§ 16-7-29 - Minimum salary schedule established by community. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 16-7-29

   § 16-7-29  Minimum salary scheduleestablished by community. – (a) Every community shall establish and put into full effect by appropriateaction of its school committee a salary schedule recognizing years of service,experience, and training for all certified personnel regularly employed in thepublic schools and having no more than twelve (12) annual steps. The term"school year" as applied to the salary schedule means the ten (10) calendarmonths beginning in September and ending the following June.

   (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a freeze orreduction of the monetary value of the steps in the salary schedule through thecollective bargaining process.