(a) In addition to any salary increments for principals and assistant principals, in effect on January 1, 2008, and paid from local funds, and in addition to the county schedule in effect for teachers, the county board shall pay each principal a principal's salary increment and each assistant principal an assistant principal's salary increment as prescribed by this section from state funds appropriated for the salary increments.
(b) State funds for this purpose shall be paid within the West Virginia public school support plan in accordance with article nine-a, chapter eighteen of this code.
(c) The salary increment in this section for each principal shall be determined by multiplying the basic salary for teachers in accordance with the classification of certification and of training of the principal as prescribed in this article by the appropriate percentage rate prescribed in this section according to the number of teachers supervised.
STATE MINIMUM SALARY INCREMENT
RATES FOR PRINCIPALS
EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2008
No. of Teachers
SupervisedRates
1-710.0%
8-1410.5%
15-2411.0%
25-3811.5%
39-5712.0%
58 and up12.5%
STATE MINIMUM SALARY INCREMENT
RATES FOR PRINCIPALS
EFFECTIVE ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2008
No. of Teachers
SupervisedRates
1-711.0%
8-1411.5%
15-2412.0%
25-3812.5%
39-5713.0%
58 and up13.5%
(d) The salary increment in this section for each assistant principal shall be determined in the same manner as that for principals using the number of teachers supervised by the principal under whose direction the assistant principal works, except that the percentage rate shall be fifty percent of the rate prescribed for the principal.
(e) Salaries for employment beyond the minimum employment term shall be at the same daily rate as the salaries for the minimum employment terms.
(f) For the purpose of determining the number of teachers supervised by a principal, the county board shall use data for the second school month of the prior school term and the number of teachers shall be interpreted to mean the total number of professional educators assigned to each school on a full-time equivalency basis: Provided, That if there is a change in circumstances because of consolidation or catastrophe, the county board shall determine what is a reasonable number of supervised teachers in order to establish the appropriate increment percentage rate.
(g) No county may reduce local funds allocated for salary increments for principals and assistant principals in effect on January 1, 2008, and used in supplementing the state minimum salaries as provided in this article, unless forced to do so by defeat of a special levy, or a loss in assessed values or events over which it has no control and for which the county board has received approval from the state board prior to making the reduction.
(h) Nothing in this section prevents a county board from providing, in a uniform manner, salary increments greater than those required by this section.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 4. Salaries, Wages and Other Benefits
§18A-4-2. State Minimum Salaries for Teachers
§18A-4-2a. State Minimum Salary Bonus for Classroom Teachers With National Board Certification
§18A-4-3. State Minimum Annual Salary Increments for Principals and Assistant Principals
§18A-4-4. Minimum Salary Schedule for Teachers Having Specialized Training
§18A-4-5. State Salary Supplement
§18A-4-5a. County Salary Supplements for Teachers
§18A-4-5b. County Salary Supplements for School Service Personnel
§18A-4-6. Change in Classification
§18A-4-7. Substitute Teachers Pay
§18A-4-7a. Employment, Promotion, and Transfer of Professional Personnel; Qualifications
§18A-4-7b. Calculation of Seniority for Professional Personnel
§18A-4-7c. Summer Employment of Professional Educators
§18A-4-8. Employment Term and Class Titles of Service Personnel; Definitions
§18A-4-8a. Service Personnel Minimum Monthly Salaries
§18A-4-8b. Seniority Rights for School Service Personnel
§18A-4-8c. Seniority Rights for Personnel Employed by Multicounty Vocational Centers
§18A-4-8d. Consolidation of Services and Seniority Rights for Administrative Personnel
§18A-4-8e. Competency Testing for Service Personnel; and Recertification Testing for Bus Operators
§18A-4-8f. Seniority Rights, School Consolidation
§18A-4-8g. Determination of Seniority for Service Personnel
§18A-4-8h. Limitation on Number of School Service Personnel Positions to Be Held by an Employee
§18A-4-9. Payment of Teachers and Other Employees; Withholdings
§18A-4-10. Personal Leave for Illness and Other Causes; Leave Banks; Substitutes
§18A-4-10a. Bonus for Unused Days of Personal Leave
§18A-4-10c. Personal Leave Banks for Care Givers
§18A-4-10d. Use of Personal Leave Days by Surviving Spouse in Certain Circumstances
§18A-4-10f. Leave Donation Program
§18A-4-12. Tax Deferred Investments for Teachers and Other Employees
§18A-4-13. Compliance With This Article
§18A-4-14. Duty-Free Lunch and Daily Planning Period for Certain Employees
§18A-4-15. Employment of Service Personnel Substitutes
§18A-4-16. Extracurricular Assignments
§18A-4-17. Health and Other Facility Employee Salaries
§18A-4-18. Department of Education Certified Staff Salaries
§18A-4-19. Alteration of Contract
§18A-4-20. Moving Expenses Allowed for Teachers Laid Off in Counties Due to Lack of Need
§18A-4-21. Posting of Position Opening Following Death of Incumbent