REPORT ON SCHOOL SALARIES IN KANSAS FOR THE YEAR 1943-1944

In a letter dated October 20, 1943, to city and county superin-
tendents of schools, this School asked for copies of printed or
mimeographed directories of school employses, showing the monthly or
yearly salary paid to each. The purpose of this request, 4s in
preceding years, was to provide analyses of the school salary situation
as a besis for this report prepared for the use of all school officials
who may be interested, Evidence of prevailing practice is necessary
for intelligent planning of subsecuent policy.

School directories have been received from a total of sixty-four
Kansas counties, which is a fifty per cent larger number than were re-
ceived last year. The county superintendent usually reports the

facts for rural schools, cities of the third class, and rural high
schools. Nine of these directories either failed to indicate the
salaries paid or were received toc late to be used in this study.
Directories were also received from fifty-five cities of the second
class and from seven cities of the first class in the State, but

three of the former and two of the letter did not contain the needed
information on salaries,

This report presents an analysis of the salarics of teachers in
elementary schools, separately with rcference to one-teacher schools;

two-or-more teacher schools (usually villegee and cities of third

class) ; and city clementary schools (Kansas citics of first and second
class). The salaries of high school teachers are analyzed and presented
for both cities of first and second class and cities of third

class and rural high schools. A differentiagion was made according

to subjects taught, so far as the information was available. If a

teacher was listed as teaching more than one subject, the first

named was assumed to be the significant one.

To what extent school salrries are affected this year by the unusual
humber of emergency appointments to the teaching staff is not known,

While it is evident that holders of emergency certificates in rural schools
do not receive markedly lower salaries, there is some evidence that in
other schools such apnointecs sre peid somevhat lower then typical
salaries.

What is regarded by many competent persons es 2 crisis in public
education reletive to both number and quality of teachers employed
continues to disturb those responsible for the administration of
schools. Ina release+ from the National Education Association,
dated December 1, 1943, it is asserted that the American people are

 

The Continuing Crisis in Education, N.E.A., December 1, 1943