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SENATE BILL 6241


State of Washington	64th Legislature	2016 Regular Session

By Senators Billig, Rolfes, Keiser, Liias, Conway, McAuliffe, Habib, and Chase; by request of Governor Inslee

Read first time 01/13/16. Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

AN ACT Relating to improving the recruitment and retention of qualified teachers by raising salaries and strengthening teacher mentoring; creating new sections; and making appropriations.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. INTENT. (1) Washington has a chronic and acute teacher shortage. School districts across the state have struggled for years to find enough qualified teachers to fill vacancies in special education, math, and science, and a shortage of elementary teachers has emerged due, in part, to the state's recent efforts to lower class sizes in early elementary grades. Compounding the shortage is a failure to retain teachers once they enter the profession. Fully half of all teachers leave within five years on the job and twenty percent leave after their first year in the classroom.

(2) The legislature finds that attracting qualified college graduates to the teaching profession, supporting them during their first years on the job, and keeping them in the classroom for more than five years, has strong positive effects on student learning.

(3) Therefore, the legislature intends to raise the minimum base salary for beginning teachers to forty thousand dollars per year and increase by at least 1 percent the salary for all other teachers. The legislature further intends to support robust mentoring for beginning teachers to keep them in the classroom and to help them meet the needs of a diverse student population.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. BASIC EDUCATION EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. (1) The following calculations determine the salaries used in the state allocations for certificated instructional, certificated administrative, and classified staff units as provided in RCW 28A.150.380 and under section 502, chapter 4, Laws of 2015 3rd sp. sess.:

(a) Salary allocations for certificated instructional staff units are determined for each district by multiplying the district's certificated instructional total base salary from section 4 of this act by the district's average staff mix factor for certificated instructional staff in that school year, computed using the table of staff mix factors for certificated instructional staff in section 3 of this act; and

(b) Salary allocations for certificated administrative staff units and classified staff units for each district are determined based on the district's certificated administrative and classified salary allocation amounts from section 4 of this act.

(2) Incremental fringe benefit factors are applied to salary adjustments at a rate of 20.78 percent for school year 2016-17 for certificated instructional and certificated administrative staff and 19.22 percent for the 2016-17 school year for classified staff.

(3)(a) Pursuant to RCW 28A.150.410, the following state-wide salary allocation schedule for certificated instructional staff is established for basic education salary allocations:


Table Of Total Base Salaries For Certificated Instructional Staff For School Year 2016-17 * Education Experience *
Years									MA+90
of									OR
Service	BA	BA+15	BA+30	BA+45	BA+90	BA+135	MA	MA+45	Ph.D.
0	40,000	40,400	40,804	41,212	42,296	44,385	43,229	46,474	48,566
1	40,400	40,804	41,212	41,624	42,886	44,964	43,710	46,988	49,066
2	40,804	41,212	41,624	42,040	43,441	45,541	44,194	47,463	49,564
3	41,212	41,624	42,040	42,461	43,968	46,119	44,652	47,938	50,065
4	41,624	42,040	42,461	42,885	44,545	46,713	45,133	48,417	50,583
5	42,040	42,461	42,885	43,314	45,099	47,309	45,622	48,901	51,103
6	42,461	42,885	43,314	43,747	45,656	47,878	46,123	49,390	51,614
7	42,885	43,314	43,747	44,185	46,680	48,963	47,061	50,362	52,646
8	43,314	43,747	44,185	44,854	48,201	50,569	48,537	51,885	54,251
9		44,185	44,756	46,347	49,773	52,220	50,028	53,455	55,904
10			46,210	47,916	51,388	53,917	51,599	55,071	57,599
11				49,531	53,079	55,658	53,214	56,762	59,341
12				51,096	54,815	57,472	54,894	58,497	61,156
13					56,593	59,329	56,631	60,276	63,012
14					58,381	61,258	58,420	62,181	64,940
15					59,900	62,851	59,938	63,797	66,629
16 or more					61,098	64,107	61,137	65,073	67,961

(b) As used in this section, the column headings "BA+(N)" refer to the number of credits earned since receiving the baccalaureate degree.

(c) For credits earned after the baccalaureate degree but before the masters degree, any credits in excess of forty-five credits may be counted after the masters degree. Thus, as used in this subsection, the column headings "MA+(N)" refer to the total of:

(i) Credits earned since receiving the masters degree; and

(ii) Any credits in excess of forty-five credits that were earned after the baccalaureate degree but before the masters degree.

