COMPARISON OF MINIMUM SALARIES PAID TO TEACHERS WITH

MASTER'S DEGREES BY TWENTY-ONE CITIES OVER 500, 000 POPULATION

Source: National Education Association Research Report, 1967-68; 1967-R-16;
Current Salary Schedules for Classroom Teachers and Certain School
Officers; D. C. Public Schools, May 1967

October, 1967

See footnotes on page 21.

COMPARISON OF MAXIMUM SALARIES PAID TO TEACHERS WITH

MASTER'S DEGREES BY TWENTY-ONE CITIES OVER 500, 000 POPULATION

Source: National Education Association Research Report, 1967-68; 1967-R16
Current Salary Schedules for Classroom Teachers and Certain School
Officers: D. C. Public Schools, May 1967

October 1967

1 Bachelor degree salaries for Detroit teachers as of September 1, 1967 range from $6,650 to $10,350 in 11 steps. However, the salary levels for the 1968-69 school year will again be increased and will range from $7,500 to $11,200. Teachers with masters' degrees now receive from $7,150 to $10,850 and next year will receive from $8,000 to $11,700.

2 New York's newly ratified contract provides for a basic pay scale for teachers with bachelors' degrees ranging from $6,200 to $10,350 in 14 steps, effective September 1, 1967. September 1, 1968, the 14-step scale becomes $6,600 to $11,000, and on March 1, 1969, additional pay increases will provide for a $6,750 to $11,150 scale. Teachers with masters' degrees plus 30 additional credits will now receive a maximum salary of $12,600. September 1, 1968, this will be increased to $13,600, and to $13,900 on March 1, 1969.

COMPARISON OF SALARIES OF MAYORS (CITY MANAGERS) AND SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS FOR TWENTY-ONE CITIES OVER 500,000 POPULATION AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES

Source: Information Please Almanac-1967; Salary Schedules For Administrative Personnel, 1966-67, National Education Association, 1967; Independent Survey D.C. Personnel Office.

1 Minimum salary is $16,964 and Maximum is $22,635.

2 No valid comparison can be made.

(H.R. 15511, 90th Cong., second sess., by Mr. Fraser, on Feb. 21, 1968)

A BILL To amend the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955, as amended

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act Amendments of 1967".

SEC. 2. The District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 521), as amended (D.C. Code, Sec. 31-1501 et seq.), is amended as follows:

(1) Section 1 (D.C. Code Sec. 31-1501) is amended by striking the salary schedules contained therein and inserting in lieu thereof the following: