(a) Each administrative secretary, financial secretary, senior secretary, secretary and clerk who works and is paid for 12 months per year shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule:
| Step | Clerk* | Secretary* | SeniorSecretary* | FinancialSecretary* | AdministrativeSecretary* | Years ofExperience |
| 1 | 19,413 | 20,983 | 21,835 | 22,306 | 23,087 | 0 |
| 2 | 19,987 | 21,556 | 22,364 | 22,839 | 23,627 | 1 |
| 3 | 20,558 | 22,084 | 22,896 | 23,372 | 24,167 | 2 |
| 4 | 21,133 | 22,612 | 23,425 | 23,904 | 24,706 | 3 |
| 5 | 21,670 | 23,139 | 23,955 | 24,437 | 25,309 | 4 |
| 6 | 22,178 | 23,668 | 24,486 | 24,995 | 25,917 | 5 |
| 7 | 22,684 | 24,195 | 25,047 | 25,597 | 26,529 | 6 |
| 8 | 23,190 | 24,721 | 25,647 | 26,198 | 27,137 | 7 |
| 9 | 23,699 | 25,312 | 26,245 | 26,799 | 27,748 | 8 |
| 10 | 24,206 | 25,908 | 26,843 | 27,400 | 28,356 | 9 |
| 11 | 24,713 | 26,503 | 27,440 | 28,004 | 28,966 | 10 |
| 12 | 25,280 | 27,098 | 28,037 | 28,605 | 29,574 | 11 |
| 13 | 25,852 | 27,693 | 28,636 | 29,204 | 30,184 | 12 |
| 14 | 26,425 | 28,289 | 29,235 | 29,807 | 30,793 | 13 |
| 15 | 26,997 | 28,885 | 29,831 | 30,410 | 31,401 | 14 |
| 16 | 27,570 | 29,482 | 30,430 | 31,008 | 32,014 | 15 |
| 17 | 28,143 | 30,075 | 31,029 | 31,609 | 32,623 | 16 |
| 18 | 28,717 | 30,672 | 31,628 | 32,212 | 33,230 | 17 |
| 19 | 29,288 | 31,266 | 32,226 | 32,811 | 33,840 | 18 |
| 20 | 29,861 | 31,863 | 32,823 | 33,416 | 34,450 | 19 |
| 21 | 30,431 | 32,457 | 33,421 | 34,017 | 35,058 | 20 |
| 22 | 31,017 | 33,066 | 34,032 | 34,631 | 35,681 | 21 |
| 23 | 31,618 | 33,689 | 34,657 | 35,258 | 36,317 | 22 |
| 24 | 32,233 | 34,326 | 35,295 | 35,898 | 36,968 | 23 |
| 25 | 32,861 | 34,974 | 35,948 | 36,552 | 37,632 | 24 |
| *Annual Salary in Whole Dollars. |
(b) For purposes of implementing the salary schedule contained in subsection (a) of this section, the 18-year step on the salary schedule is effective for administrative secretaries on July 1, 1989; the 19-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1990; and the 20-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991. The 17-year step is effective for clerks, secretaries, senior secretaries, and financial secretaries on July 1, 1989; the 18-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1990; the 19-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991; and the 20-year step will be effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1992.
(c) One twelfth of the salary rate set forth under subsection (a) of this section shall be deducted for each month that the employee is not employed.
(d) These same classifications and pay rates shall apply to the Department of Education, except that the Department shall be authorized to revise the schedule annually to enable the Department to pay salary supplements up to the equivalent of the average of the 3 highest salaries for like positions paid by school districts.
(e) During the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972, a reorganized school district may employ personnel to be paid pursuant to this section in a number equal to 1 of each full 10 state units of pupils for the first 100 such full state units of pupils and 1 additional for each additional full 12 state units of pupils.
(f) The total number of secretarial employees to which a reorganized school district is entitled shall be as specified in subsection (e) of this section, but the number that may be assigned to each classification beginning July 1, 1989, shall be according to the following and in the order specified:
(1) Up to 8 percent of the total secretarial allocation in each district or a minimum of 2 positions per district, whichever is larger, may be assigned as “administrative secretary.”
(2) Up to 40 percent of the total secretarial allocation in each district or a minimum of 3 per district plus 1 for each school enrolling 15 or more units of pupils, whichever is greater, may be classified as “senior secretary” or “financial secretary.”
(3) Twelve percent of the total secretarial allocation in each district shall be classified as “clerk.”
(4) The balance of the total clerical allocation in each district shall be classified as “secretary.”