(4) For the purposes of this section:

(a) "BA" means a baccalaureate degree.

(b) "MA" means a masters degree.

(d) "Years of service" are calculated under the same rules adopted by the superintendent of public instruction.

(e) "Credits" means college quarter hour credits and equivalent in-service credits computed in accordance with RCW 28A.415.020 and 28A.415.023.

(5) No more than ninety college quarter-hour credits received by any employee after the baccalaureate degree may be used to determine compensation allocations under the state salary allocation schedule established in this section and sections 3 and 4 of this act, or any replacement schedules and documents, unless:

(a) The employee has a masters degree; or

(b) The credits were used in generating state salary allocations before January 1, 1992.

(6) The salary allocation schedule established in this section is for allocation purposes only except as provided in RCW 28A.400.200(2).

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. STAFF MIX FACTORS. The staff mix factors for certificated instructional staff according to education and years of experience shall be as follows:


Table of Staff Mix Factors For Certificated Instructional Staff
Years									MA+90
of									OR
Service	BA	BA+15	BA+30	BA+45	BA+90	BA+135	MA	MA+45	Ph.D.
0	1.00000	1.01000	1.02010	1.03030	1.05739	1.10964	1.08073	1.16185	1.21415
1	1.01000	1.02010	1.03030	1.04060	1.07214	1.12410	1.09274	1.17471	1.22665
2	1.02010	1.03030	1.04060	1.05101	1.08603	1.13852	1.10484	1.18657	1.23909
3	1.03030	1.04060	1.05101	1.06152	1.09921	1.15297	1.11630	1.19844	1.25162
4	1.04060	1.05101	1.06152	1.07214	1.11363	1.16781	1.12832	1.21042	1.26457
5	1.05101	1.06152	1.07214	1.08286	1.12746	1.18274	1.14054	1.22253	1.27757
6	1.06152	1.07214	1.08286	1.09369	1.14140	1.19695	1.15307	1.23475	1.29035
7	1.07214	1.08286	1.09369	1.10462	1.16700	1.22407	1.17652	1.25904	1.31616
8	1.08286	1.09369	1.10462	1.12135	1.20503	1.26422	1.21341	1.29712	1.35628
9		1.10462	1.11890	1.15867	1.24432	1.30550	1.25071	1.33638	1.39759
10			1.15524	1.19791	1.28469	1.34792	1.28997	1.37678	1.43998
11				1.23829	1.32696	1.39145	1.33035	1.41905	1.48351
12				1.27740	1.37037	1.43680	1.37234	1.46243	1.52889
13					1.41483	1.48324	1.41577	1.50689	1.57530
14					1.45953	1.53144	1.46051	1.55452	1.62350
15					1.49750	1.57128	1.49846	1.59492	1.66572
16 or more					1.52745	1.60267	1.52843	1.62683	1.69902

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. SCHOOL YEAR SALARY ALLOCATIONS. The school year salary allocations for certificated administrative staff and classified staff and derived and total base salaries for certificated instructional staff shall be as follows:


