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                                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5357

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators Pelz, Sutherland, Jesernig, Snyder, Gaspard, Fraser, Moore and Quigley)

Read first time 03/03/93.

Requiring contractors for school employment service contracts to provide health care and retirement benefits commensurate with those provided for classified employees providing similar services.

          AN ACT Relating to employment benefits for employees under school service contracts; and adding a new section to Title 28A RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to Title 28A RCW to read as follows:

          (1) When a school district or educational service district enters into a contract for services that had been previously performed by classified school employees, the contract shall contain a specific clause requiring the contractor to provide for persons performing such services under the contracts, benefits similar to those provided for school employees who would otherwise perform the work.  This section applies to contracts for services entered into or renewed after the effective date of this act.

          (2) This section does not apply to:

          (a) Temporary, nonongoing, or nonrecurring service contracts; or

          (b) Contracts for services previously performed by employees in director/supervisor, professional, and technical positions.

          (3) For the purposes of subsection (2) of this section:

          (a) "Director/supervisor position" means a position in which an employee directs staff members and manages a function, a program, or a support service.

          (b) "Professional position" means a position for which an employee is required to have a high degree of knowledge and skills acquired through a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent.

          (c) "Technical position" means a position for which an employee is required to have a combination of knowledge and skills that can be obtained through approximately two years of posthigh school education, such as from a community or technical college, or by on-the-job training.

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