Bill > H580

This bill establishes new minimum wage requirements for substitute teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in Massachusetts. Specifically, substitute teachers must be paid either 85% of the daily rate for a beginning teacher with a bachelor's degree (calculated by dividing the annual salary by 185 days) or the state's minimum hourly wage, whichever is higher. The daily rate will be calculated using the statewide average salary for beginning teachers with bachelor's degrees, based on the most recent data available from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, but not using data older than the previous school year. The bill notably excludes substitute teachers who are part of a collective bargaining unit in their school district from these new wage requirements, meaning those teachers would continue to be paid according to their existing union agreements.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H580