Base Salary Allocations for School Year 2016-17
School District	Certificated Instructional Staff	Administrative Staff	Classified Staff
01 109 Washtucna	40,000	69,442	33,746
01 122 Benge	40,000	61,409	34,327
01 147 Othello	40,000	61,409	33,746
01 158 Lind	40,000	76,812	33,746
01 160 Ritzville	40,000	66,389	33,785
02 250 Clarkston	40,000	62,531	33,746
02 420 Asotin-Anatone	40,000	61,409	33,746
03 017 Kennewick	40,000	61,409	33,746
03 050 Paterson	40,000	61,409	33,746
03 052 Kiona-Benton City	40,000	65,336	33,746
03 053 Finley	40,000	63,892	33,746
03 116 Prosser	40,000	66,529	33,746
03 400 Richland	40,000	62,319	33,746
04 019 Manson	40,000	69,107	33,746
04 069 Stehekin	40,000	70,749	33,746
04 127 Entiat	40,000	81,630	33,746
04 129 Lake Chelan	40,588	61,409	33,945
04 222 Cashmere	40,000	74,282	33,746
04 228 Cascade	40,000	66,891	33,746
04 246 Wenatchee	40,000	64,820	33,746
05 121 Port Angeles	40,000	65,528	33,746
05 313 Crescent	40,000	67,655	33,746
05 323 Sequim	40,000	61,409	33,746
05 401 Cape Flattery	40,000	65,705	33,746
05 402 Quillayute Valley	40,000	63,851	33,746
06 037 Vancouver	40,000	65,106	33,746
06 098 Hockinson	40,000	66,247	33,746
06 101 La Center	40,000	67,123	33,746
06 103 Green Mountain	40,000	84,747	33,746
06 112 Washougal	40,000	61,409	33,830
06 114 Evergreen (Clark)	40,000	61,409	33,746
06 117 Camas	40,000	69,013	33,845
06 119 Battle Ground	40,000	63,802	33,746
06 122 Ridgefield	40,000	67,060	33,746
07 002 Dayton	40,000	61,409	33,746
07 035 Starbuck	40,000	61,409	33,746
08 122 Longview	40,000	61,409	33,746
08 130 Toutle Lake	40,000	72,592	33,915
08 401 Castle Rock	40,000	61,409	34,425
08 402 Kalama	40,000	62,444	33,746
08 404 Woodland	40,000	62,597	33,746
08 458 Kelso	40,000	61,720	33,746
09 013 Orondo	41,904	61,409	33,746
09 075 Bridgeport	40,000	67,079	34,154
09 102 Palisades	40,000	61,409	33,746
09 206 Eastmont	40,000	65,020	33,746
09 207 Mansfield	40,000	81,570	34,179
09 209 Waterville	40,000	62,709	33,746
10 003 Keller	40,000	61,409	33,746
10 050 Curlew	40,000	81,555	33,746
10 065 Orient	40,000	75,603	33,746
10 070 Inchelium	40,000	71,089	33,746
10 309 Republic	40,000	61,409	33,746
11 001 Pasco	40,000	61,499	33,750
11 051 North Franklin	40,000	63,316	33,746
11 054 Star	40,000	61,409	33,746
11 056 Kahlotus	40,000	61,774	33,746
12 110 Pomeroy	40,000	67,949	33,812
13 073 Wahluke	40,000	73,481	33,746
13 144 Quincy	40,000	62,609	33,760
13 146 Warden	40,000	65,060	33,746
13 151 Coulee-Hartline	40,000	69,837	33,746
13 156 Soap Lake	40,000	61,409	33,746
13 160 Royal	40,000	62,230	33,746
13 161 Moses Lake	40,000	62,984	33,746
13 165 Ephrata	40,000	61,409	33,746
13 167 Wilson Creek	40,000	87,003	33,746
13 301 Grand Coulee Dam	40,000	61,409	33,746
14 005 Aberdeen	40,000	62,463	33,746
14 028 Hoquiam	40,000	64,876	33,746
14 064 North Beach	40,000	71,107	33,746
14 065 McCleary	40,000	66,388	35,060
14 066 Montesano	40,000	62,032	33,746
14 068 Elma	40,000	62,030	34,786
14 077 Taholah	40,000	79,394	33,746
14 097 Quinault	40,000	62,705	33,998
14 099 Cosmopolis	40,000	62,232	33,746
14 104 Satsop	40,000	61,409	33,746
14 117 Wishkah Valley	40,000	79,382	34,633
14 172 Ocosta	40,000	61,646	33,950
14 400 Oakville	40,000	85,208	34,809
15 201 Oak Harbor	40,260	61,409	33,746
15 204 Coupeville	40,000	61,409	33,746
15 206 South Whidbey	40,000	62,181	34,151
16 020 Queets-Clearwater	40,000	64,029	33,997
16 046 Brinnon	40,000	61,409	33,746
16 048 Quilcene	40,000	85,822	33,746
16 049 Chimacum	40,000	63,969	34,498
16 050 Port Townsend	40,000	61,409	33,746
17 001 Seattle	40,269	63,466	38,948
17 210 Federal Way	40,000	61,409	33,746
17 216 Enumclaw	40,000	61,541	33,746
17 400 Mercer Island	40,000	66,951	34,028
17 401 Highline	40,000	66,153	33,746
17 402 Vashon Island	40,000	68,756	33,746
17 403 Renton	40,000	61,918	33,746
17 404 Skykomish	40,000	89,342	33,951
