Rep. OTT proposes the following Amendment No. 5a to H. 3210 (COUNCIL\SA\3210C005.RT.SA20):

Reference is to Printer's Date 9-15-20-S.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

/SECTION __. The provisions contained in Act 135 of 2020, Part II, Section 4(D), relating to the suspension of teacher step increases, are deleted. There is appropriated fifty million dollars from the 2018-2019 Contingency Reserve Fund to the Department of Education to be distributed to school districts for step increases. The department shall use the same methodology as it used in school year 2019-2020 to determine the allocation of funds. /