Salary schedules for administrative secretaries, financial secretaries, senior secretaries, secretaries and clerks [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 324, § 8(m)(6)].
Del. Code tit. 14, § 1308
in effect(a) Each administrative assistant I, II, and III who works and is paid for 12 months per year shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule:
Step Administrative Assistant I* Administrative Assistant II* Administrative Assistant III* Years of Experience 1 24,622 26,141 27,038 0 2 25,280 26,754 27,659 1 3 25,887 27,364 28,279 2 4 26,493 27,976 28,898 3 5 27,098 28,590 29,590 4 6 27,705 29,229 30,288 5 7 28,310 29,920 30,992 6 8 28,914 30,611 31,689 7 9 29,594 31,301 32,390 8 10 30,278 31,990 33,089 9 11 30,961 32,685 33,789 10 12 31,645 33,375 34,487 11 13 32,328 34,063 35,189 12 14 33,013 34,755 35,887 13 15 33,697 35,447 36,586 14 16 34,382 36,134 37,289 15 17 35,063 36,824 37,988 16 18 35,748 37,518 38,687 17 19 36,431 38,205 39,387 18 20 37,116 38,900 40,088 19 21 37,798 39,589 40,786 20 22 38,497 40,296 41,502 21 23 39,213 41,015 42,230 22 24 39,944 41,749 42,979 23 25 40,688 42,501 43,742 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. In accordance with classification changes effective July 1, 2024, for purposes of this section, administrative secretary is equivalent to administrative assistant III, senior secretary and financial secretary are equivalent to administrative assistant II; and clerk and secretary are equivalent to administrative assistant I.
(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 administrative assistant allocation in each district or a minimum of 2 positions per district, whichever is larger, may be assigned as “administrative assistant III.”
(2) Up to 40 percent of the total administrative assistant 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 “administrative assistant II.”
(3) [Repealed.]
(4) The balance of the total administrative assistant allocation in each district shall be classified as “administrative assistant I.”
Source: DE Code (Official Site)URL: https://delcode.delaware.gov/title14/c013/index.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026