17 405 Bellevue	40,000	64,844	36,544
17 406 Tukwila	40,000	74,180	33,746
17 407 Riverview	40,000	65,993	33,746
17 408 Auburn	40,000	61,409	33,746
17 409 Tahoma	40,000	61,409	33,922
17 410 Snoqualmie Valley	40,000	61,409	33,746
17 411 Issaquah	40,000	63,192	33,746
17 412 Shoreline	40,000	66,836	35,402
17 414 Lake Washington	40,000	64,774	33,746
17 415 Kent	40,000	61,409	33,746
17 417 Northshore	41,662	61,409	34,221
18 100 Bremerton	40,000	62,384	34,944
18 303 Bainbridge Island	40,000	64,226	33,746
18 400 North Kitsap	40,000	61,615	34,252
18 401 Central Kitsap	40,000	61,409	33,746
18 402 South Kitsap	40,000	62,927	33,863
19 007 Damman	40,000	61,409	33,746
19 028 Easton	40,000	61,409	33,746
19 400 Thorp	40,000	61,529	34,618
19 401 Ellensburg	40,000	62,795	33,746
19 403 Kittitas	40,000	62,891	33,746
19 404 Cle Elum-Roslyn	40,000	66,090	33,750
20 094 Wishram	40,000	76,562	33,746
20 203 Bickleton	40,000	76,517	33,746
20 215 Centerville	40,000	61,409	33,746
20 400 Trout Lake	40,000	67,659	33,746
20 401 Glenwood	40,000	68,152	33,746
20 402 Klickitat	40,000	74,046	33,746
20 403 Roosevelt	40,000	61,409	33,746
20 404 Goldendale	40,000	61,409	33,746
20 405 White Salmon	40,000	69,268	33,746
20 406 Lyle	40,000	69,558	33,746
21 014 Napavine	40,000	71,146	33,805
21 036 Evaline	40,000	61,409	33,746
21 206 Mossyrock	40,000	68,287	33,746
21 214 Morton	40,000	65,950	33,991
21 226 Adna	40,000	71,907	33,746
21 232 Winlock	40,000	64,577	33,746
21 234 Boistfort	40,000	63,624	33,746
21 237 Toledo	40,000	64,126	33,746
21 300 Onalaska	40,000	62,926	33,746
21 301 Pe Ell	40,000	70,620	34,387
21 302 Chehalis	40,000	61,409	33,746
21 303 White Pass	40,000	61,993	33,746
21 401 Centralia	40,000	66,793	33,746
22 008 Sprague	40,000	69,973	33,887
22 009 Reardan-Edwall	40,000	62,815	33,746
22 017 Almira	40,000	79,678	33,746
22 073 Creston	40,000	79,036	33,746
22 105 Odessa	40,000	66,151	33,746
22 200 Wilbur	40,000	75,994	33,746
22 204 Harrington	40,000	89,342	33,746
22 207 Davenport	40,000	67,284	33,746
23 042 Southside	40,604	61,409	33,746
23 054 Grapeview	40,000	66,495	33,746
23 309 Shelton	40,000	64,192	33,857
23 311 Mary M. Knight	40,000	78,659	34,317
23 402 Pioneer	40,000	61,409	33,746
23 403 North Mason	40,000	61,409	33,769
23 404 Hood Canal	40,000	64,121	35,035
24 014 Nespelem	40,000	72,100	33,746
24 019 Omak	40,000	66,742	33,746
24 105 Okanogan	40,000	63,182	34,146
24 111 Brewster	40,000	62,457	33,819
24 122 Pateros	40,000	62,739	33,746
24 350 Methow Valley	40,000	75,723	33,954
24 404 Tonasket	40,000	64,600	33,746
24 410 Oroville	40,000	61,910	34,441
25 101 Ocean Beach	40,000	69,234	33,746
25 116 Raymond	40,000	63,945	33,746
25 118 South Bend	40,000	61,409	33,746
25 155 Naselle-Grays River Valley	40,000	73,314	33,746
25 160 Willapa Valley	40,000	61,409	33,746
25 200 North River	40,000	69,941	33,746
26 056 Newport	40,000	61,481	33,746
26 059 Cusick	40,000	77,582	33,746
26 070 Selkirk	40,000	61,409	33,746
27 001 Steilacoom Historical	40,000	63,520	33,933
27 003 Puyallup	40,806	61,409	33,746
27 010 Tacoma	40,000	61,409	37,018
27 019 Carbonado	40,000	74,990	33,746
27 083 University Place	40,000	61,409	33,746
27 320 Sumner	40,000	62,688	33,746
27 343 Dieringer	40,000	67,168	33,746
27 344 Orting	40,000	63,223	33,746
27 400 Clover Park	40,000	62,891	33,746
27 401 Peninsula	40,000	64,470	33,762
27 402 Franklin Pierce	40,000	66,470	33,746
27 403 Bethel	40,000	63,371	33,746
27 404 Eatonville	40,000	61,409	33,746
27 416 White River	40,000	61,448	33,746
27 417 Fife	40,000	64,145	33,746
28 010 Shaw Island	40,763	61,409	35,720
28 137 Orcas Island	40,000	61,409	33,834
28 144 Lopez Island	40,435	66,467	33,746
28 149 San Juan Island	40,000	65,050	33,746
29 011 Concrete	40,000	67,624	33,746
29 100 Burlington-Edison	40,000	62,159	33,746
29 101 Sedro-Woolley	40,000	61,409	33,849
