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H0017..........................................................by EDUCATION
DEAF AND BLIND SCHOOL - Amends existing law relating to powers of the State
Board of Education to provide for flexibility in payment of salaries for
employees of the Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind.
01/20 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/21 Rpt prt - to Educ
02/21 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/22 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/28 3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon,
Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
Henderson, Jaquet, Jones, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez,
Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen,
Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche,
Rydalch, Sayler, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen,
Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills,
Wood, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Sali, Schaefer
Floor Sponsor - Bradford
Title apvd - to Senate
03/01 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/23 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-0, 1 vacancy
AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis,
Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst,
Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson,
Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- (District 21 seat vacant)
Floor Sponsor - Marley
Title apvd - to House
03/24 To enrol
03/28 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/29 Pres signed
03/30 To Governor
04/05 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 258
Effective: 07/01/05
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature First Regular Session - 2005
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 17
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO POWERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; AMENDING SECTION 33-3405,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR FLEXIBILITY IN PAYMENT OF SALARIES FOR EMPLOY-
4 EES OF THE IDAHO SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL
5 CORRECTIONS.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 33-3405, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 33-3405. GENERAL POWERS OF BOARD. The board of trustees of the Idaho
10 Sschool for the Ddeaf and the Bblind shall have the following powers:
11 (1.) To adopt rules and regulations for its own government and that of
12 the school;
13 (2.) To employ a superintendent of the school, and, with his advice, to
14 appoint such assistants, instructors, specialists and other employees as are
15 required for the operation of the school; to fix salaries and prescribe
16 duties; and to remove the superintendent or any other employee for cause; and
17 to, at the discretion of the superintendent, allow all employees eligible for
18 benefits to elect to receive their salary on a year-round basis. Such a pay-
19 ment schedule shall not be considered a guarantee of employment;
20 (3.) With the advice of the superintendent, to prescribe the course of
21 study, the textbooks to be used, and for those pupils who complete the
22 requirements for grade twelve (12), the time and standard of graduation;
23 (4.) To have at all times, general supervision and control of all prop-
24 erty, real and personal, appertaining to the school, and to insure the same;
25 (5.) To employ architects or engineers in planning the construction,
26 remodeling or repair of any building and, whenever no other agency is desig-
27 nated so to do, to let contracts for such construction, remodeling or repair
28 and to supervise the work thereof;
29 (6.) To expend moneys appropriated, or otherwise placed to the credit of
30 the school for the maintenance and operation thereof, and to account for the
31 same as prescribed by law;
32 (7.) To provide for the conveyance of pupils to and from the school, the
33 expense of such conveyance being a lawful use of the moneys available to the
34 board of trustees.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 14509
Current statute does not allow the agency sufficient authority
in payroll methodology and procedural controls to provide for a
year-round benefits package and stable income for all its
employees. This change is focused equally on its benefit to the
employees as it is to creating stability for the agency. Idaho
School for the Deaf and the Blind invests significant resources
in staff training in order to ensure the quality of hands-on
service to its unique and sensitive clientele. Without the
stability provided by these statute changes, an adequate, well-
trained workforce cannot be reasonably assured and the quality
and delivery of agency services to its primary clients is
degraded.
FISCAL IMPACT
Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind will experience no
increase over current salary disbursements or benefit load
payments to each participating employee as a result of this
change to year-round coverage. All projected costs, anticipated
state salary increases, and personnel authorizations will be
carefully managed to provide the required funding within the
agency’s established budget limits.
CONTACT
Name: Harvey Lyter
Agency: Office of the State Board of Education
Phone: 332-1567
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 17