Are public librarians in Georgia on the same retirement plan as public school teachers?
In Georgia, librarians are on the Teacher Retirement System, which will take into account all years on TRS, including teaching experience. Q. I thought that public librarians are compensated according to the state-listed salary. However, one library system has advertised a position well below that level. Is the state salary schedule a suggestion? Also, how do the library systems account for higher level positions, such as a director of a library? Are they paid on the same scale? Also, how do the library systems account for higher level positions? Are they paid on the same scale? Degreed public librarians are paid in one of two ways. The State allocates some number of “state-paid” positions for each library system. These are the positions on the state pay scale. In addition, library systems may hire additional professional librarians. If they do, those positions are funded at whatever level the system can pay. As a usual matter of course, degreed librarians may be moved into state-paid
