Delaware Code Title 14. Education § 1308. Salary schedules for administrative secretaries secretaries secretaries and clerks

(a) Each administrative assistant I, II, and III who works and is paid for 12 months per year shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule:

* Annual Salary in Whole Dollars.

(b) For purposes of implementing the salary schedule contained in subsection (a) of this section, the 18-year step on the salary schedule is effective for administrative secretaries on July 1, 1989;  the 19-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1990;  and the 20-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991.  The 17-year step is effective for clerks, secretaries, senior secretaries, and financial secretaries on July 1, 1989;  the 18-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1990;  the 19-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991;  and the 20-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1992.  In accordance with classification changes effective July 1, 2024, for purposes of this section, administrative secretary is equivalent to administrative assistant III, senior secretary and financial secretary are equivalent to administrative assistant II;  and clerk and secretary are equivalent to administrative assistant I.

(c) One twelfth of the salary rate set forth under subsection (a) of this section shall be deducted for each month that the employee is not employed.

(d) These same classifications and pay rates shall apply to the Department of Education, except that the Department shall be authorized to revise the schedule annually to enable the Department to pay salary supplements up to the equivalent of the average of the 3 highest salaries for like positions paid by school districts.

(e) During the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, a reorganized school district may employ personnel to be paid pursuant to this section in a number equal to 1 of each full 10 state units of pupils for the first 100 such full state units of pupils and 1 additional for each additional full 12 state units of pupils.

(f) The total number of secretarial employees to which a reorganized school district is entitled shall be as specified in subsection (e) of this section, but the number that may be assigned to each classification beginning July 1, 1989, shall be according to the following and in the order specified: