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H0294..........................................................by EDUCATION
TEACHERS - CONTRACTS - SALARY - Amends and adds to existing law relating to
public school certificated employees to provide that certificated
instructional employees on track A may be employed on a category 1, 2 or 3
contract; to provide that certificated instructional employees on track B
may be employed on a category 1 or category 2 contract; to clarify review
procedures for all such employees on a category 2 contract; to provide that
renewable contract status shall not apply to certificated instructional
employees on track B; to provide that the current experience and education
multiplier table shall be referred to as track A; to clarify application of
the table to specified employees on track A and track B; to provide a track
B; to provide conditions applicable to certificated instructional employees
placed on track B; to require that all master contract agreements shall
include separate salary schedules; to provide that school districts
choosing to pay higher salaries shall use a separate salary schedule; and
to provide contingency conditions if conversion from a category 3 contract
to a category 2 contract is found to be unconstitutional or if property
rights are affected by a court-imposed decision.
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]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 294
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES; AMENDING SECTION 33-514,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTIFICATED INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES ON TRACK
4 A MAY BE EMPLOYED ON A CATEGORY 1, 2 OR 3 CONTRACT, TO PROVIDE THAT CER-
5 TIFICATED INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES ON TRACK B MAY BE EMPLOYED ON A CATEGORY
6 1 OR CATEGORY 2 CONTRACT, TO CLARIFY REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR ALL SUCH
7 EMPLOYEES ON A CATEGORY 2 CONTRACT, TO PROVIDE THAT CATEGORY 3 CONTRACT
8 STATUS REQUIRES PLACEMENT ON TRACK A AND TO PROVIDE THAT A CERTIFICATED
9 INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEE TRANSFERRING FROM ANOTHER IDAHO SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY
10 BE PLACED ON A CATEGORY 3 CONTRACT IF SUCH EMPLOYEE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN
11 PLACED ON TRACK A; AMENDING SECTION 33-515, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT
12 RENEWABLE CONTRACT STATUS SHALL NOT APPLY TO CERTIFICATED INSTRUCTIONAL
13 EMPLOYEES ON TRACK B AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES; AMENDING SECTION
14 33-1004A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CURRENT EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
15 MULTIPLIER TABLE SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS TRACK A, TO CLARIFY APPLICATION
16 OF THE TABLE TO SPECIFIED EMPLOYEES ON TRACK A AND TRACK B, TO CLARIFY
17 FUNDING FOR EMPLOYEES ON TRACK A, TO PROVIDE A TRACK B, TO PROVIDE FUNDING
18 CONDITIONS RELATIVE TO TRACK B STATUS, TO PROVIDE CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO
19 CERTIFICATED INSTRUCTIONAL EMPLOYEES PLACED ON TRACK B, TO REQUIRE THAT
20 ALL MASTER CONTRACT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN A SCHOOL DISTRICT AND A LOCAL EDU-
21 CATION ASSOCIATION SHALL INCLUDE SEPARATE SALARY SCHEDULES, TO PROVIDE
22 THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS CHOOSING TO PAY HIGHER SALARIES SHALL USE A SEPARATE
23 SALARY SCHEDULE, TO PROVIDE THE OPTION FOR CERTIFICATED INSTRUCTIONAL
24 EMPLOYEES TO BE PLACED ON TRACK B, AND TO PROVIDE CONTINGENCY CONDITIONS
25 IF CONVERSION FROM A CATEGORY 3 CONTRACT TO A CATEGORY 2 CONTRACT IS FOUND
26 TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR IF PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE AFFECTED BY A COURT-
27 IMPOSED DECISION; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
28 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
29 SECTION 1. That Section 33-514, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
30 amended to read as follows:
31 33-514. ISSUANCE OF ANNUAL CONTRACTS -- SUPPORT PROGRAMS -- CATEGORIES OF
32 CONTRACTS -- OPTIONAL PLACEMENT. (1) The board of trustees shall establish
33 criteria and procedures for the supervision and evaluation of certificated
34 employees who are not employed on a renewable contract, as provided for in
35 section 33-515, Idaho Code.
