School staff salary alloc.

AN ACT Relating to determining state allocations for school staff 1
salaries; and amending RCW 28A.150.410. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:3
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.150.410 and 2022 c 109 s 7 are each amended to 4
read as follows: 5
(1) ((Through the 2017-18 school year, the legislature shall 6
establish for each school year in the appropriations act a statewide 7
salary allocation schedule, for allocation purposes only, to be used 8
to distribute funds for basic education certificated instructional 9
staff salaries under RCW 28A.150.260. For the purposes of this 10
section, the staff allocations for classroom teachers, teacher-11
librarians, counselors, and student health services staff under RCW 12
28A.150.260 are considered allocations for certificated instructional 13
staff.14
(2) Through the 2017-18 school year, salary allocations for 15
state-funded basic education certificated instructional staff shall 16
be calculated by the superintendent of public instruction by 17
determining the district's average salary for certificated 18
instructional staff, using the statewide salary allocation schedule 19
and related documents, conditions, and limitations established by the 20
omnibus appropriations act.21
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HOUSE BILL 1120
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Shavers, Reed, Wylie, Pollet, Kloba, and Reeves;
by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Prefiled 12/23/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee
on Appropriations.
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(3) Through the 2017-18 school year, no more than 90 college 1
quarter-hour credits received by any employee after the baccalaureate 2
degree may be used to determine compensation allocations under the 3
state salary allocation schedule and LEAP documents referenced in the 4
omnibus appropriations act, or any replacement schedules and 5
documents, unless:6
(a) The employee has a master's degree; or7
(b) The credits were used in generating state salary allocations 8
before January 1, 1992.9
(4) Beginning in the 2007-08 school year and through the 2017-18 10
school year, the calculation of years of service for occupational 11
therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, 12
audiologists, nurses, social workers, counselors, and psychologists 13
regulated under Title 18 RCW may include experience in schools and 14
other nonschool positions as occupational therapists, physical 15
therapists, speech-language pathologists, audiologists, nurses, 16
social workers, counselors, or psychologists. The calculation shall 17
be that one year of service in a nonschool position counts as one 18
year of service for purposes of this chapter, up to a limit of two 19
years of nonschool service. Nonschool years of service included in 20
calculations under this subsection shall not be applied to service 21
credit totals for purposes of any retirement benefit under chapter 22
41.32, 41.35, or 41.40 RCW, or any other state retirement system 23
benefits.24
(5))) By the 2018-19 school year, the minimum state allocation 25
for salaries for certificated instructional staff in the basic 26
education program must be increased to provide a statewide average 27
allocation of $64,000 adjusted for inflation from the 2017-18 school 28
year. 29
(((6))) (2) By the 2018-19 school year, the minimum state 30
allocation for salaries for certificated administrative staff in the 31
basic education program must be increased to provide a statewide 32
average allocation of $95,000 adjusted for inflation from the 2017-18 33
school year. 34
(((7) By the 2018-19 )) (3) Beginning with the 2025-26 school 35
year, the minimum state allocation for salaries for classified staff 36
in the basic education program must be increased to provide a 37
statewide average allocation of (($45,912)) $67,325 adjusted by 38
inflation from the ((2017-18)) 2023-24 school year.39
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(((8) For school year 2018-19, a district's minimum state 1
allocation for salaries is the greater of the district's 2017-18 2
state salary allocation, adjusted for inflation, or the district's 3
allocation based on the state salary level specified in subsections 4
(5) through (7) of this section, and as further specified in the 5
omnibus appropriations act.6
(9))) (4) Beginning with the 2026-27 school year, the minimum 7
state allocation for salaries for classified staff in the basic 8
education program must be increased to provide a statewide average 9
allocation of $73,384 adjusted by inflation from the 2023-24 school 10
year.11
(5)(a) Beginning with the 2027-28 school year, the minimum state 12
allocation for salaries for classified administrative staff in the 13
basic education program must be increased to provide a statewide 14
average allocation of $99,164 adjusted by inflation from the 2026-27 15
school year. Beginning with the 2027-28 school year, the minimum 16
state allocation for salaries for other classified staff in the basic 17
education program must be increased to provide a statewide average 18
allocation of $79,988 adjusted by inflation from the 2023-24 school 19
year.20
(b) For the purposes of this subsection, classified 21
administrative staff includes directors or supervisors or other 22
school administrators that are not certificated administrative staff, 23
including staff working in the business office, human resources, 24
public relations, instruction supervision, and maintenance and 25
operations supervision. Other classified staff includes all other 26
noncertificated positions, including all other office, clerical, or 27
support personnel.28
(6) Beginning with the 2018-19 school year, state allocations for 29
salaries for certificated instructional staff, certificated 30
administrative staff, and classified staff must be adjusted for 31
regional differences in the cost of hiring staff. Adjustments for 32
regional differences must be specified in the omnibus appropriations 33
act for each school year through at least school year 2022-23. For 34
school years 2018-19 through school year 2022-23, the school district 35
regionalization factors are based on the median single-family 36
residential value of each school district and proximate school 37
district median single-family residential value as described in RCW 38
28A.150.412. 39
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(((10))) (7) Beginning with the 2023-24 school year and every 1
four years thereafter, the minimum state salary allocations and 2
school district regionalization factors for certificated 3
instructional staff, certificated administrative staff, and 4
classified staff must be reviewed and rebased, as provided under RCW 5
28A.150.412, to ensure that state salary allocations continue to 6
align with staffing costs for the state's program of basic education.7
(((11))) (8) For the purposes of this section, "inflation" has 8
the meaning provided in RCW 28A.400.205 for "inflationary adjustment 9
index." 10
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