29 103 Anacortes	40,000	63,341	33,746
29 311 La Conner	40,000	69,634	33,746
29 317 Conway	40,000	66,352	33,746
29 320 Mount Vernon	40,000	61,409	33,746
30 002 Skamania	40,000	77,447	35,933
30 029 Mount Pleasant	40,000	61,409	37,291
30 031 Mill A	40,000	61,409	34,246
30 303 Stevenson-Carson	40,000	62,192	33,746
31 002 Everett	41,985	66,227	35,519
31 004 Lake Stevens	40,000	68,649	33,746
31 006 Mukilteo	40,478	64,946	33,746
31 015 Edmonds	40,000	63,968	33,746
31 016 Arlington	40,000	62,115	33,746
31 025 Marysville	41,542	61,602	33,746
31 063 Index	40,000	61,409	33,746
31 103 Monroe	40,000	63,971	33,746
31 201 Snohomish	40,000	65,304	33,746
31 306 Lakewood	40,000	61,409	33,746
31 311 Sultan	40,000	61,409	33,746
31 330 Darrington	40,000	71,576	33,746
31 332 Granite Falls	40,000	61,528	33,746
31 401 Stanwood	40,000	61,409	33,746
32 081 Spokane	40,000	61,409	33,746
32 123 Orchard Prairie	40,000	61,409	33,746
32 312 Great Northern	40,000	61,409	33,746
32 325 Nine Mile Falls	40,000	67,776	33,746
32 326 Medical Lake	40,000	61,409	33,746
32 354 Mead	40,000	61,409	33,746
32 356 Central Valley	40,000	61,409	34,107
32 358 Freeman	40,000	61,409	33,804
32 360 Cheney	40,000	63,039	33,746
32 361 East Valley (Spokane)	40,000	61,409	33,746
32 362 Liberty	40,000	63,787	33,746
32 363 West Valley (Spokane)	40,000	67,392	33,746
32 414 Deer Park	40,000	62,846	33,746
32 416 Riverside	40,000	63,133	33,746
33 030 Onion Creek	40,000	61,409	33,746
33 036 Chewelah	40,000	61,409	34,377
33 049 Wellpinit	40,000	79,320	33,746
33 070 Valley	40,000	68,263	33,746
33 115 Colville	40,000	61,409	33,746
33 183 Loon Lake	40,000	61,409	33,746
33 202 Summit Valley	40,000	61,409	33,746
33 205 Evergreen (Stevens)	40,000	61,409	33,746
33 206 Columbia (Stevens)	40,000	89,342	33,746
33 207 Mary Walker	40,000	68,836	33,746
33 211 Northport	40,000	72,946	33,746
33 212 Kettle Falls	40,000	61,409	34,051
34 002 Yelm	40,000	65,047	33,746
34 003 North Thurston	40,000	61,561	33,746
34 033 Tumwater	40,000	65,364	33,746
34 111 Olympia	40,000	63,397	33,763
34 307 Rainier	40,000	65,333	33,746
34 324 Griffin	40,000	61,409	33,746
34 401 Rochester	40,000	61,409	33,746
34 402 Tenino	40,000	61,409	33,746
35 200 Wahkiakum	40,000	61,409	33,746
36 101 Dixie	40,000	67,431	33,746
36 140 Walla Walla	40,000	61,818	33,746
36 250 College Place	40,000	63,159	33,746
36 300 Touchet	40,000	63,620	33,746
36 400 Columbia (Walla Walla)	40,000	61,409	33,746
36 401 Waitsburg	40,000	74,918	33,746
36 402 Prescott	40,000	72,876	34,997
37 501 Bellingham	40,000	62,056	33,746
37 502 Ferndale	40,000	64,581	33,746
37 503 Blaine	40,000	64,768	34,164
37 504 Lynden	40,000	61,409	33,746
37 505 Meridian	40,000	61,409	33,746
37 506 Nooksack Valley	40,000	61,409	33,766
37 507 Mount Baker	40,000	61,409	33,746
38 126 Lacrosse	40,000	73,899	34,126
38 264 Lamont	40,000	68,984	33,746
38 265 Tekoa	40,000	82,390	33,746
38 267 Pullman	40,000	61,409	33,923
38 300 Colfax	40,000	61,781	33,746
38 301 Palouse	40,000	73,282	34,128
38 302 Garfield	40,000	71,724	33,746
38 304 Steptoe	40,000	61,409	34,209
38 306 Colton	40,000	74,267	33,746
38 308 Endicott	40,000	82,420	33,746
38 320 Rosalia	40,000	77,733	33,804
38 322 St. John	40,000	89,342	33,746
38 324 Oakesdale	40,000	80,400	33,746
39 002 Union Gap	40,000	67,912	33,746
39 003 Naches Valley	40,000	66,113	33,746
39 007 Yakima	40,000	67,396	33,821
39 090 East Valley (Yakima)	40,000	62,350	34,064
39 119 Selah	40,000	66,320	33,746
39 120 Mabton	40,000	70,258	34,810
39 200 Grandview	40,000	63,581	33,746
39 201 Sunnyside	40,000	61,409	33,746
39 202 Toppenish	40,000	66,435	33,746
39 203 Highland	40,000	67,205	33,746
39 204 Granger	40,000	65,609	33,746
39 205 Zillah	40,000	64,987	33,746
39 207 Wapato	40,000	63,992	33,746
39 208 West Valley (Yakima)	40,000	61,409	33,746
39 209 Mount Adams	40,000	66,743	33,746

