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 1598 16 Stat. 1232.

"Teacher-aide.' Position established. 69 Stat. 525; 72 Stat. 1009.

An<e, p. 444. Ante, p. 467.

School principal positions.

PUBLIC LAW 89.810-NOV. 13, 1966

[80 STAT.

(3) Section 4 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-1521) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. Any employee of the Board of Education in group C of a salary class in the salary schedule in section 1 of this Act who possesses a doctor's degree, and any employee of the Board of Education in group C of salary class 15 of such salary schedule who possesses a masters degree plus sixty credit hours, shall be transferred in accordance with section 10(a) to group D of such salary class." (4) Section 5 (D.C, Code, sec. 31-1522) is amended by adding the following new subsections: "(c) The Board of Education, with the concurrence of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, is authorized to establish a position which shall be designated 'teacher-aide (noninstructional)'. Such positions shall be classified, in accordance with sections 5102 and 5106 of title 5, United States Code, at a grade not higher than GS-4, jind shall be compensated in accordance with the General Schedule in section 5333(a) of title 5, United States Code. The minimum qualification for appointment to such position shall be successful completion of at least sixty semester hours at an accredited junior college, college, or university. A person appointed to such position shall be a noninstructional employee, and his primary duty shall be to assist the instructional staff in tasks related to instruction. The total of the number of teacher-aides (noninstructional) appointed under this Act and the number of persons appointed under any other Act to perform in the public school system of the District of Columbia the same duties as teacher-aides (noninstructional) shall at no time exceed 5 per centum of the number of classroom teachers in salary class 15. " (d) The initial assignment of each position of school principal in the public school system of the District of Columbia to one of the four principal levels within salary class 6 of the salary schedule in section 1 of this Act shall be made in accordance with the following provisions: "(1) Within 60 days following the date of enactment of this subsection, the Board of Education, with the cooperation of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, shall assign each position of school principal to one of the four principal levels within salary class 6 of the salary schedule in section 1. Such assignment shall be made on the basis of all evaluation by the Board of Education, with the cooperation of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, of the duties and responsibilities of each position of school principal in the school administered by the person holding such position. Such evaluation shall be based on (A) such workload factors as (i) the academic program, (ii) the number of teachers, nonteaching personnel, and other professional and nonprofessional personnel supervised, (iii) school enrollment, (iv) cocurricular activities, (v) extracurricular activities, and (vi) community activities; and (B) such other factors as the Board of Education deems appropriate. The initial assignment of a position of school principal to a principal level within salary class 6 shall be effective on the effective date of this subsection. "(2) I n the case of a person holding the position of school principal on the effective date of this subsection, the initial assignment of the position held by such person to one of the four principal levels within salary class 6 shall not (A) affect the ^roup and service step occupied by such person, or (B) for the period during which such person holds such position, reduce his rate of compensation below the rate of compensation to which he was entitled immediately prior to such effective date.

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