(an) Child-labor inspectors, now assigned to salary class 34, shall be transferred and assigned to salary class 34 of the foregoing schedule;

(ao) All teachers, school officers, and other employees in the service of the Board of Education on July 1, 1947, not specifically mentioned in the provisions of this section shall be placed in the salary classes and positions in the foregoing schedule as determined by the Board in accordance with the eligibility qualifications possessed and the character of duties to be performed by such teachers, school officers, and other employees;

(ap) All teachers, school officers, or other employees, appointed after the effective date of this Act, shall be placed in the salary classes and positions in the foregoing schedule by the said Board, and all teachers, librarians, research assistants, counselors, instructors in the teachers colleges, attendance officers, census supervisors, and child-labor inspectors appointed after the effective date of this Act shall receive longevity increases for placement either according to the number of years of experience required by the Board of Education or the number of years of like experience acceptable to and approved by the Board of Education in accredited schools, school systems, colleges, universities, other recognized institutions, trades and industries, previous to probationary appointment in the public schools of the District of Columbia. In the case of teachers of vocational subjects the Board of Education is authorized and directed to credit approved training and experience in the trades in the same manner and to the same extent as though it were experience in and training for teaching. In crediting previous experience of any person who has been absent from his duties because of naval or military service in the armed forces of the United States or its allies the Board of Education is hereby authorized to include such naval or military service as the equivalent of approved experience. On July 1, 1947, and thereafter, no teacher or any other employee entitled to longevity increases for placement shall be placed in the foregoing salary schedule for more than the fifth year of accepted and approved experience in salary class 1, group A or group C; salary class 2, group A or group C; salary class 3, group A or group C; salary class 4, group A or group C; salary class 5, group A or group C; salary class 6, group A or group C; salary class 7, group A or group C; and salary class 8, group A or group C, or for more than the fourth year of accepted and approved experience in salary class 32, salary class 33, and salary class 34 in the foregoing schedule. This paragraph shall not be construed to increase the allowance for longevity increases for placement of any probationary or permanent teacher or other probationary or permanent employee in the service of the Board of Education on June 30, 1947. No longevity increases for placement as provided in this paragraph shall be granted to any probationary or temporary teacher, librarian, research assistant, counselor, or instructor in the teachers colleges appointed after June 30, 1948, to group C in salary classes 1 to 8, inclusive, in article I of title I, unless credit for such increases is based upon approved teaching or other service rendered after the master's degree had been conferred upon the appointee: Provided, That this limitation on placement credit shall not apply to appointments made from current eligible lists effective on July 1, 1948.

(aq) No provision in this Act shall be interpreted as preventing any teacher, school officer, or other employee of the Board of Education who has been granted leave to enter the armed forces of the United States or its allies from receiving any annual longevity increase or increases to which he otherwise would be entitled when he returns to service in the public schools.

(ar) Every permanent and probationary teacher, librarian, research assistant, counselor, and instructor in the teachers colleges in the employ of the Board of Education on June 30, 1947, who either possessed a master's degree on June 30, 1947, or shall have received a master's degree during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and whose salary during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, was less than $3,500, shall be entitled to receive in lieu thereof a salary of $3,000 per annum plus longevity increases for placement in group C in salary classes 1 to 8, inclusive, in article I of title I, of $100 for each year of like service in the public schools of the District of Columbia acceptable to and approved by the Board of Education, including military leave and educational leave with part pay, subsequent to probationary appointment and prior to July 1, 1947, but for not more than the fifth year of such service, to be effective as of July 1, 1947, or on the first of the month immediately following the date on which the master's degree was conferred, whichever is later, and shall be entitled to receive annual increases thereafter in accordance with the provisions of sections 5 and 7 of this Act. The provisions of this paragraph shall not operate to reduce the amount of annual compensation of any teacher, librarian, research assistant counselor, or instructor in the teachers colleges, below the amount of annual compensation received by him during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948.

