§18B-9-3 Higher education classified employee annual salary schedule.

§18B-9-3. Higher education classified employee annual salary schedule.
(a) There is hereby established a state annual salary schedule for classified employees consisting of a minimum annual salary for each pay grade in accordance with years of experience: Provided, That payment of the minimum salary shall be subject to the availability of funds, and nothing in this article shall be construed to guarantee payment to any classified employee of the salary indicated on the schedule at the actual years of experience absent specific legislative appropriation therefor. The minimum salary herein indicated shall be prorated for classified employees working less than thirty-seven and one-half hours per week. Despite any differences in salaries that may occur, a classified employee is equitably compensated in relation to other classified employees in the same pay grade if the following conditions exist:

(1) His or her annual salary is at least the minimum salary that was required for his or her pay grade and years of service on the first day of July, two thousand, on the salary schedule included in this section immediately prior to the effective date of this act; and

(2) Progress is being made by the institution in meeting the salary goals set out in this article.

(b) The commission shall report to the legislative oversight commission on education accountability on the first day of December, two thousand one, and each year thereafter on the progress of the governing boards toward funding the classified employees' salary schedule established pursuant to section three, article nine of this chapter. The report shall include, but not be limited to, a detailed comparison of funding on individual campuses and specifically shall compare the status of funding for exempt and nonexempt classified employees pursuant to subsection (c), section four of this article.

(c) The commission shall conduct a study and report to the legislative oversight commission on education accountability by the first day of December, two thousand one, on the feasibility of considering location differential costs as part of the compensation package for classified employees.

(d) Nothing in this section may be construed to require an appropriation by the Legislature in excess of the legislative funding priorities as set forth in this chapter.

HIGHER EDUCATION CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

PAY GRADE	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	12,809	13,094	13,385	13,677	13,968	14,274	14,580	14,900	15,221
2	13,465	13,764	14,070	14,376	14,696	15,017	15,352	15,687	16,036
3	14,164	14,478	14,798	15,133	15,483	15,832	16,182	16,546	16,925
4	14,908	15,250	15,599	15,949	16,313	16,692	17,085	17,478	17,872
5	15,696	16,066	16,444	16,837	17,231	17,624	18,046	18,469	18,906
6	16,556	16,954	17,362	17,784	18,207	18,644	19,081	19,547	20,013
7	17,489	17,915	18,352	18,804	19,255	19,721	20,202	20,697	21,192
8	18,495	18,949	19,416	19,896	20,391	20,901	21,411	21,950	22,489
9	19,559	20,056	20,566	21,091	21,615	22,168	22,722	23,290	23,887
10	19,916	20,421	20,938	21,484	22,029	22,602	23,176	23,763	24,379
11	21,107	21,665	22,239	22,812	23,400	24,015	24,645	25,288	25,945
12	22,436	23,022	23,624	24,253	24,896	25,554	26,225	26,924	27,638
13	23,837	24,477	25,134	25,805	26,505	27,218	27,945	28,701	29,470
14	25,363	26,057	26,771	27,498	28,253	29,022	29,806	30,631	31,470
15	27,015	27,764	28,533	29,330	30,141	30,981	31,834	32,715	33,624
16	28,821	29,624	30,449	31,316	32,197	33,092	34,030	34,981	35,974
17	30,767	31,638	32,533	33,470	34,421	35,400	36,421	37,456	38,519
18	32,868	33,820	34,799	35,806	36,841	37,904	39,009	40,142	41,303
19	37,613	38,718	39,855	41,022	42,219	43,460	44,747	46,064	47,410
20	40,265	41,471	42,712	43,984	45,301	46,647	48,038	49,460	50,941
21	43,171	44,478	45,824	47,216	48,637	50,103	51,614	53,170	54,786
22	46,332	47,754	49,220	50,731	52,272	53,873	55,534	57,224	58,975
23	49,777	51,330	52,931	54,561	56,252	58,002	59,797	61,653	63,568
24	53,552	55,234	56,970	58,750	60,605	62,505	64,465	66,485	68,579
25	57,462	59,483	61,383	63,328	65,348	67,427	69,567	71,781	74,070

PAY GRADE	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1	15,541	15,876	16,226	16,575	16,939	17,304	17,682
2	16,386	16,750	17,129	17,507	17,886	18,294	18,687
3	17,304	17,697	18,090	18,498	18,920	19,343	19,780
4	18,279	18,702	19139	19,576	20,027	20,493	20,959
5	19,343	19,794	20,260	20,741	21,222	21,717	22,227
6	20,479	20,974	21,469	21,994	22,518	23,057	23,596
7	21,717	22,241	22,780	23,334	23,902	24,484	25,081
8	23,042	23,610	24,193	24,805	25,416	26,043	26,684
9	24,484	25,096	25,737	26,378	27,048	27,732	28,417
10	25,008	25,638	26,295	26,980	27,666	28,379	29,106
11	26,617	27,316	28,015	28,757	29,498	30,267	31,064
12	28,365	29,120	29,890	30,687	31,498	32,323	33,176
13	30,267	31,078	31,918	32,771	33,652	34,561	35,484
14	32,323	33,204	34,114	35,051	36,002	36,981	38,002
15	34,561	35,512	36,505	37,512	38,547	39,624	40,715
16	36,981	38,030	39,093	40,198	41,331	42,492	43,694
17	39,624	40,757	41,918	43,121	44,352	45,611	46,925
18	42,506	43,736	44,995	46,296	47,639	49,023	50,450
19	48,801	50,238	51,719	53,230	54,801	56,416	58,062
20	52,452	54,023	55,623	57,284	58,990	60,755	62,550
21	56,431	58,137	59,902	61,712	63,568	65,482	67,472
22	60,785	62,640	64,555	66,530	68,579	70,674	72,828
23	65,527	67,562	69,656	71,826	74,040	76,344	78,708
24	70,734	72,948	75,237	77,601	80,039	82,552	85,156
25	76,419	78,842	81,356	83,944	86,607	89,360	92,202