Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 4 GCA § 6205, Step 1 of the Pay Grade assigned to a classified position shall be the regular rate for initial employment in Department of Education. The Superintendent of Education may petition the Guam Educational Policy Board for recruitment at a higher step not to exceed Step 10, because of recruitment difficulty or exceptional qualifications for professional education positions. This petition shall be made before an applicant is hired. Every petition shall be scrutinized and amply justified before being approved. The Guam Educational Policy Board may establish policies to administer this Section. Increment schedule consisting of Steps 11 through 20 shall not be used for recruitment above- step. Such professional education positions may include, but not be limited to the following: (a) Teacher II - VI, in any Special Education Program, Mathematics, Science and Language Arts (b) Program Coordinator II - IV, Autism Program (c) Program Coordinator II - IV, Assistive Technology Program (d) Program Coordinator II - IV, Transition Program (e) Program Coordinator II - IV, State Compliance Monitoring Program (f) Psychologist, Emotional Disabilities Program (g) Psychologist, Psychological Services Program
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(h) Speech Language Pathologist (i) Speech Language Clinician (j) Speech Language Pathology Supervisor (k) Audiologist (l) Occupational Therapist I - II (m) Physical Therapist I - II (n) Nutritionist (o) Assistant Superintendent, Special Education (p) Associate Superintendent, Special Education. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-068:IV:100 (Sept. 30, 2005). NOTE: Pursuant to the authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606, subsection/subitem designations were altered to adhere to the Compiler’s alpha-numeric scheme. P.L. 28-045:10 (June 6, 2005) changed the name of the Department of Education to the Guam Public School System. P.L. 30-050:2 (July 14, 2009) reverted the name of the Guam Public School System to the Department of Education.