H. Repts., 81-1, vol. 4-16

TITLE IV-METHOD OF PROMOTION OF EMPLOYEES

SEC. 7. On July 1, 1948, and on the first day of each fiscal year thereafter, if his work is satisfactory, every permanent teacher, school officer, or other employee except as provided in Section 2 of this Act, shall receive an annual increase in salary within his salary class or position as hereinbefore provided without action of the Board of Education, except that after a teacher, school officer, or other employee has received five annual increases he shall receive no further increases until he is declared eligible therefor by the Board of Education on the basis of such evidence of successful teaching in the case of a teacher or outstanding service in the case of a school officer or other employee and of increased professional attainments as the Board of Education may prescribe, and that after having been declared so eligible and after having received five more annual increases, he shall receive no further increases until he is declared eligible therefor by the Board of Education on the basis of such evidence of successful teaching in the case of a teacher or outstanding service in the case of a school officer or other employee and of increased professional attainments as the Board of Educa tion may prescribe. A program of in-service training under regulations to be formulated by the Board of Education shall be established to promote continuous professional growth among the teachers, school officers, and other employees, and such teachers, school officers, and other employees shall annually report evidence of participation in the in-service training program thus established and other evidence of professional growth and accomplishment.

SEC. 8. On and after July 1, 1947, teachers, school officers, and other employees promoted from a lower to a higher salary class or position shall receive a salary in the salary class or position to which promoted which is next above the salary in the salary class or position from which promoted.

SEC. 9. Within the limitations of section 2 of this Act, every teacher, instructor, librarian, and research assistant in the service on July 1, 1947, and every teacher, school officer, or other employee thereafter appointed shall, if the class to which he is assigned be divided into group A and group C, be assigned according to eligibility either to group A or group C, and shall be promoted to group C in salary classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 on the basis of documentary evidence establishing the attainment of a recognized master's degree.

TITLE V-ACCOMPANYING LEGISLATION

SEC. 10. For the purpose of determining the classification of principals in the elementary schools, it shall be the duty of the Board of Education, on the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, to designate the number of rooms in each elementary school building or approved combination of elementary school buildings.

SEC. 11. There shall be two First Assistant Superintendents of Schools, one white First Assistant Superintendent for the white schools who, under the direction of the Superintendent of Schools, shall have general supervision over the white schools; and one colored First Assistant Superintendent for the colored schools who, under the direction of the Superintendent of Schools, shall have sole charge of all employees, classes, and schools in which colored children are taught. The First Assistant Superintendents shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Superintendent of Schools.

SEC. 12. Boards of examiners for carrying out the provisions of the statutes with reference to examinations of teachers shall consist of the Superintendent of Schools and not less than four nor more than six members of the supervisory or teaching staff of the white schools for the white schools, and of the Superintendent of Schools and not less than four nor more than six members of the supervisory or teaching staff of the colored schools for the colored schools. The designations of members of the supervisory or teaching staff for membership on these boards shall be made annually by the Board of Education on the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools.

SEC. 13. There shall be appointed by the Board of Education, on the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, a chief examiner for the board of examiners for white schools. An Associate Superintendent in the colored schools shall be designated by the Superintendent of Schools as chief examiner for the board of examiners for the colored schools. All members of the respective boards of examiners shall serve without additional compensation.

SEC. 14. The Board of Education, on recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, is hereby authorized to appoint annual substitute teachers, who shall qualify for said positions by meeting such eligibility requirements as the said

board may prescribe and who shall be assigned to the lowest class to which eligible for the type of work to be performed, and who shall be entitled to salary placement credit as provided in paragraph (ap) of section 6 of this Act, but who shall not be entitled to annual increases of said class. The said board shall prescribe the amount to be deducted from the salary of any absent teacher for whom an annual substitute may perform service. The above authorization for the appointment of annual substitute teachers shall not be construed to prevent the Board of Education from the employment of othere substitute teachers under regulations to be prescribed by the said board.

SEC. 15. When necessary, the Board of Education, on written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, is authorized and empowered to appoint temporary teachers: Provided, That such appointments shall be made for a limited period not to extend beyond June 30 of the fiscal year in which the appointments are made, and the Board of Education is authorized to terminate the services of any temporary teachers at any time, on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools: And provided further, That all temporary teachers shall receive the basic salary of the class in which service is to be performed plus salary placement credit provided in paragraph (ap) of section 6 of this Act, but shall not be entitled to annual increases of said class.