36 (2) For certificated instructional employees placed on track A pursuant
37 to section 33-1004A, Idaho Code, tThere shall be three (3) categories of
38 annual contracts available to local school districts under which to employ
39 certificated personnel. For certificated instructional employees placed on
40 track B pursuant to section 33-1004A, Idaho Code, only category 1 and category
41 2 contracts shall be available under which to employ such certificated person-
42 nel:
43 (a) A category 1 contract is a limited one-year contract as provided in
2
1 section 33-514A, Idaho Code.
2 (b) A category 2 contract is for certificated personnel in the first and
3 second years of continuous employment with the same school district and
4 for those certificated instructional employees placed on track B pursuant
5 to section 33-1004A, Idaho Code.
6 (i) Upon the decision by a local school board not to reemploy the
7 person after the first or second year of continuous employment with
8 the same school district for the following year, the certificated
9 employee shall be provided a written statement of reasons for non-
10 reemployment by no later than May 25. Such employee shall not be
11 entitled to a review by the local board of the reasons or decision
12 not to reemploy.
13 (ii) All certificated instructional employees placed on track B pur-
14 suant to section 33-1004A, Idaho Code, who have been employed by the
15 same school district for three (3) or more continuous years, shall be
16 entitled to an informal review by the board, upon written request to
17 the board, delivered by no later than June 1. The process and proce-
18 dure for the informal review shall be determined by the local board
19 of trustees. Within fifteen (15) days following the meeting with such
20 track B employee, the board shall notify the employee of its final
21 decision in the matter. School districts shall not adopt additional
22 procedures, through contractual agreement or otherwise, that delay or
23 impede the ability of the school district not to renew such a cate-
24 gory 2 contract. No property rights shall attach to any category 2
25 contract. and therefore the employee shall not be entitled to a
26 review by the local board of the reasons or decision not to reemploy.
27 (c) A category 3 contract is for certificated personnel during the third
28 year of continuous employment by the same school district, provided the
29 certificated instructional employee is placed on track A pursuant to sec-
30 tion 33-1004A, Idaho Code. District procedures shall require at least one
31 (1) evaluation prior to the beginning of the second semester of the school
32 year and the results of any such evaluation shall be made a matter of
33 record in the employee's personnel file. When any such employee's work is
34 found to be unsatisfactory a defined period of probation shall be estab-
35 lished by the board, but in no case shall a probationary period be less
36 than eight (8) weeks. After the probationary period, action shall be taken
37 by the board as to whether the employee is to be retained, immediately
38 discharged, discharged upon termination of the current contract or reem-
39 ployed at the end of the contract term under a continued probationary sta-
40 tus. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 67-2344 and 67-2345, Idaho
41 Code, a decision to place certificated personnel on probationary status
42 may be made in executive session and the employee shall not be named in
43 the minutes of the meeting. A record of the decision shall be placed in
44 the employee's personnel file. This procedure shall not preclude recogni-
45 tion of unsatisfactory work at a subsequent evaluation and the establish-
46 ment of a reasonable period of probation. In all instances, the employee
47 shall be duly notified in writing of the areas of work which are defi-
48 cient, including the conditions of probation. Each such certificated
49 employee on a category 3 contract shall be given notice, in writing,
50 whether he or she will be reemployed for the next ensuing year. Such
51 notice shall be given by the board of trustees no later than the twenty-
52 fifth day of May of each such year. If the board of trustees has decided
53 not to reemploy the certificated employee, then the notice must contain a
54 statement of reasons for such decision and the employee shall, upon
55 request, be given the opportunity for an informal review of such decision
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1 by the board of trustees. The parameters of an informal review shall be
2 determined by the local board.
3 (3) School districts hiring an employee who has been on renewable con-
4 tract status with another Idaho district or has out-of-state experience which
5 would otherwise qualify the certificated employee for renewable contract sta-
6 tus in Idaho, shall have the option to immediately grant renewable contract
7 status, or to place the employee on a category 3 annual contract, provided
8 that such employee who was previously employed with an Idaho school district
9 was placed on track A pursuant to section 33-1004A, Idaho Code. Such employ-
10 ment on a category 3 contract under the provisions of this subsection may be
11 for one (1), two (2) or three (3) years.
12 (4) There shall be a minimum of two (2) written evaluations in each of
13 the annual contract years of employment, and at least one (1) evaluation shall
14 be completed before January 1 of each year. The provisions of this subsection
15 (4) shall not apply to employees on a category 1 contract.
