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President Barack Obama supports merit pay for teachers but believes teachers' pay should be increased based on performance tests, not arbitrary tests. He wishes to work with the National Education Association (NEA) to find a new system to get rid of performance pay.
The major provisions in the act included, but were not limited to, performance appraisals for all employees, merit pay on a variety of levels (but focusing on managerial levels), and modifications for dealing with poor performers. [3] This merit pay system was a break in the long tradition of automatic salary increases based on length of service.
Today the board is responsible for appointing the superintendent who also serves at the pleasure of the board. However, when the Alabama Legislature first passed legislation creating a state public education system in 1854, it was the Legislature who appointed the Superintendent for a term of two years. They appointed Mr. W. F. Perry, who held ...
The MERIT Act also authorizes agencies to order recoupment of bonuses and awards when performance or conduct issues are discovered, and it is determined the bonus or award would not have been paid ...
The pay scale was originally created with the purpose of keeping federal salaries in line with equivalent private sector jobs. Although never the intent, the GS pay scale does a good job of ensuring equal pay for equal work by reducing pay gaps between men, women, and minorities, in accordance with another, separate law, the Equal Pay Act of 1963.
While Alabama's public education system has improved, [clarification needed] it lags behind in achievement compared to other states. According to U.S. Census data from 2000, Alabama's high school graduation rate – 75% – is the second lowest in the United States, after Mississippi. [22]
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