24 Pa. Stat. § 2703
The provisions of this act shall not be construed as authorizing any decrease in the salary paid any member of the faculty or administrator of the Scotland School for Veterans' Children at the effective date of this act.
Each person employed as a member of the faculty or administrator of the Scotland School for Veterans' Children receiving compensation equivalent to or in excess of the minimum salary prescribed by the above schedule, shall, for the school year 1955-1956, be raised to the next higher step on the schedule, unless such increase shall be less than one full increment, in which case he shall be raised to the next higher step on the applicable schedule. Each such person receiving compensation less than the minimum salary prescribed by the schedule, shall, for the school year 1955-1956, be raised to such minimum salary unless such increase shall be less than one full increment, in which case he shall receive an increase of the amount of one full increment.
Classifications of any employe enumerated in the foregoing salary schedule and the qualifications of such employe must be approved by the board of trustees of the school and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to entitle any employe to the benefits of this act.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be vested with the sole and final authority in interpreting the provisions of this act pertaining to the classification of any person covered thereby.
24 P.S. § 2703