16 SECTION 2. That Section 33-515, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
17 amended to read as follows:
18 33-515. ISSUANCE OF RENEWABLE CONTRACTS. (1) The provisions of this sec-
19 tion shall not apply to certificated instructional employees placed on track B
20 pursuant to section 33-1004A, Idaho Code.
21 (2) During the third full year of continuous employment by the same
22 school district, including any specially chartered district, each certificated
23 employee named in subsection (16) of section 33-1001, Idaho Code, and each
24 school nurse and school librarian shall be evaluated for a renewable contract
25 and shall, upon having been offered a contract for the next ensuing year, hav-
26 ing given notice of acceptance of renewal and upon signing a contract for a
27 fourth full year, be placed on a renewable contract status with said school
28 district subject to the provisions included in this chapter.
29 (3) After the third full year of employment and at least once annually,
30 the performance of each such certificated employee, school nurse, or school
31 librarian shall be evaluated according to criteria and procedures established
32 by the board of trustees in accordance with general guidelines approved by the
33 state board of education. Except as otherwise provided, that person shall have
34 the right to automatic renewal of contract by giving notice, in writing, of
35 acceptance of renewal. Such notice shall be given to the board of trustees of
36 the school district then employing such person not later than the first day of
37 June preceding the expiration of the term of the current contract. Except as
38 otherwise provided by this paragraph, the board of trustees shall notify each
39 person entitled to be employed on a renewable contract of the requirement that
40 such person must give the notice hereinabove and that failure to do so may be
41 interpreted by the board as a declination of the right to automatic renewal or
42 the offer of another contract. Such notification shall be made, in writing,
43 not later than the fifteenth day of May, in each year, except to those persons
44 to whom the board, prior to said date, has sent proposed contracts for the
45 next ensuing year, or to whom the board has given the notice required by this
46 section.
47 (4) Any contract automatically renewed under the provisions of this sec-
48 tion shall be for the same length as the term stated in the current contract
49 and at a salary no lower than that specified therein, to which shall be added
50 such increments as may be determined by the statutory or regulatory rights of
51 such employee by reason of training, service, or performance.
52 (5) Nothing herein shall prevent the board of trustees from offering a
53 renewed contract increasing the salary of any certificated person, or from
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1 reassigning an administrative employee to a nonadministrative position with
2 appropriate reduction of salary from the preexisting salary level. In the
3 event the board of trustees reassigns an administrative employee to a
4 nonadministrative position, the board shall give written notice to the
5 employee which contains a statement of the reasons for the reassignment. The
6 employee, upon written request to the board, shall be entitled to an informal
7 review of that decision. The process and procedure for the informal review
8 shall be determined by the local board of trustees.
9 (6) Before a board of trustees can determine not to renew for reasons of
10 an unsatisfactory report of the performance of any certificated person whose
11 contract would otherwise be automatically renewed, or to renew the contract of
12 any such person at a reduced salary, such person shall be entitled to a rea-
13 sonable period of probation. This period of probation shall be preceded by a
14 written notice from the board of trustees with reasons for such probationary
15 period and with provisions for adequate supervision and evaluation of the
16 person's performance during the probationary period. Such period of probation
17 shall not affect the person's renewable contract status. Consideration of pro-
18 bationary status for certificated personnel is consideration of the status of
19 an employee within the meaning of section 67-2345, Idaho Code, and may be held
20 in executive session. If the consideration results in probationary status, the
21 individual on probation shall not be named in the minutes of the meeting. A
22 record of the decision shall be placed in the teacher's personnel file.
23 (7) If the board of trustees takes action to immediately discharge or
24 discharge upon termination of the current contract a certificated person whose
25 contract would otherwise be automatically renewed, or to renew the contract of
26 any such person at a reduced salary, the action of the board shall be consis-
27 tent with the procedures specified in section 33-513(5), Idaho Code, and fur-
28 thermore, the board shall notify the employee in writing whether there is just
29 and reasonable cause not to renew the contract or to reduce the salary of the
30 affected employee, and if so, what reasons it relied upon in that determina-
31 tion.
