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                          HOUSE BILL 1439

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Schual‑Berke, Cox, Keiser, Lambert, Haigh, Cody, Talcott, Fromhold, Santos, D. Schmidt, Schindler, Quall, Ogden, McDermott, McIntire, Kenney, Kagi, Linville, Roach and Bush; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Read first time 01/25/2001.  Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Determining years of service for educational staff associate positions.

    AN ACT Relating to educational staff associate positions; and amending RCW 28A.150.410.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 28A.150.410 and 1997 c 141 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The legislature shall establish for each school year in the appropriations act a statewide salary allocation schedule, for allocation purposes only, to be used to distribute funds for basic education certificated instructional staff salaries under RCW 28A.150.260.

    (2) The superintendent of public instruction shall calculate salary allocations for state funded basic education certificated instructional staff by determining the district average salary for basic education and special education instructional staff using the salary allocation schedule established pursuant to this section.

    (3) Beginning January 1, 1992, no more than ninety college quarter-hour credits received by any employee after the baccalaureate degree may be used to determine compensation allocations under the state salary allocation schedule and LEAP documents referenced in the biennial appropriations act, or any replacement schedules and documents, unless:

    (a) The employee has a masters degree; or

    (b) The credits were used in generating state salary allocations before January 1, 1992.

(4) Beginning in the 2001-2002 school year, the determination of years of service for occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, audiologists, nurses, social workers, counselors, and psychologists regulated under Title 18 RCW may include experience in schools and other nonschool positions as occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, audiologists, nurses, social workers, counselors, or psychologists.  The calculation of years of service for experience in nonschool positions shall be as follows:  Until the 2003-2004 school year, every two years of service in nonschool positions shall be counted as one year of service for purposes of this chapter.  Beginning in the 2004-2005 school year and thereafter, every one year of service in nonschool positions shall be counted as one year of service for purposes of this chapter.

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