2SHB 2869 -
By Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1 RCW 28A.405.415 and 2007 c 398 s 2 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) Certificated instructional staff who have attained
certification from the national board for professional teaching
standards shall receive a bonus each year in which they maintain the
certification, including if they later become certificated principals
or superintendents and maintain the certification from the national
board. The bonus shall be calculated as follows: The annual bonus
shall be five thousand dollars in the 2007-08 school year. Thereafter,
the annual bonus shall increase by inflation.
(2) Certificated instructional staff who have attained
certification from the national board for professional teaching
standards shall be eligible for bonuses in addition to that provided by
subsection (1) of this section if the individual is in an instructional
assignment in a school in which at least seventy percent of the
students qualify for the free and reduced-price lunch program.
(3) The amount of the additional bonus under subsection (2) of this
section for those meeting the qualifications of subsection (2) of this
section is five thousand dollars.
(4) The bonuses provided under this section are in addition to
compensation received under a district's salary schedule adopted in
accordance with RCW 28A.405.200 and shall not be included in
calculations of a district's average salary and associated salary
limitations under RCW 28A.400.200.
(5) The bonuses provided under this section shall be paid in a lump
sum amount and shall not be included in the definition of "earnable
compensation" under RCW 41.32.010(10).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 If specific funding for the purposes of this
act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by
June 30, 2008, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and
void."
2SHB 2869 -
By Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education
On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "principals" strike the remainder of the title and insert "or superintendents; amending RCW 28A.405.415; and creating a new section."