For the purpose of determining the amount of insurance for which an individual is eligible under the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, as amended, all changes in rates of compensation or salary which result from the enactment of this Act shall be held and considered to be effective as of the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 7. The provisions of this Act shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after October 1, 1965.

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,

The Honorable JOHN L. MCMILLAN,

EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Washington, May 9, 1966.

Chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia,
United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.

DEAR MR. MCMILLAN: The Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, by letter dated March 15, 1966, have submitted to the Congress proposed legislation "To amend the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955, as amended."

The proposed legislation, introduced as H.R. 13702 and H.R. 13710, 89th Congress, increases the salaries of District teachers and school officers by an average of 3.6 per cent, retroactive to October, 1965, and strengthens the competitive position of the District with respect to employing and retaining teachers and school officers. The salary increases provided by these bills are in keeping with the Presidential wage guideposts, and consistent with increases enacted by Congress for Federal and District classified employees, effective October, 1965. Recently, the President proposed to Congress an additional increase for Federal and District classified employees, averaging 3.2 per cent in gross compensation,