File: GCBA - Instructional Staff Contracts/Compensation/Salary Schedules File: GCBA - Instructional Staff Contracts/Compensation/Salary SchedulesThe Board annually shall adopt a salary schedule for its regular teaching personnel and shall place each teacher in the school district on the salary schedule at least commensurate with, but not limited to, education, prior experience and experience in the district. The schedule adopted by the Board shall remain in effect until changed or modified by the Board in accordance with law. If the Board declares a fiscal emergency during a budget year as allowed by state law and discussed in policy DBK*, salaries may be reduced for all employees on a proportional basis or the work year of employees may be altered. Any such reduction in salaries may be made notwithstanding any adopted salary schedule or policy.
Salary increments shall be conditioned upon evidence of the continued professional growth of the teacher. Within the framework of state statutes, employees who do not comply with the requirements of the Board and state may not be granted salary increases or may not be retained on the staff.
Placement on the salary schedule shall be in accordance with requirements developed by the administration and approved by the Board.
The district shall comply with statutory provisions regarding salary schedules.
Adopted May 4, 1978
Revised October 4, 1982
Revised April 23, 1985
Revised May 21, 1985
Revised to conform with practice: date of manual adoption, January 14, 1992
Revised February 3, 2004
Revised December 2, 2008
Reviewed August 21, 2023
LEGAL REFS.: C.R.S. 22-32-110 (5) (agreement with employee group cannot exceed one year term, unless subject to reopener on salaries and benefits)
C.R.S. 22-44-115.5 (2) (reductions in salary or alteration of work year due to fiscal emergency)
C.R.S. 22-60.5-110 (renewal of teacher license)
C.R.S. 22-63-401 through 403 (teacher compensation laws)
C.R.S. 22-69-101 et seq. (grant program for alternative teacher compensation plans)
CROSS REFS.: DBK*, Fiscal Emergencies
GCQA, Instructional Staff Reduction in Force