A. The State Department of Education shall be under the Merit System. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section, all offices, positions and personnel shall be classified and subject to the provisions of the Merit System of Personnel Administration and rules promulgated hereunder. This section shall supersede and repeal any and all executive orders issued pursuant to this act to place the agency or its predecessors under the Merit System.

B. In addition to offices, positions and personnel that are unclassified pursuant to Section 8 of this act, the following offices, positions and personnel shall be in the unclassified service:

1. Administrative Assistants;

2. Informational Representatives III;

3. Driver Educational Electronics Technician;

4. Media Technical Assistants;

5. Executive Secretaries;

6. Accounting Supervisor;

7. Supervisor of Records;

8. Supervisor of Printing Services;

9. Migrant Records Transfer System Representative;

10. Financial Managers; and

11. In addition to the State Department of Education offices and positions listed in this paragraph, any and all offices and positions within the State Department of Education for which the annual salary is Twenty-one Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-three Dollars ($21,943.00) or more shall also be in the unclassified service of this state.

Nothing in this paragraph is intended to change the status, whether classified or unclassified service, of any person employed by the Department of Education prior to May 1, 1989. No position shall be made part of the selective service while it is occupied by an unclassified service employee because of any change in salary or grade. Hereafter, any position paid an annual salary of Twenty-one Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-three Dollars ($21,943.00) or more shall be made part of the unclassified service upon being vacated.

Added by Laws 1994, c. 242, § 11.