School superintendent salary.

2018
STATE OF WYOMING
18LSO-0204
Numbered
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0083

School superintendent salary.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Stith, Clem, Gray, Jennings, Laursen, Lindholm and Winters

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to education; specifying that the salary of a school district superintendent shall not exceed the salary provided under the education resource funding model; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 21
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3
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111(
a)(vi)(A) and 21
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13
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309(m)(v)(C) are amended to read:

21
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3
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111
.

Powers of boards of trustees.

(a)

The board of trustees in each school district within the state may:

(vi)

Employ
and determine the salaries and duties of:

(A)

A superintendent of schools who shall be the chief administrative officer of the district
, provided that the salary of a superintendent shall not exceed the
amount allotted for a school district superintendent under the education resource block grant model

as defined in W.S. 21
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13
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101(a)(xiv), as may be adjusted by the legislature under W.S. 21
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13
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309(o), (t) or (u)
and shall not include any additional wage, benefit or compensation that is not offered to other
full
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time
school district employees on the same or similar terms
;

21
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13
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309
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Determination of amount to be included in foundation program for each district.

(m)

In determining the amount to be included in the foundation program for each district, the state superintendent shall:

(v)

Based upon ADM computations and identified school configurations within each district pursuant to paragraph (iv) of this subsection, compute the foundation program amount for each district as prescribed by the education resource block grant model adopted by the Wyoming legislature as defined under W.S. 21
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13
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101(
a)(xiv), as contained within the spreadsheets and accompanying reports referenced under W.S. 21
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101(a)(xvii). The following criteria shall be used by the state superintendent in the administration of the education resource block grant model:

(C)

Salaries for all school and district level staffing categories, including teachers, principals and assistant principals, central office administrators, secretarial and clerical staff, operations and maintenance staff and aides and media technicians, shall be based upon average statewide salary levels calibrated under "Attachment A" for each staffing category, adjusted under
subsection (o) of this section, including the experience, education and responsibility level as appropriate and as computed for each staffing category
, provided that in no instance shall the salary
actually paid
for a school district superintendent exceed the maximum salary as specified in W.S. 21
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3
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111(a)(vi)(A)
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The statewide average for each staffing category shall be adjusted for each district based upon the district experience, education and responsibility level relative to the statewide average for that category. District experience, education and responsibility level by appropriate staffing category shall be updated each year such that district adjustments reflect the prior school year staffing information. The district adjusted average salary for each staffing category shall be further adjusted for regional cost differences as measured by the greater of the hedonic wage index or the Wyoming cost
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of
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living index computed by the division of economic analysis, department of administration and information, with a minimum of one hundred (100) index value, as prescribed by the education resource block grant model. For purposes of the education resource block grant model, the version of the Wyoming cost
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of
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living index used by the
division shall be based upon the unrecalibrated housing cost index weights unless otherwise determined by the legislature based upon recommendation of the joint education interim committee. In addition, the version of the Wyoming cost
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of
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living index applied under this subparagraph for any school year shall be the average of the six (6) consecutive semi
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annual index reports completed by January 1 of the immediately preceding school year;

Section 2
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Nothing in this act shall
apply to any valid contract entered into prior to the effective date of this act but shall apply to any new or renegotiated contract
entered into
following the effective date of this act.

Section
3
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This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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