HB 711 — Regards the minimum teacher salary schedule

As IntroducedReported by the House Education Committee 136th General Assembly Regular Session H.Am.

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711 2025-2026 Representatives Dovilla, Ritter Cosponsor:Cosponsors:

RepresentativeRepresentatives FischerFischer, Fowler Arthur, Odioso To amend section 3317.13 of the Revised Code 1 regarding the minimum teacher salary schedule.

16 (c) All years of teaching service in a chartered school or 17 institution or a school or institution that subsequently became 18 H.Am.

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711 Page 2 As IntroducedReported by the House Education Committee chartered or a chartered special education program or a special 19 education program that subsequently became chartered operated by 20 the state or by a subdivision or other local governmental unit 21 of this state as a teacher licensed pursuant to section 3319.22 22 of the Revised Code, regardless of training level, with each 23 year consisting of at least one hundred twenty days;

45 Upon written complaint to the director of education and 46 workforce that the board of education of a district or the 47 governing board of an educational service center governing board 48 H.Am.

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711 Page 3 As IntroducedReported by the House Education Committee has failed or refused to annually adopt a salary schedule or to 49 pay salaries in accordance with the salary schedule set forth in 50 division (C) of this section, the director shall cause to be 51 made an immediate investigation of such complaint.

69 1 2 3 4 5 A Yea Teachers with Teachers with a Teachers with Teachers with a rs Less than Bachelor's Five Years of Master's Degree of Bachelor's Degree Training, but no or Higher Ser Degree Master's Degree vic e H.Am.

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711 Page 4 As IntroducedReported by the House Education Committee 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A Per Dollar Per Dollar Per Dollar Per Dollar Cent* Amount Cent* Amount Cent* Amount Cent* Amount B 0 86.5 30,275 100.0 35,000 103.8 36,330 109.5 38,325 C 1 90.0 31,500 103.8 36,330 108.1 37,835 114.3 40,005 D 2 93.5 32,725 107.6 37,660 112.4 39,340 119.1 41,685 E 3 97.0 33,950 111.4 38,990 116.7 40,845 123.9 43,365 F 4 100.5 35,175 115.2 40,320 121.0 42,350 128.7 45,045 G 5 104.0 36,400 119.0 41,650 125.3 43,855 133.5 46,725 H 6 104.0 36,400 122.8 42,980 129.6 45,360 138.3 48,405 I 7 104.0 36,400 126.6 44,310 133.9 46,865 143.1 50,085 J 8 104.0 36,400 130.4 45,640 138.2 48,370 147.9 51,765 K 9 104.0 36,400 134.2 46,970 142.5 49,875 152.7 53,445 L 10 104.0 36,400 138.0 48,300 146.8 51,380 157.5 55,125 M 11 104.0 36,400 141.8 49,630 151.1 52,885 162.3 56,805 1 2 3 4 A Years Teachers with a Teachers with a Teachers with Higher of Master's Degree in Master's Degree in than a Master's Service Any Field a Related Field Degree H.Am.

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711 Page 5 As IntroducedReported by the House Education Committee 2 3 4 5 6 7 A Per Dollar Per Dollar Per Dollar Cent* Amount Cent* Amount Cent* Amount B 0 109.5 38,325 112.5 39,375 115.5 40,425 C 1 114.3 40,005 117.3 41,055 120.3 42,105 D 2 119.1 41,685 122.1 42,735 125.1 43,785 E 3 123.9 43,365 126.9 44,415 129.9 45,465 F 4 128.7 45,045 131.7 46,095 134.7 47,145 G 5 133.5 46,725 136.5 47,775 139.5 48,825 H 6 138.3 48,405 141.3 49,455 144.3 50,505 I 7 143.1 50,085 146.1 51,135 149.1 52,185 J 8 147.9 51,765 150.9 52,815 153.9 53,865 K 9 152.7 53,445 155.7 54,495 158.7 55,545 L 10 157.5 55,125 160.5 56,175 163.5 57,225 M 11 162.3 56,805 165.3 57,855 168.3 58,905 * Percentages represent the percentage which each salary 74 is of the base amount.

The percentages used in this section 78 show the relationships between the minimum salaries required by 79 H.Am.

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711 Page 6 As IntroducedReported by the House Education Committee this section and the base amount and shall not be construed as 80 requiring any school district or educational service center to 81 adopt a schedule containing salaries in excess of the amounts 82 set forth in this section for corresponding levels of training 83 and experience.

84 AsA usedteacher assigned to teach in thisa division:subject area related to 85 the teacher's master's degree field shall remain fully credited 86 with placement in that academic training level column in the 87 district's or educational service center's salary schedule even 88 if that teacher is subsequently reassigned in any school year to 89 teach in a subject area in an unrelated field.

8590 (1)As "Baseused amount"in meansthis thirty-fivedivision: thousand dollars.

8691 (2)(1) "Five"Base yearsamount" of training" means atthirty-five leastthousand onedollars. hundred 87 fifty semester hours, or the equivalent, and a bachelor's degree 88 from a recognized college or university.

8992 (3)(2) "Related"Five field"years of training" means aat fieldleast relatedone tohundred the93 subjectfifty 90semester areahours, or the teacherequivalent, isand assigneda tobachelor's teach.degree 94 from a recognized college or university.

9195 (D)(3) For"Related purposesfield" ofmeans thisa section,field allrelated creditedto trainingthe 92subject shall96 bearea fromthe ateacher recognizedis collegeassigned orto university.teach.

9397 Section(D) 2.For purposes of this section, all credited training 98 shall be from a recognized college or university.

That99 existingSection section2. 3317.13 of the Revised 94 Code is hereby repealed.

95That existing section 3317.13 of the Revised 100 Code is hereby repealed.

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