HB 1620-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Directs community and technical college boards of trustees to 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.

Directs the state board for community and technical colleges to 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.