2127-S AMH PROB REIN 088

SHB 2127 - H AMD 1221

By Representative Probst

WITHDRAWN 02/28/2012

    On page 25, line 32, increase the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2013 by $50,000

    On page 26, line 14, correct the total

    On page 28, after line 4, insert the following:

    "(5) $50,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2013 is provided solely for the development of a recommended plan for measuring and rewarding the performance of four-year institutions of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016.  The recommended plan must be developed by such institutions in consultation with the office of financial management and the office of the student achievement council.  A report on the recommended plan must be submitted to the legislature and the governor by December 1, 2012. 

    (a) In developing the recommended plan, metrics for measuring performance, a system for awarding points for performance, and a means of financially rewarding performance must be selected.   

    (i) The metrics must include, but are not limited to: (A) Growth in the number of students who earn baccalaureate or advanced degrees, as specified in RCW 28B.76.270(2)(a) and (b); (B) growth in the number of students who earn baccalaureate or advanced degrees in fields specified in RCW 28B.76.270(2)(k); and (C) growth in the number of in-state disadvantaged students and in-state minority students who earn baccalaureate or advanced degrees, as shown in data reported by such institutions pursuant to RCW 28B.76.270.

    (ii) The system for awarding points for each metric may include different weights for different metrics or institutions, and must result in a single numeric score for each institution.

    (iii) The means of rewarding performance may include designating as financial rewards a proportion of appropriations to such institutions from the state general fund and the state education legacy trust account. 

    (b) The report must include recommendations as to how the means of rewarding performance may be included in the 2013-2015 omnibus operations act, and each omnibus operating appropriations act thereafter, and if enacted, when funds may be disbursed as rewards in fiscal year 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter."

EFFECT:   Appropriates $50,000 from the state General Fund to the Office of Financial Management for the development of a recommended plan for measuring and rewarding performance of four-year institutions of higher education. 

Requires that the plan be developed by such institutions, in consultation with the Office of Financial Management and the Office of the Student Achievement Council. 

Requires that a report on the recommended plan be submitted to the Legislature and the Governor by December 1, 2012.

Specifies that, in developing the recommended plan, metrics for measuring performance, a system for awarding points, and a means of financially rewarding performance must be selected.

Requires that the metrics include certain metrics on growth in the number of students who earn degrees. 

Provides that the system for awarding points may be weighted differently for different metrics or institutions, and must result in a single numeric score for each institution.

Provides that the means of rewarding performance may include designating as financial rewards a proportion of appropriations to such institutions.

Requires that the report include recommendations as to how the means of rewarding performance may be included in operating appropriations acts (beginning with the 2013-2015 biennium), and if enacted, when funds may be disbursed as rewards in fiscal years (beginning with FY 2014).

FISCAL IMPACT: Increases General Fund--State by $50,000.

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