309c

The compensation of each teacher shall be raised to the next following intermediate rate in the corresponding schedule at the end of one year of service until it reaches the maximum salary of the schedule. By 'year of service' shall be understood any nine (9) -month period within a school year during which a teacher has been serving under contract or appointment, and any cumulative ten (10) -month period of service over different school years; it being understood that, for the purposes of §§ 309—309j of this title, the school year comprises the school months from August to the next July. Raises for years of service shall be effective at the beginning of the fiscal year, and in the case of teachers reentering the service, in the month the teacher begins to work during the fiscal year. History —June 13, 1966, No. 34, p. 158, § 4; June 29, 1969, No. 140, p. 459, eff. July 1, 1969.