80 STAT.]
PUBLIC LAW 8 9 - 8 1 0 - N O V. 13, 1966
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"(3) During the period beginning on such effective date and ending on the date of such initial assignment, each person holding the position of school principal on such effective date shall have his compensation fixed m accordance with the rate of compensation prescribed for that service step, corresponding to his creditable years of service, of principal level I in that group within salary class 6 which corresponds to his academic qualifications. Each such person shall be paid for such period the difference, if any, between the amount of compensation he received during such period and the amount of compensation that he would have been paid during such period if his compensation had been fixed in accordance with the rate of compensation prescribed for the principal level in salary class 6 to which his position was assigned. "(e) On July 1, 1967, and on July 1 of each year thereafter, the ^ ons^iime "^ ^ IJoard of Education, with the cooperation of the Board of Commis- evaruation.^^^' sioners of the District of Columbia, shall evaluate the duties and responsibilities of each position of school principal on the basis of the factors prescribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (d) to determine whether the principa;l level within salary class 6 to which such position is assigned is commensurate to the duties and responsibilities of such position. The Board of Education may assign a position of school principal to a different principal level within salary class 6 only if it determines on the basis of three consecutive annual evaluations that such assignment should be made. A person holding a position of school principal which the Board of Education has assigned to a different principal level shall not be placed in a lower service step in the new principal level than the service step he occupied immediately prior to such assignment." (5) Subsection (a) of section 7 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1532(a)) is ^^'""'"^ ^*^P^' ^
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amended to read as lollows: " (a)(1) Each employee who is newly appointed or reappointed to any position in salary classes 3 to 15, inclusive, of the salary schedule in section 1 shall be assigned to the service step numbered next above the number of years of service with which he is credited for the purpose of salary placement. The Board, on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, is authorized to evaluate the previous experience of each such employee to determine the number of years with which he may be so credited. Employees newly appointed, reappointed, or reassigned to any position in salary class 15 shall receive one year of such placement credit for each year of satisfactory service, not exceeding nine years, in the District of Columbia in salary class 15, or in the same type of position regardless of school level, in an educational system or institution of recognized standing outside the District of Columbia public schools, as determined by the Board. Employees newly appointed, reappointed, or reassigned to a n j position m salary classes 3 to 14, inclusive, except the positions of chief librarian and assistant professor, associate professor and professor, shall receive no placement credit for educational service or trade experience outside the District of Columbia public schools. Employees reappointed or reassigned to positions in salary classes 3 to 14, inclusive, shall receive one year of placement credit for each year of satisfactory service in the same salary class or in a position of equivalent or higher rank within the District of Columbia public schools, except that no such employee shall receive more than five 3'ears of placement credit for previous service rendered as a temporary employee within such system. Persons appointed to the position of shop teacher in the vocational education program shall receive one year of placement credit for each year of approved experience in the
assignment.
72 Stat. 1010.
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