SEC. 16. The Board of Education is hereby authorized to conduct as parts of the public-school system, a department of school attendance and work permits, evening schools, vacation schools, Americanization schools, and other activities, under and within appropriations made by Congress, and on the written recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools to fix and prescribe the salaries, other than those herein specified, to be paid to the employees of the said departments and activities.

SEC. 17. All employees assigned to salary classes 1 to 12, inclusive, and all attendance officers assigned to salary class 32 in the foregoing schedule, shall be classified as teachers for pay-roll purposes and their annual salaries shall be paid in ten monthly installments in accordance with existing law

SEC. 18 Attendance officers in the department of school attendance and work permits assigned to class 32 in the foregoing schedule shall be entitled, in accordance with regulations made by the Board of Education, to cumulative leave with pay because of personal illness, the presence of contagious disease, death in the home, or pressing emergency, at the rate of ten days per calendar year, the total accumulation not to exceed sixty days; and in the event of any further absence of any attendance officer the Board of Education, on written recommendation of the Superintendent, is hereby authorized to appoint a substitute who shail be paid at a rate fixed by the said Board and the amount paid to such substitute shall be deducted from the salary of the absent attendance officer. Such attendance officers shall not be entitled to annual or sick leave under any other law. SEC. 19. The rates of salaries herein designated shall become effective on July 1, 1947. The estimates of the expenditures for the operation of the public-school system of the District of Columbia shall hereafter be prepared in conformity with the classification and compensation of employees herein provided. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, no teacher, school officer, or other employee of the Board of Education whose salary is included in the foregoing schedule shall receive any increase in compensation other than as provided in this Act.

SEC. 20. The District of Columbia Teachers Salary Act of 1915, approved July 21, 1945, as amended, is hereby repealed.

SEC. 21. (a) After the effective date of this Act, the Act entitled "An Act to provide educational employees of the public schools of the District of Columbia with leave of absence, with part pay, for purposes of educational improvement, and for other purposes", approved June 12, 1940, shall apply to employees of the Board of Education whose salaries are fixed by this Act.

(b) [After the effective date of this Act, the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of the public-school teachers in the District of Columbia", approved August 7, 1946, shall apply to employees of the Board of Education whose salaries are fixed by this Act, and all references in said Act to the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1945, as amended, shall be interpreted to apply to this Act. Nothing in this subsection shall require the recomputation of the annuity of any person retired under the Act of August 7, 1946, prior to the effective date of this Act, or of any person retired prior to the effective date of the Act of August 7, 1946, whose annuity is computed in accordance with the provisions of that Act.]

After the effective date of this Act, the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of the public-school teachers in the District of Columbia", approved August 7, 1946,

shall apply to permanent employees of the Board of Education whose salaries are fixed by this Act, and all references in said Act to the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1945, as amended, shall be interpreted to apply to this Act. Nothing in this subsection shall require the recomputation of the annuity of any person retired under the Act of August 7, 1946, prior to the effective date of this Act, or of any person retired prior to the effective date of the Act of August 7, 1946, whose annuity is computed in accordance with the provisions of that Act.

SEC. 22. This Act may be cited as "District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1947".

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PAYMENT OF OVERTIME TO EMPLOYEES OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

JUNE 7, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. THORNBERRY, from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 459]

The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 459) to authorize the payment of employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry for overtime duty performed at establishments which prepare virus, serum, toxin, or analogous products for use in the treatment of domestic animals, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.

The amendment is as follows:

On line 6, strike out the word "overtime" and insert in lieu thereof the following: "overtime, night or holiday".

PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT

The above amendment is for the purpose of clarity since overtime in a restricted sense would not meet the problem when the duties involve work on nights or holidays.

STATEMENT

It is the purpose of this legislation to authorize the payment of overtime to the approximately 70 employees of the Department of Agriculture who supervise the preparation of virus, serum, toxin, or analogous products, and the acceptance of the amount required to pay this overtime from the concerns where these products are prepared. Overtime services in this particular industry are usually unscheduled, irregularly timed, and are, almost without exception, for the convenience of the commercial concerns involved. The com