32 (8) If the board of trustees, for reasons other than unsatisfactory ser-
33 vice, for the ensuing contract year, determines to change the length of the
34 term stated in the current contract, reduce the salary or not renew the con-
35 tract of a certificated person whose contract would otherwise be automatically
36 renewed, nothing herein shall require a probationary period.
37 SECTION 3. That Section 33-1004A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
38 amended to read as follows:
39 33-1004A. EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION MULTIPLIER -- TRACK A AND TRACK B.
40 (1) Each instructional and administrative staff position shall be assigned an
41 appropriate multiplier based upon the following table:
42 TRACK A
43 EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
44 MA MA + 12 MA + 24 MA + 36
45 Years BA BA + 12 BA + 24 BA + 36 BA + 48 BA + 60 ES/DR
46 0 1.00000 1.03750 1.07640 1.11680 1.15870 1.20220 1.24730
47 1 1.03750 1.07640 1.11680 1.15870 1.20220 1.24730 1.29410
48 2 1.07640 1.11680 1.15870 1.20220 1.24730 1.29410 1.34260
49 3 1.11680 1.15870 1.20220 1.24730 1.29410 1.34260 1.39290
50 4 1.15870 1.20220 1.24730 1.29410 1.34260 1.39290 1.44510
51 5 1.20220 1.24730 1.29410 1.34260 1.39290 1.44510 1.49930
5
1 MA MA + 12 MA + 24 MA + 36
2 Years BA BA + 12 BA + 24 BA + 36 BA + 48 BA + 60 ES/DR
3 6 1.24730 1.29410 1.34260 1.39290 1.44510 1.49930 1.55550
4 7 1.29410 1.34260 1.39290 1.44510 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380
5 8 1.34260 1.39290 1.44510 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380 1.67430
6 9 1.39290 1.44510 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380 1.67430 1.73710
7 10 1.39290 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380 1.67430 1.73710 1.80220
8 11 1.39290 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380 1.73710 1.80220 1.86980
9 12 1.39290 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380 1.73710 1.86980 1.93990
10 13 or
11 more 1.39290 1.49930 1.55550 1.61380 1.73710 1.86980 2.01260
12 (2) In determining the experience factor for tracks A and B in this sec-
13 tion, the actual years of teaching or administrative service in an accredited
14 public school, in an accredited private or parochial school, or beginning in
15 the 2005-06 school year and thereafter in an accredited college or university
16 shall be credited.
17 (3) In determining the education factor for tracks A and B in this sec-
18 tion, only credits earned after initial certification, based upon a transcript
19 on file with the teacher certification office of the state department of edu-
20 cation, earned at an institution of higher education accredited by the state
21 board of education or a regional accrediting association, shall be allowed.
22 Instructional staff whose initial certificate is an occupational specialist
23 certificate shall be treated as BA degree prepared instructional staff. Cre-
24 dits earned by such occupational specialist instructional staff after initial
25 certification shall be credited toward the education factor.
26 (4) In determining the statewide average multiplier for instructional
27 staff, no multiplier in excess of 1.59092 shall be used. If the actual state-
28 wide average multiplier for instructional staff, as determined by this sec-
29 tion, exceeds 1.59092, then each school district's instructional staff multi-
30 plier shall be multiplied by the result of 1.59092 divided by the actual
31 statewide average multiplier for instructional staff. No certificated instruc-
32 tional employee placed on track A shall be paid less than the amount of salary
33 funding provided for the position pursuant to track A.
34 (5) In determining the statewide average multiplier for administrative
35 staff, no multiplier in excess of 1.86643 shall be used. If the actual state-
36 wide average multiplier for administrative staff, as determined by this sec-
37 tion, exceeds 1.86643, then each school district's administrative staff multi-
38 plier shall be multiplied by the result of 1.86643 divided by the actual
39 statewide average multiplier for administrative staff.
