Brief Description: Authorizing the transfer of accumulated leave between the common school and higher education systems.

Sponsors: Senators Kauffman, Prentice, Kastama, Hobbs, Sheldon, Delvin, Shin, McAuliffe and Rasmussen.

Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education
House Committee on Education
House Committee on Appropriations

Background: The higher education statutes currently provide that accumulated leave of employees at the community colleges must be transferrable between college districts, any state agency, any Educational Service District (ESD), any school district, or any of the public four-year institutions of higher education.

The K-12 statutes currently provide that accumulated leave of certificated, classified, and ESD employees must be transferrable to and from one school district to another, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the office of the ESDs.

Summary: Clarifying language is added to the K-12 statutes to explicitly permit the transfer of accumulated leave of certificated, classified, and ESD employees to and from institutions of higher education and community colleges.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate      46   2
House      93   0

Effective: June 12, 2008