Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires that education professionals receive credit for post-secondary education and degrees on a specific salary schedule.

Highlights:

• Requires that state educators who earned graduate degrees prior to becoming educators receive credit on the salary schedule for those degrees regardless of the specific subject area of those degrees (Sec. 1305).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall become effective immediately upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 1305).