State Minimum Salary Schedule; adjustment provided for certificated private school teachers at accredited private schools upon transfer to public school employment

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Sells
Last action: 2026-03-10
Official status: Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Adjustment to State Minimum Salary for Private School Teachers Moving to Public Schools

This bill adjusts the state minimum salary schedule for certificated teachers who move from accredited private schools to public K-12 schools, providing them with a salary adjustment based on their years of service in private education.

What This Bill Does

Defines 'qualified private school employment' as full-time work at an accredited private school by a certified teacher.
Provides a half-year salary increase for each year of qualified private school employment starting from the 7/1/2026-6/30/2027 school year.
Sets a minimum adjustment of two and one-half years for five years of service, with a maximum adjustment of ten years for up to twenty years of service.
Allows teachers who transferred between June 1, 2022, and the start of the 2026-2027 school year to claim this salary adjustment if they provide proof to their local superintendent.

Who It Names or Affects

Certified teachers moving from accredited private schools to public K-12 schools.
Local superintendents who must review and approve salary adjustments for transferred teachers.

Terms To Know

qualified private school employment: Full-time work at an accredited private school by a certified teacher.

Limits and Unknowns

Years of service in qualified private school employment do not count toward retirement benefits.
The bill does not specify what happens to teachers who have more than twenty years of private school experience.

Bill History

2026-03-10 House
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
2026-03-10 House
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means Education

Official Summary Text

State Minimum Salary Schedule; adjustment provided for certificated private school teachers at accredited private schools upon transfer to public school employment

Current Bill Text

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HB592 INTRODUCED
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HB592
U9UJVGX-1
By Representative Sells
RFD: Ways and Means Education
First Read: 10-Mar-26
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U9UJVGX-1 03/10/2026 KMS (L)cr 2026-717
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First Read: 10-Mar-26
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would provide for the placement of
certificated teachers previously employed by accredited
private schools on the public school State Minimum
Salary Schedule.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to public K-12 teacher compensation; to
provide for the initial placement on the State Minimum Salary
Schedule of certificated teachers who were previously employed
by accredited private schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) For purposes of this section, "qualified
private school employment" means full-time employment of a
certificated teacher at an accredited private school.
(b) Commencing with the 2026-2027 school year, upon
employment by a public K-12 school, a teacher who has a
minimum of five years of previous qualified private school
employment shall receive half a year salary adjustment on the
State Minimum Salary Schedule for each year of that service.
The minimum adjustment shall be a two and one-half year
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The minimum adjustment shall be a two and one-half year
adjustment for five years of qualified private school
employment and the maximum adjustment shall be a 10-year
adjustment for 20 years of previous qualified private school
employment.
(c) A teacher with qualified private school employment
who transferred to public K-12 school employment between June
1, 2022, and the beginning of the 2026-2027 school year, may
claim and receive the salary adjustment pursuant to this
section provided they submit a request and applicable
documentation of their qualified private school employment to
the local superintendent of education during the 2026-2027
school year.
(d) Years served in qualified private school employment
may not be counted toward retirement.
Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately.
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