(a) The provisions of this act¹ shall not be construed as authorizing any decrease in the salary paid any member of the faculty or administration of the Thaddeus Stevens State School of Technology² at the effective date of this act.

(b) Each person employed as a member of the faculty or administration of the Thaddeus Stevens State School of Technology receiving compensation equivalent to, or in excess of the minimum salary prescribed by the above schedule, shall, for the school year 1957, be raised to the next higher step on the schedule, unless such increase shall be less than one full increment, in which case that person shall be raised to the next higher step on the applicable schedule. Each such person receiving compensation less than the minimum salary prescribed by the schedule, shall, for the school year 1957-58, be raised to such minimum salary, unless such increase shall be less than one full increment, in which case that person shall receive an increase of the amount of one full increment.

(c) Classification of any employe enumerated in the foregoing salary schedule and the qualifications of such employe must be approved by the Board of Trustees of the school and the Secretary of Education to entitle any employe to the benefits of this act.

(d) The Secretary of Education shall be vested with the sole and final authority in interpreting the provisions of this act pertaining to the classification of any person thereby.