[§302A-629]  Educational officers; demotion,transfers.  Any educational officer demoted to a position in a lower salaryrange shall continue to be paid the educational officer's previous salary forthe first year of the educational officer's demotion, after which time theeducational officer shall be compensated at the appropriate step in the salaryrange to which the educational officer has been demoted.  Unless otherwiseprovided by the department, any educational officer who is in a school in whichthe school rating has declined to a number that would place the educationalofficer in a lower classification shall continue to be paid at the educationalofficer's same salary range as long as the educational officer remains in thesame position in the same school. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2]