From the ECS State Policy Database Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary LA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Sick and Leave for District Employees S.B. 494 - Sick and Sabbatical Leave for District Employees Section 2: Amends provisions related to extended sick leave for school bus drivers, teachers and other district employees. Repeals provision... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Severance Pay H.B. 5101 - Severance Pay Provides that if a district enters into a contract or employment agreement with an officer, agent, employee or contractor that includes a se... More... LA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Teacher and Administrator Compensation H.B. 974 Addresses salary schedules for teachers and all school employees. Salary schedules for teachers, administrators and other certified staff wi... More... UT Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Administrator Evaluation and Compensation S.B. 64 - Administrator Evaluation and Compensation Defines "district administrator" and "school administrator". Directs the state board to adopt rules establishing a framework for the evaluat... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 State and District Reporting H.B. 3464 Provides that the first teacher supply and demand report following the initial report must be provided by January 2012, rather than January ... More... TX Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Reduction in Teacher and Administrator Salaries S.B. 8 - Reduction in Teacher and Administrator Salaries Provides that for any school year in which a district has reduced the amount of the annual salaries paid to district classroom teachers from... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 District Superintendent Performance Pay S.B. 1263--Performance Pay Modifies current law to require up to 20 percent of a school district superintendent's salary be classified as performance pay. Previously l... More... OH Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Teacher, Principal, Superintendent and Other Employee Compensation S.B. 5 - Compensation sections --Public employee pay: Does away with salary schedules and replaces with salary "ranges." Requires performance-based pay for teachers and no... More... FL Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Performance Salary Schedule S.B. 736 - Performance Salary Schedule Repeals existing language related to local salary schedules. Directs local boards to establish a grandfathered salary schedule for all emplo... More... SC Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Teacher and Administrator Salaries H.J.R. 4838 Provides that a local school district may pay teachers based on the years of experience the teacher possessed in fiscal year 2009-2010 witho... More... GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Placement on Salary Schedule Based on Leadership Degree H.B. 923 Allows an educator, regardless of whether or not he/she is in a leadership position, to be placed on the salary schedule based on the leader... More... GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Administrator Raises during Furlough Years H.B. 977 Prohibits the use of state funds to provide a salary increase for the local school superintendent or administrators during a school year in ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Salary and Collective Bargaining Information S.B. 2270 Requires school districts to post on their Web site an itemized salary compensation report for every administrative employee in the district... More... ME Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Performance-based Pay Systems S.B. 458 Requires the Department of Education to review models for performance-based pay and bonuses for teachers, principals and superintendents and... More... MA Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Principal Contracts S.B. 273 Relates to defining school principal's contracts; provides for school principals entering into individual employment contracts with their em... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Administrator salaries S.B. 1081 Requires that schools selected by the state board of education to participate in the technology assisted project-based instruction program, ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Educator Salary Adjustments S.B. 2 - Section 18 Eliminates school administrators from eligibility for educator salary adjustments to attract and retain highly skilled and dedicated educato... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Minimum Compensation for Principals and Assistant Principals H.B. 35 Changes the calculation for minimum salaries of school principals and assistant school principals. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Re... More... IL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Definition of Administrator H.B. 4541 Amends the definition of administrator in the Illinois Pension Code to exclude a member on the Chicago teachers' or Chicago charter school t... More... GA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 High Performance Principals S.B. 468 Authorizes the state board to establish a grant program for High Performance Principals to attract successful principals to schools in need ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Reclassification of Principals S.B. 427 In a Section regarding reclassification of principals in school districts other than the Chicago school district, provides that upon non-ren... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Community College Postsec. Local Education Agencies Compensation A.B. 745 Requires a county superintendent of school and the governing board of a school district with 10 or more full-time employees, and the governi... More... HI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Education Reform H.B. 2002 The education reform in this Act shall be known as the "Reinventing Education Act of 2004." The provisions include (1) establishing a weight... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Boards 457 Deferred Compensation Plans A.B. 3385 Authorizes boards of education to establish tax- sheltered deferred compensation plans under section 457 of the federal Internal Revenue Cod... More... ND Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School District Reports H.B. 1295 1. Before September eleventh of each year, each school district is requried to report the following information to the superintendent of pu... More... KS Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Name, Position, and Salary of Local Administrators S.B. 82 On or before October 1 of each year, requires the board of education of each school district to provide to a newspaper of general circulatio... More... NY Vetoed 12/2002 P-12 Salary Caps A.B. 7535 Adjusts the salary cap for district superintendents appointed by a board of cooperative educational services to 98% of the Education Commiss... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Retirement Allowances for Teachers and, Principals H.B. 442, S.B. 221 Exempts from an offset of a retirement allowance, retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System who are reempl... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Teacher and Principal Performance H.B. 285 Provides for the Teacher Accountability Act; provides for performance-based contracts for principals; provides for alternative principal cer... More...