40 (6) Track B. For certificated instructional employees placed on track B,
41 the state department of education shall replace the track A experience and
42 education multiplier and base salary factors for instructional staff positions
43 with a track B derived from the following:
44 (a) A base salary of thirty-four thousand dollars ($34,000);
45 (b) Attaining a career ladder benchmark, which shall cause the base sal-
46 ary to increase by an additional three thousand dollars ($3,000) for each
47 event as follows:
48 (i) Completion of the first four (4) years of teaching experience;
49 (ii) Completion of thirteen (13) years of teaching experience;
50 (iii) Bachelor's degree plus thirty-six (36) credit hours, or
51 master's degree, both to include endorsements as specified in subsec-
52 tion (6)(d)(v) of this section;
53 (iv) Education specialist/doctorate (ES/DR) or master's degree plus
54 thirty-six (36) credit hours, both to include endorsements as speci-
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1 fied in subsection (6)(d)(vi) of this section;
2 (v) Status as an employee performing a qualifying additional duty,
3 which qualifying duties shall include: teacher mentoring; content
4 leadership; lead teacher; peer teaching coach; content specialist;
5 remedial instructor; curriculum development; assessment development;
6 data analysis; grant writing; special program coordinator; or other
7 additional duties as may be provided pursuant to rules that may be
8 promulgated by the state board of education.
9 (c) All certificated instructional employees placed on track B shall be
10 funded at an amount at least three thousand dollars ($3,000) more than the
11 amount that would have been provided for the same employee if the employee
12 had been placed on track A. This calculation shall be made prior to the
13 addition of any funds provided for the career ladder benchmark
14 enhancements specified in subsection (6)(b)(v) of this section.
15 (d) For certificated instructional employees placed on track B, the fol-
16 lowing provisions shall apply:
17 (i) Once an employee has been placed on track B, there is no
18 option for placement on track A.
19 (ii) For an employee holding a category 3 contract on or after July
20 1, 2008, the choice to move from track A to track B shall constitute
21 an agreement to terminate the employee's existing category 3 con-
22 tract, which shall be terminated and replaced with a category 2 con-
23 tract.
24 (iii) The term of such category 2 contract shall not exceed three
25 (3) years, nor shall it exceed one (1) year for any certificated
26 instructional employee who has not yet reached the career ladder
27 benchmark in subsection (6)(b)(i) of this section, nor shall it
28 exceed two (2) years for any certificated instructional employee who
29 has reached the career ladder benchmark in subsection (6)(b)(i) of
30 this section but has not yet reached the career ladder benchmark in
31 subsection (6)(b)(ii) of this section. The decision to offer such a
32 two (2) year or three (3) year category 2 contract shall be made on
33 an individual basis, at the discretion of the local board of
34 trustees. Boards of trustees shall not adopt additional procedures,
35 through contractual agreement or otherwise, that would in any way
36 inhibit such discretion.
37 (iv) No certificated instructional employee shall be paid less than
38 the amount of salary funding provided for the position in accordance
39 with placement on track B.
40 (v) In addition to the qualifications specified therein, in order
41 to qualify for the career ladder benchmark in subsection (6)(b)(iii)
42 of this section, an employee holding a standard elementary certifi-
43 cate shall hold such certificate with at least one (1) additional
44 endorsement included, and an employee holding a standard secondary
45 certificate shall hold such certificate with at least two (2) addi-
46 tional endorsements included, pursuant to state board of education
47 rule IDAPA 08.02.02.
48 (vi) In addition to the qualifications specified therein, in order
49 to qualify for the career ladder benchmark in subsection (6)(b)(iv)
50 of this section, an employee holding a standard elementary certifi-
51 cate shall hold such certificate with at least two (2) additional
52 endorsements included, and an employee holding a secondary certifi-
53 cate shall hold such certificate with at least three (3) additional
54 endorsements included, pursuant to state board of education rule
55 IDAPA 08.02.02.
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1 (vii) A certificated instructional employee who has not yet attained
2 the career ladder benchmark in subsection (6)(b)(i) of this section,
3 shall not be eligible to receive funding for the career ladder
4 benchmark in subsection (6)(b)(v) of this section.
5 (viii) School districts may designate up to twenty-five percent (25%)
6 of their certificated instructional employees who have attained the
7 career ladder benchmark in subsection (6)(b)(i) of this section but
8 who have not attained the career ladder benchmark in subsection
9 (6)(b)(ii) of this section, to receive funding for the career ladder
10 benchmark in subsection (6)(b)(v) of this section, provided such
11 employees are performing qualifying additional duties. Such employees
12 shall not be eligible to receive more than one (1) career ladder
13 benchmark designation under subsection (6)(b)(v) of this section in a
14 single fiscal year.
