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HOUSE BILL 1255
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Passed Legislature ‑
2001 Regular Session
State of Washington 57th
Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/22/2001. Referred to Committee on Education. Including educational service districts in school
district provisions.
_1 AN
ACT Relating to educational service districts; amending RCW
_2 28A.400.240;
and reenacting and amending RCW 28A.400.350.
_3 BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
_4 Sec. 1. RCW
28A.400.240 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 205 s 1 are each
_5 amended
to read as follows:
_6 In
addition to any other powers and duties, any school district
_7 or
educational service district may contract with any classified
_8 or
certificated employee to defer a portion of that employee's
_9 income,
which deferred portion shall in no event exceed the
10 appropriate
internal revenue service exclusion allowance for such
11 plans,
and shall subsequently with the consent of the employee,
12 deposit
or invest in a credit union, savings and loan association,
13 bank,
mutual savings bank, or purchase life insurance, shares of
14 an
investment company, or a fixed and/or variable annuity
15 contract,
for the purpose of funding a deferred compensation
16 program
for the employee, from any life underwriter or registered
17 representative
duly licensed by this state who represents an
18 insurance
company or an investment company licensed to contract
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_1 business
in this state. In no event shall the total investments or
_2 payments,
and the employee's nondeferred income for any year
_3 exceed
the total annual salary, or compensation under the existing
_4 salary
schedule or classification plan applicable to such employee
_5 in
such year. Any income deferred under such a plan shall continue
_6 to be
included as regular compensation, for the purpose of
_7 computing
the retirement and pension benefits earned by any
_8 employee,
but any sum so deducted shall not be included in the
_9 computation
of any taxes withheld on behalf of any such employee.
10 Sec. 2. RCW
28A.400.350 and 1995 1st sp.s. c 6 s 18 and 1995 c 126
11 s 1 are
each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
12 (1)
The board of directors of any of the state's school
13 districts
or educational service districts may make available
14 liability,
life, health, health care, accident, disability and
15 salary
protection or insurance or any one of, or a combination of
16 the
enumerated types of insurance, or any other type of insurance
17 or
protection, for the members of the boards of directors, the
18 students,
and employees of the school district or educational
19 service
district, and their dependents. Such coverage may be
20 provided
by contracts with private carriers, with the state health
21 care
authority after July 1, 1990, pursuant to the approval of the
22 authority
administrator, or through self-insurance or self-funding
23 pursuant
to chapter 48.62 RCW, or in any other manner authorized
24 by
law.
25 (2)
Whenever funds are available for these purposes the board
26 of
directors of the school district or educational service
27 district
may contribute all or a part of the cost of such
28 protection
or insurance for the employees of their respective
29 school
districts or educational service districts and their
30 dependents.
The premiums on such liability insurance shall be borne
31 by the
school district or educational service district.
32 After
October 1, 1990, school districts may not contribute to
33 any
employee protection or insurance other than liability
34 insurance
unless the district's employee benefit plan conforms to
35 RCW 28A.400.275
and 28A.400.280.
36 (3)
For school board members, educational service district
37 board
members, and students, the premiums due on such protection
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_1 or
insurance shall be borne by the assenting school board member,
_2 educational
service district board member, or student. The school
_3 district
or educational service district may contribute all or
_4 part
of the costs, including the premiums, of life, health, health
_5 care,
accident or disability insurance which shall be offered to
_6 all
students participating in interschool activities on the behalf
_7 of or
as representative of their school ((or)), school district,
_8 or
educational service district. The school district board of
_9 directors
and the educational service district board may require
10 any
student participating in extracurricular interschool
11 activities
to, as a condition of participation, document evidence
12 of
insurance or purchase insurance that will provide adequate
13 coverage,
as determined by the school district board of directors
14 or
the educational service district board, for medical expenses
15 incurred
as a result of injury sustained while participating in
16 the
extracurricular activity. In establishing such a requirement,
17 the
district shall adopt regulations for waiving or reducing the
18 premiums
of such coverage as may be offered through the school
19 district
or educational service district to students participating
20 in
extracurricular activities, for those students whose families,
21 by
reason of their low income, would have difficulty paying the
22 entire
amount of such insurance premiums. The district board shall
23 adopt
regulations for waiving or reducing the insurance coverage
24 requirements
for low-income students in order to assure such
25 students
are not prohibited from participating in extracurricular
26 interschool
activities.
27 (4)
All contracts for insurance or protection written to take
28 advantage
of the provisions of this section shall provide that the
29 beneficiaries
of such contracts may utilize on an equal
30 participation
basis the services of those practitioners licensed
31 pursuant
to chapters 18.22, 18.25, 18.53, 18.57, and 18.71 RCW.
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