S-3818.1
SENATE BILL 6123
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By Senators Wellman, C. Wilson, Kauffman, Hunt, Shewmake, Cleveland,
Keiser, Conway, Hasegawa, Kuderer, Lovick, Mullet, Nobles, Randall,
and Valdez
Read first time 01/10/24. Referred to Committee on Early Learning &
K-12 Education.
1 AN ACT Relating to classified school employee salaries; and
2 amending RCW 28A.150.410.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
4 Sec. 1. RCW 28A.150.410 and 2022 c 109 s 7 are each amended to
5 read as follows:
6 (1) ((Through the 2017-18 school year, the legislature shall
7 establish for each school year in the appropriations act a statewide
8 salary allocation schedule, for allocation purposes only, to be used
9 to distribute funds for basic education certificated instructional
10 staff salaries under RCW 28A.150.260. For the purposes of this
11 section, the staff allocations for classroom teachers, teacher-
12 librarians, counselors, and student health services staff under RCW
13 28A.150.260 are considered allocations for certificated instructional
14 staff.
15 (2) Through the 2017-18 school year, salary allocations for
16 state-funded basic education certificated instructional staff shall
17 be calculated by the superintendent of public instruction by
18 determining the district's average salary for certificated
19 instructional staff, using the statewide salary allocation schedule
20 and related documents, conditions, and limitations established by the
21 omnibus appropriations act.
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1 (3) Through the 2017-18 school year, no more than 90 college
2 quarter-hour credits received by any employee after the baccalaureate
3 degree may be used to determine compensation allocations under the
4 state salary allocation schedule and LEAP documents referenced in the
5 omnibus appropriations act, or any replacement schedules and
6 documents, unless:
7 (a) The employee has a master's degree; or
8 (b) The credits were used in generating state salary allocations
9 before January 1, 1992.
10 (4) Beginning in the 2007-08 school year and through the 2017-18
11 school year, the calculation of years of service for occupational
12 therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists,
13 audiologists, nurses, social workers, counselors, and psychologists
14 regulated under Title 18 RCW may include experience in schools and
15 other nonschool positions as occupational therapists, physical
16 therapists, speech-language pathologists, audiologists, nurses,
17 social workers, counselors, or psychologists. The calculation shall
18 be that one year of service in a nonschool position counts as one
19 year of service for purposes of this chapter, up to a limit of two
20 years of nonschool service. Nonschool years of service included in
21 calculations under this subsection shall not be applied to service
22 credit totals for purposes of any retirement benefit under chapter
23 41.32, 41.35, or 41.40 RCW, or any other state retirement system
24 benefits.
25 (5))) By the 2018-19 school year, the minimum state allocation
26 for salaries for certificated instructional staff in the basic
27 education program must be increased to provide a statewide average
28 allocation of $64,000 adjusted for inflation from the 2017-18 school
29 year.
30 (((6))) (2) By the 2018-19 school year, the minimum state
31 allocation for salaries for certificated administrative staff in the
32 basic education program must be increased to provide a statewide
33 average allocation of $95,000 adjusted for inflation from the 2017-18
34 school year.
35 (((7) By the 2018-19)) (3)(a) Beginning with the 2024-25 school
36 year, the minimum state allocation for salaries for classified
37 administrative staff in the basic education program must be increased
38 to provide a statewide average allocation of $91,733 adjusted by
39 inflation from the 2023-24 school year. Beginning with the 2024-25
40 school year, the minimum state allocation for salaries for other
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1 classified staff in the basic education program must be increased to
2 provide a statewide average allocation of (($45,912)) $54,633
3 adjusted by inflation from the ((2017-18)) 2023-24 school year.
4 (((8) For school year 2018-19, a district's minimum state
5 allocation for salaries is the greater of the district's 2017-18
6 state salary allocation, adjusted for inflation, or the district's
7 allocation based on the state salary level specified in subsections
8 (5) through (7) of this section, and as further specified in the
9 omnibus appropriations act.
10 (9))) (b) For the purposes of this subsection, classified
11 administrative staff includes directors or supervisors or other
12 school administrators that are not certificated administrative staff,
13 including staff working in the business office, human resources,
14 public relations, instruction supervision, and maintenance and
15 operations supervision. Other classified staff includes all other
16 noncertificated positions including all other office, clerical, or
17 support personnel.
18 (4) Beginning with the 2018-19 school year, state allocations for
19 salaries for certificated instructional staff, certificated
20 administrative staff, and classified staff must be adjusted for
21 regional differences in the cost of hiring staff. Adjustments for
22 regional differences must be specified in the omnibus appropriations
23 act for each school year through at least school year 2022-23. For
24 school years 2018-19 through school year 2022-23, the school district
25 regionalization factors are based on the median single-family
26 residential value of each school district and proximate school
27 district median single-family residential value as described in RCW
28 28A.150.412.
29 (((10))) (5) Beginning with the 2023-24 school year and every
30 four years thereafter, the minimum state salary allocations and
31 school district regionalization factors for certificated
32 instructional staff, certificated administrative staff, classified
33 administrative staff, and classified staff must be reviewed and
34 rebased, as provided under RCW 28A.150.412, to ensure that state
35 salary allocations continue to align with staffing costs for the
36 state's program of basic education.
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1 (((11))) (6) For the purposes of this section, "inflation" has
2 the meaning provided in RCW 28A.400.205 for "inflationary adjustment
3 index."
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Statutes affected: Original Bill: 28A.150.410