1432-S2 AMH ALEX MCLA 200

2SHB 1432 - H AMD 317

By Representative Alexander

FAILED 3/12/2007

   Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

   "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The state board of education, in consultation with the superintendent of public instruction and legislative fiscal committees, shall conduct a study of salaries and compensation for educational staff associates, which includes occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech language pathologists, audiologists, nurses, social workers, counselors and psychologists. The study shall include but not be limited to an examination of:

   (a) The experience of school districts in recruiting and retaining qualified educational staff associates;

   (b) The extent to which school districts contract for the services of educational staff associates and the relative costs to districts of contracting for these services rather than having them performed by district staff;

   (c) An assessment of the need for and merits of granting educational service credit to educational staff associates for experience in non-school positions in the calculation of years of service for the purpose of placement on the salary allocation schedule under RCW 28A.150.410, along with a detailed analysis of the costs of such a policy; and

   (d) Alternative structures for salaries and compensation of some or all categories of educational staff associates that would not rely on a uniform salary schedule based on years of experience and education degrees and credits.

   (2) The state board of education shall submit a preliminary report with recommendations to the fiscal and education committees of the legislature no later than September 30, 2007, and a final report no later than December 15, 2007."

   Correct the title.

EFFECT: Rather than grant credit on the salary schedule for nonschool employment of educational staff associates (ESAs), directs the State Board of Education to conduct a study of salary and compensation issues for ESAs and report back to the legislative education and fiscal committees by December 2007.