15 (ix) School districts may designate up to forty percent (40%) of
16 their certificated instructional employees who have attained the
17 career ladder benchmark in subsection (6)(b)(ii) of this section, to
18 receive funding for the career ladder benchmark in subsection
19 (6)(b)(v) of this section, provided such employees are performing
20 qualifying additional duties. Such employees shall not be eligible to
21 receive more than two (2) career ladder benchmark designations under
22 subsection (6)(b)(v) of this section in a single fiscal year. Any
23 employee receiving two (2) such designations shall count twice
24 against the forty percent (40%) limitation of this subparagraph.
25 (x) The decision to designate a certificated instructional
26 employee to receive funding for the career ladder benchmark in sub-
27 section (6)(b)(v) of this section shall be at the discretion of the
28 local board of trustees. Such designations shall be valid only for
29 the fiscal year for which the designation is made. School districts
30 shall not adopt additional procedures, through contractual agreement
31 or otherwise, that limit in any way the board's exercise of such dis-
32 cretion each fiscal year. A certificated instructional employee's
33 designation to receive funding for a career ladder benchmark in sub-
34 section (6)(b)(v) of this section in no way entitles such employee to
35 be so designated in a future fiscal year.
36 (7) All master contract agreements between a school district and a local
37 education association shall include a separate salary schedule for certifi-
38 cated instructional employees on track A and a separate salary schedule for
39 certificated instructional employees on track B. Such schedules shall be iden-
40 tical to the track schedules set out in this section.
41 (8) Any school district choosing to pay higher salaries to certificated
42 instructional employees than are provided in this section shall provide such
43 payments through another separate salary schedule that includes all certifi-
44 cated instructional employees, regardless of whether the employee is placed on
45 track A or on track B. Such schedule shall only contain the additional moneys
46 to be paid, and shall not include the moneys provided under the track A and
47 track B schedules.
48 (9) Any certificated instructional employee may choose to be placed on
49 track B, provided that written notification is submitted to the school dis-
50 trict by May 15 of the previous fiscal year. For certificated instructional
51 employees hired after May 15 for employment in the ensuing fiscal year, such
52 employees may choose to be placed on track A or track B. If such an employee
53 chooses to be placed on track B, the school district shall promptly notify the
54 state department of education. However, for school districts and public
55 charter schools employing at least twenty (20) certificated instructional
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1 full-time equivalent employees, not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of
2 such instructional employees may be placed on track B in any single fiscal
3 year. Such placement shall be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. The
4 state department of education shall be notified of a certificated instruc-
5 tional employee's placement on track B by no later than the first business day
6 of the state fiscal year in order for the position to be funded under track B.
7 (10) If the conversion of category 3 contracts to category 2 contracts
8 pursuant to this section is found to be unconstitutional, or if property
9 rights are imposed on any category 2 contracts through a court-imposed deci-
10 sion, all certificated instructional employees shall be placed on track A.
11 Employees moving from track B to track A as a result of such judicial action
12 shall neither gain nor retain any property right to continue receiving any
13 funds lost through the movement to track A.
14 SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this act are hereby declared
15 to be severable and if any provision of this act or the application of such
16 provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason,
17 such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
18 this act.
19 SECTION 5. This act shall be in full force and effect on and after July
20 1, 2008.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 17159C1
This legislation addresses the need to attract, retain, and
better reward high quality teachers. The legislation offers
an optional second salary scale that will compensate teachers an
average of 11% more than the FY 2008 state reimbursement
schedule, with a minimum increase of at least $3,000. Additional
education and duties will further compensate teachers on a career
ladder. In return, teachers paid on the new schedule will
voluntarily forego their right to tenure
FISCAL NOTE
Beginning FY 2009, there would be an increase in the K-12 Public
School's budget of up to $19.5 million annually, for four years.
This annual increase represents 26% of the FY 2008 K-12 Public
Schools General Fund budget increase of $75 million.
Contact
Name: Representatives Scott Bedke, Ken Roberts
Representatives Bob Nonini, Rich Wills
Representatives Cliff Bayer, Mack Shirley
Representatives Fred Wood
Representative Cliff Bayer
Senators Robert Geddes, Patti Anne Lodge
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 294