2363-S AMS MARR GREL 058

SHB 2363 - S AMD TO 2363-S AMS WM JONE 027 549

By Senators Marr, Kilmer and Kauffman

ADOPTED 4/26/2009

    On page 2, beginning on line 3, strike subsection (d) through line 8 and replace with new subsection:

"(d) During the 2011-2013 and 2013-2015 fiscal biennia, in addition to cost-of-living allocations required by (a) of this subsection, school districts shall receive additional cost-of-living allocations in equal increments such that by the end of the 2014-15 school year school district employee base salaries used with the statewide salary allocation schedule established under RCW 28A.150.410 and any other state salary models used to recognize school district personnel costs are, at a minimum, equal to what they would have been if cost-of-living allocations had not been suspended during the 2009-10 or 2010-11 school years."

    On page 3, beginning on line 12, strike subsection (e) through line 17 and replace with new subsection:

     "(e) During the 2011-2013 and 2013-2015 fiscal biennia, in addition to cost-of-living allocations required by (a) of this subsection, community and technical college districts shall receive additional cost-of-living allocations in equal increments such that, by the end of the 2014-15 academic year, average salaries of academic employees of community and technical college districts will be, at a minimum, equal to what salaries would have been if cost-of-living allocations had not been suspended during the 2009-10 or 2010-11 school years."

     On page 4, beginning on line 23, strike subsection (e) through line 28 and replace with new subsection:

     "(e) During the 2011-2013 and 2013-2015 fiscal biennia, in addition to cost-of-living allocations required by (a) of this subsection, technical college districts shall receive additional cost-of-living allocations in equal increments such that, by the end of the 2014-15 academic year, average salaries of classified employees of technical college districts will be, at a minimum, equal to what salaries would have been if cost-of-living allocations had not been suspended during the 2009-10 or 2010-11 school years."

EFFECT:   Sets specific dates by which the Legislature must provide additional cost-of-living allocations to equal what educational employees' salaries would have been were they not suspended over the coming two years. 

           The additions must be provided in equal increments over the 2011-13 and 2013-15 fiscal biennia so the following classes of employees are restored by the following dates:

· School district employees - by the end of the 2014-15 school year

· Academic employees of community & technical colleges, and classified employees of technical colleges - by the end of the 2014-15 academic year

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