| OCR Text |
Show Davis County teachers receive pay hike Teacher salary schedules in the Davis County School District were raised by an average of $597, or three percent this year. In addition, most teachers who were not at the top of the salary scale also received a normal experience increment of $782 per year. Thus, the total pay increase for most teachers in the Davis County School District dur ing 1989-90 amounted to $900 or 5.13 percent. These were some of the facts highlighted in an analysis of teacher salaries prepared by Utah Foundation, Founda-tion, the private tax research organization. The study notes that the increases provided by most school districts this year were the first significant salary adjustments made since the 1985-86 school year. Severe financial problems forced most Utah school districts to curtail across-the-board salary increases over the past three years. This year, 39 of Utah's 40 school districts raised the general levels by amounts ranging between one percent and five percent. Nevertheless, there still was considerable dissatisfaction dissatisfac-tion with the size of the increases by organized teacher groups. According to the Foundation study, the starting salary in the Davis County School District for a teacher with a bachelor's degree is $16,104. Regular increases are provided pro-vided for experience and added academic training. Thus, an experienced experi-enced teacher in the Davis School District will receive a maximum salary of $29,595, or about 184 percent per-cent of that paid to an entry-level teacher with only a bachelor's degree. The above amounts are salaries shown on the basic salary schedules of Davis County School District, and are based on approximately 1 84 working days, or nine months of service. The 1989 Utah Legislature also appropriated $34.3 million for career-ladder payments in Utah. These payments could supplement the basic salary of teachers by an average of about $ 1 ,900 per year. In addition, some teachers could earn additional compensation for special duties. Foundation analysts point out that a teacher who began in the Davis County School District during dur-ing the 1984-85 school year would have received a starting salary of $14,529 per year. Over the past five years, that same teacher would have received salary increases totaling $1,915 in the basic salary schedule plus $3,130 in annual experience increments. Thus, a new teacher employed five years ago now would receive a basic salary of $19,574. This represents an increase of $5,045, or 34.7 percent over the five-year period. By comparison, inflation throughout the U.S. during the same period was up about 19 percent. Again, these salary increases are calculated from the basic salary schedules and do not include added amounts received for additional academic training and special assignments. It should also be noted that teachers at the top of the salary scale would not receive the experience experi-ence increment |
