NEW SECTION. Sec. 33. "A new section is added to chapter 28A.400 RCW to read as follows:
The monthly insurance benefit allocated to school districts for state-funded staffing assumptions in the 2019-2021 biennial omnibus appropriations act must be funded at a rate that is no less than the per employee per month funding rate provided to state agencies for state employee benefits.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 34. The legislature intends to review the state-funded staffing assumptions for K-12 benefit allocations to districts for the 2019-2021 biennial omnibus appropriations act and consider assumptions related to the monthly benefit allocated for the proportion of staff, that are anticipated to work six hundred thirty hours or more."
EFFECT: Requires the state to provide funding to districts that is at the same or greater level than what is provided for members of PEBB.
States an intent to consider funding assumptions that contemplate the proportion of people that work 630 hours or more when allocating funding to school districts.