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West's Annotated Code of MarylandEducationEffective: July 1, 2019

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Education (Refs & Annos)
Division II. Elementary and Secondary Education [Titles 2-9.5] (Refs & Annos)
Title 6. Teachers and Other Personnel (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 3. Salaries (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2019
MD Code, Education, § 6-302
§ 6-302. Annual salaries of teachers, librarians, principals, directors of education, and supervisors of vocational education
Currentness
Determination of annual salary
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, an individual who is employed as a teacher, librarian, principal, director of education, or supervisor of vocational education on the staffs of the following institutions or in the following programs, or an individual who is employed as a central office director, superintendent, specialist, or coordinator of education for the following institutions or programs, shall be paid the annual salary determined under subsection (b) of this section:
(1) Any institution that is under the jurisdiction of:
(i) The Department of Juvenile Services;
(ii) The Maryland Department of Health; or
(iii) The Juvenile Services Education County Pilot Program in the Department;
(2) Any vocational rehabilitation program operated by the State Department of Education; and
(3) Any correctional education program operated by the Maryland Department of Labor in a facility of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
Single, statewide institutional educator pay plan
(b)(1) There shall be a single, statewide institutional educator pay plan for the positions described under subsection (a) of this section. The pay plan shall be established by the Department of Budget and Management as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(2) In establishing and administering the pay plan, the Secretary of Budget and Management on an annual basis shall review the salaries of public school teachers, librarians, and administrators in the six jurisdictions with the highest number of institutional educator positions and shall recommend salaries at levels that will be adequate to recruit and retain qualified institutional educators. The pay plan shall include classifications and pay grades based on the duties, responsibilities, education, and training required. The Secretary's recommendations shall be made by December 1 of each year for implementation on July 1 of the following fiscal year.
(3) The Secretary of Budget and Management shall submit any recommendations to the Governor for approval.
Exception to annual salary
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual in a position described under subsection (a) of this section at an institution that is under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Services Education County Pilot Program in the Department may be employed or contracted to provide education services for a 10-month or 2-month period with a salary commensurate with the period of employment.

Credits

Added as Education § 6-303 by Acts 1978, c. 22, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 770, § 4; Acts 1985, c. 245; Acts 1990, c. 611; Acts 1992, c. 8; Acts 1993, c. 272; Acts 1994, c. 496, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1995, c. 8, § 4, eff. June 1, 1995. Renumbered as Education § 6-302 by Acts 1996, c. 10, § 16, eff. April 9, 1996. Amended by Acts 1996, c. 349, § 13, eff. July 1, 1996; Acts 1998, c. 66, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 2003, c. 53, § 4, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2009, c. 60, § 1, eff. April 14, 2009; Acts 2017, c. 62, § 6; Acts 2018, c. 565, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018; Acts 2019, c. 8, § 5.
Formerly Art. 77, § 116.
MD Code, Education, § 6-302, MD EDUC § 6-302
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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