Pub. L. 91-297, tit. III, sec. 304

Sec. 304. (a) The third paragraph under the paragraph beginning with the side heading “for allowance to principals :” under the center heading “PUBLIC SCHOOLS.” in the first section of the Act of May 26, 1908, entitled “An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, and for other purposes” (D.C. Code, sec. 31–609) is amended by striking out “: Provided, That the salaries of other teachers shall begin when they enter upon their duties.” and inserting in lieu thereof “. However, effective July 1, 1970, the salaries of employees in salary class 15 and such other employees who were paid on a ten-month basis immediately prior to the effective date of the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act Amendments of 1970, whose services commence with the opening of school and who shall perform their duties, shall begin on the first day of September and shall be paid in twenty semimonthly installments, except that employees in salary class 15 may, under such rules and regulations as the Board of Education may prescribe, make an election to be paid in twenty-four semimonthly installments. The first payment shall be made on the first day of October, or as near that date as practicable; and the second payment shall lie made fifteen days thereafter or 84 Stat. 365as near that date as practicable, Subsequent payments shall be on tire first and sixteenth days of the month or as near those dates as practicable, The salaries of other employees in salary class 15 shall begin when they enter upon their duties.” (b) The fourth paragraph under the paragraph beginning with the side heading “for allowance to principals ;” under the center heading “PUBLIC SCHOOLS.” in the first section of such Act of May 26, 1908 (D.C. Code, sec. 31–630), is amended to read as follows: “Effective July 1, 1970, the following rules for division of time and computation of pay for services rendered are established: Compensations of all employees in salary class 15 and such other employees who were paid on a ten-month basis immediately prior to the effective date of the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act amendments of 1970 shall be paid in twenty semimonthly installments, except that employees in salary class 15 may, under such rules and regulations as the Board of Education may prescribe, make an election to be paid in twenty-four semimonthly installments. In making payments for a fractional part of a month, one-fifteenth of an installment shall be the daily rate of pay. For the purpose of computing such compensation and for computing time for services rendered during a fractional part of a semimonthly period in connection with the compensation of such employees, each and every semimonthly period shall be held to consist of fifteen days, without regard to the actual number of days in any semimonthly period thus excluding the 31st day of any calendar months from the computation and treating February as if it actually had thirty days. Any person entering the service of the schools during a thirty-one-day month and serving until the end thereof shall be entitled to pay for that month from the date of entry to the 30th day of such month, both days inclusive; and any person entering such service during the month of February and serving until the end thereof shall be entitled to one month’s pay, less as many days thereof as there were days elapsed prior to the date of entry. For one day’s unauthorized absence on the 31st day of any calendar month one day’s pay shall be forfeited.”