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T e r r a i n ation of p r o b a t i o n by Board.

Temporary employees.

Gr o u p B or promotions.

P r o m o t i o n to higher salary class.

PUBLIC LAW 243-AUG. 5, 1955

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increases in salar;^ to which he is entitled in that position on July 1 of each year, beginning with the July 1 next after the date of his permanent appointment or promotion to the position in accordance with section 6 and section 7 of this Act. (b) Any employee in the service of the Board on the effective date of this Act appointed or promoted on probationary tenure during the period from July 1, 1952, to June 30, 1955, inclusive, to a position covered by section 4 of this Act shall be compensated for salary increases in accordance with the subsection (a) of this section and shall receive his first increase effective as of the first date of his second year of probationary service based upon the rates of pay currently in effect on that date and such employee shall be assigned on July 1, 1955, to the numerical service step in the salary schedule for his class, or class and group, in section 1 of this Act corresponding to his number of years of creditable service. (c) The Board is authorized to terminate the services of any probationary employee in the class to which appointed, upon the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, at any time during the two year probationary period: Provided, That if an employee so terminated has permanent status within the school system he shall be returned to the salary class he last occupied on permanent status, and placed on the step which would have been occupied by him. SEC. 9. The Board is hereby authorized to appoint and assign temporary employees within the salary structure of section 1 of this Act, whenever such action is necessary and recommended in writing by the Superintendent of Schools. Such appointments shall be for periods not to extend beyond June 30 of the fiscal year in which the appointments are made and the Board is authorized to terminate the appointment of any temporary employee at any time upon the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools. Each temporary employee shall be assigned to a numerical service step and receive an annual rate of compensation in accordance with section 7, but he shall receive no annual service increments and may be credited with not more than five years of service either inside or outside the public schools of the District of Columbia for the purpose of salary placement. SEC. 10. (a) On and after July 1, 1955, each promotion to group B, or group C, within a salary class shall become effective on the date of the regular Board meeting immediately preceding the date of approval by the Board or on the effective date of the master's degree or the completion of thirty credit hours beyond the master's degree, whichever is later. (b) Any employee in a position covered by section 1 of this Act who is promoted to group B or group C of the same salary class shall be assigned to the same numerical service step on the schedule for his new group as he would have occupied on the schedule from which promoted. SEC. 11. Any employee in a salary class covered by section 1 of this Act, when promoted to a higher-paid salary class, shall be assigned to the lowest numerical service step on the schedule for his new class, or class and group, which will give him an immediate increase in annual salary rate at least equal to the sum of the following: (1) Any annual service increment to which the employee would have been entitled in his former salary class at the time of his promotion; and (2) The annual service increment scheduled for his new class and group: Provided, That no such employee shall be assigned to a higher numerical service step on the schedule for his new class, or class and group, than he would have occupied on the schedule from which promoted.

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