WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 473

under the pay plan; providing a certain cost of living increase under certain
circumstances; making this Act an emergency measure; and generally relating to a
pay plan for employees of the Maryland School for the Deaf.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 8-308

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

Article - Education
Section 8-312

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

8-308.

Teachers and any other professional personnel at [the Maryland School for the
Deaf and] the Maryland School for the Blind shall be paid an annual salary that is at
least equal to the salary received by public school teachers and professional personnel of
similar training and experience in the county in which the school is located.

8-312.

(A) (1) THERE SHALL BE A SINGLE, UNIFORM PAY PLAN FOR TEACHERS
AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL AT THE CAMPUSES OF THE MARYLAND
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. THE PAY PLAN SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE SECRETARY
OF PERSONNEL AFTER CONSIDERING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. THE SECRETARY SHALL
INCLUDE IN THE PAY PLAN CLASSIFICATIONS AND PAY GRADES BASED ON THE
DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING REQUIRED.

(2) IN DETERMINING ITS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PAY PLAN, THE
SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL BOARD OF TRUSTEES, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
FACULTY AND STAFF OF THE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, SHALL REVIEW THE SALARIES
OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL IN
FREDERICK AND HOWARD COUNTIES AND SHALL SET SALARIES AT LEVELS
RECOMMEND TO THE SECRETARY OF PERSONNEL SALARIES THAT WILL BE
ADEQUATE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN QUALIFIED TEACHERS AND PROFESSIONAL
PERSONNEL AT THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. THE SECRETARY SHALL
INCLUDE IN THE PAY PLAN CLASSIFICATIONS AND PAY GRADES BASED ON THE
DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING REQUIRED.

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