Pub. L. 84-243, tit. IV, sec. 6

Sec. 6. On July 1, 1955, each permanent employee assigned to a salary class in accordance with section 4 and section 5 of this Act shall be assigned to the numerical service step on the schedule for his class, or class and group, under this Act next above the numerical service step occupied by him on June 30, 1955, under the provisions of the Salary Act of 1947 and each such employee shall advance one numerical service step each year thereafter until he reaches the highest step provided on the schedule for his class, or class and group, except that each employee under this Act who was on a service step under the Salary Act of 1947 which was numerically as high or higher than the top step provided for the salary class, or class and group, to which he is assigned under section 1 of this Act shall be assigned on July 1, 1955, to the highest step provided for his salary class, or class 69 Stat. 527and group, under section 1 of this Act. The Superintendent of Schools, salary class 1, shall be assigned on July 1, 1955, to the salary provided for that position in section 1 of this Act. Any permanent employee serving in a position not covered by the Salary Act of 1947 but which may be later established under section 5 of this Act shall be given service credit for the purpose of salary placement under this Act equivalent to the number of years of satisfactory service rendered within the school system in the position then occupied by such employee and shall be assigned to the numerical service step on the schedule for his class, or class and group, under this Act next above the numerical service step corresponding to his years of service under his previous classification. If such employee is on a service step in his previous classification which is numerically as high or higher than the top service step provided for his salary class, or class and group, under this Act, he shall be assigned to the highest service step provided for his salary class, or class and group, under this Act. Each employee transferred and assigned to salary class 18 under this Act, and on permanent tenure on July 1, 1955, who on June 30, 1947, was a permanent employee of the Board of Education in either group B or group D of salary classes 1–8, inclusive, in the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1945, as amended, shall be placed one service step higher than he would otherwise be entitled to under the provisions of this section except that in no case shall his salary be higher than the maximum salary provided for his class and group.