5947 S AMS WEST SEKE 02

SSB 5947 - S AMD   070

     BySenator West

                                             NOT ADOPTED - ROLL CALL 22-25 - 3/9/95

     On page 1, after line 15, strike everything through and including "funds." on page 2, line 21, and insert the following:

     "NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 28B.50  RCW to read as follows:

     (1) Community and technical college boards of trustees shall award faculty salary increments based on local agreements developed under chapter 28B.52 RCW.  Each biennium, the state board for community and technical colleges shall submit in its biennial budget request an amount of funds, which together with faculty turnover savings, is sufficient to cover the projected costs of increments for the community and technical college system.  The legislature shall fund the annual cost of salary increments under this subsection, exclusive of turnover savings, not to exceed one and one-half percent of the faculty salary base.  The state board for community and technical colleges shall distribute the funds to the college districts in a fair and equitable manner.  Allocation from the state board for community and technical colleges shall recognize turnover savings.

     (2) The state board for community and technical colleges shall convene a task force comprised of representatives from the state board, the presidents' organization, the trustees' organization, and the faculties' organization as defined by RCW 28B.52.020(7), to advise the state board on guidelines for the fair and equitable distribution of increment funds."

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