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS. (1) The sum of seventy-one million seven hundred eighty thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, from the education legacy trust account to the superintendent of public instruction for school employee compensation adjustments.

(2) The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:

(a) Additional salary adjustments as necessary to fund the base salaries for certificated instructional staff as listed for each district in section 4 of this act.

(b) Additional salary adjustments to certain districts as necessary to fund the per full-time equivalent salary allocations for certificated administrative staff as listed for each district in section 4 of this act.

(c) Additional salary adjustments to certain districts as necessary to fund the per full-time equivalent salary allocations for classified staff as listed for each district in section 4 of this act.

(d) The appropriation in this section includes associated incremental fringe benefit allocations at 20.78 percent for the 2016-17 school year for certificated instructional and certificated administrative staff and 19.22 percent for the 2016-17 school year for classified staff.

(e) The appropriation in this section includes the increased or decreased portion of salaries and incremental fringe benefits for all relevant state-funded school programs in part V of chapter 4, Laws of 2015 3rd sp. sess. Changes for general apportionment (basic education) are based on the salary allocation schedules and methodology in sections 2, 3, and 4 of this act. Changes for special education result from changes in each district's basic education allocation per student. Changes for educational service districts and institutional education programs are determined by the superintendent of public instruction using the methodology for general apportionment salaries and benefits in sections 2, 3, and 4 of this act.

(f) The appropriation in this section includes no salary adjustments for substitute teachers.

(3) The rates specified in this section are subject to revision each year by the legislature.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOR LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE. (1) The sum of seven million eight hundred twenty-three thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, from the education legacy trust account to the superintendent of public instruction for local effort assistance.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOR A BEGINNING EDUCATOR SUPPORT PROGRAM. (1) The sum of five million dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, from the education legacy trust account to the superintendent of public instruction for a beginning educator support program.

(2) The appropriation in this section is provided solely for a beginning educator support program. The program shall prioritize first year teachers in the mentoring program. Either school districts, or regional consortia, or both may apply for grant funding.

(3) The program provided by either a district, or a regional consortia, or both shall include: A paid orientation; assignment of a qualified mentor; development of a professional growth plan for each beginning teacher aligned with professional certification; release time for mentors and new teachers to work together; and teacher observation time with accomplished peers. Funding may be used to provide statewide professional development opportunities for mentors and beginning educators.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. APPROPRIATION FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND. (1) The sum of forty four thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, from the education legacy trust account to the Washington state school for the blind.

(2) The appropriation in this section is sufficient to implement the salary adjustments necessary to fund the base salaries for certificated instructional staff and classified staff at the Washington state school for the blind.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. APPROPRIATION FOR THE CENTER FOR CHILDHOOD DEAFNESS AND HEARING LOSS. (1) The sum of twenty-three thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, from the education legacy trust account to the center for childhood deafness and hearing loss.