Classified Employee Legislative IssuesERNN CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
FEBRUARY 28, 2015
Increase state funding for classified employee services
CompensationStaffing
Market based compensation
HB 2261“…the technical working group shall conduct
or contract for a preliminary comparative labor market analysis of salaries and other compensation for school district employees to be conducted and shall include the results in any reports to the legislature.
QEC received workgroup report in 2012
Classified salary recommendation4
Position
Current State
Funding
Current Local
Funding
Total Current Funding
New State Funded
Amount
Teaching Assistance (InstructionalAides/Paraeducators) $31,699 $1,197 $32,896 $45,386
Office Support and other Non-instructional Aides $31,699 $6,037 $37,736 $40,949
Custodians $31,699 $5,070 $36,769 $39,454
Classified staff providing student and staff safety $31,699 $5,651 $37,350 $44,040
Family Involvement Coordinator $45,386
Technology $31,699 $23,249 $54,948 $83,253
Facilities, maintenance and grounds $31,699 $15,616 $47,315 $50,057
Warehouse, laborers, and mechanics $31,699 $10,743 $42,442 $36,522
Central Office, Classified $31,699 $22,872 $54,571 $56,374
Cost of salary recommendation
$277 million (2014 estimate)2014 - House appropriations committee
passed HB 2792 to fully fund2013 – House passed budget funded
50% of the increase
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Staffing adequacy recommendations
HB 2776:
“(B) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ASSURING ADEQUATE LEVELS OF STATE-FUNDED CLASSIFIED STAFF TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL SCHOOL AND DISTRICT SERVICES.”
Staffing adequacy report
Workgroups developed classification recommendations
“The QEC provisionally adopts the recommendations of the Classified Staffing Adequacy Working Group for essential staffing levels” - QEC 2011 Report to the Legislature
Placed into Initiative 1351 (with small changes)
Paraeducators
Elementary School – 400 students 1.164 FTE increase
Middle School – 432 students .3 FTE Increase
High School – 600 students .35 FTE Increase
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Secretaries
Elementary School – 400 students 1 FTE increase
Middle School – 432 students 1.2 FTE Increase
High School – 600 students .25 FTE Increase
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Custodians
Elementary School – 400 students .04 FTE increase
Middle School – 432 students .05 FTE Increase
High School – 600 students .03 FTE Increase
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Student safety
Elementary School – 400 students .08 FTE decrease
Middle School – 432 students .61 FTE Increase
High School – 600 students 1.16 FTE Increase
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Parent involvement coordinator
Elementary School – 400 students 1 FTE increase
Middle School – 432 students 1 FTE Increase
High School – 600 students 1 FTE Increase
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Technology
For every 1,000 students2.2 FTE Increase
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Facilities, Maintenance, Grounds
For every 1,000 students2.2 FTE Increase
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Warehouse, Laborers, Mechanics
For every 1,000 students1.6 FTE Increase
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Increased state cost - $680 Million
Teaching Assistants (Elementary / Middle / High) 94,913,779Office Support (Elementary / Middle / High) 103,741,723Custodians (Elementary / Middle / High) 5,346,783Student Safety (Elementary / Middle / High) 38,483,136Parent Involvement Coordinators (E / M /H) 111,130,003
Districtwide Technology Staff 119,730,144Districtwide Facilities, Maintenance, Grounds Staff 120,560,606Districtwide Warehouse Staff, Laborers, Mechanics 86,432,305
Total 680,338,479
Affordable, quality health insurance for all school employees
RISING INSURANCE PREMIUMS, EDUCATION “BIAS” AGAINST FAMILY/DEPENDENT COVERAGE, PART-TIME FUNDING INEQUALITY HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES ABILITY TO PAY FOR INSURANCE
1. Premium increases (inflation funding)
2. Half-time funding
3. Health insurance reform to eliminate education “bias”
Insurance Premium Increases
2013-14 School YearWEA/Premera rates up 17%
WEA/Premera has 60% of K 12 covered lives
2014-15 School YearWEA/Premera rates up 8%
Next two years??? – 6% to 8%
Insurance premium funding
Last funding was September 2010 2010-2011 $768.00 3.09% 2011-2012 $768.00 0.00% 2012-2013 $768.00 0.00% 2013-2014 $768.00 0.00% 2014-2015 $768.00 0.00%
2015-16 & 2016-17 Inflation Funding Governor Inslee Budget – 0%
Half-time or more funding
Bureau of labor statistics - single
National Part time definition - Less than 35 hours per weekPEBB Part time definition - More than 20 hours per week less than 40 hours per week
Bureau of labor statistics
Health insurance reform
SB 5976 Consolidation effective January 1, 2017 SEBB (school employee benefits board)
begins September 1, 2015
develops plans and premium structure
Coalition bargaining at State level (same as state employees)
No local bargaining for basic benefit plans or payments Pooling eliminated
Single to family ratio – 1:2.5
Cost of living adjustments (salary increase)
INITIATIVE 732 REQUIRED THEM FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS
Initiative 732 COLA – Seattle CPI
School Year State Funded Seattle CPI 2009-10 0.0% 4.2% 2010-11 0.0% 0.6% 2011-12 -1.9% 0.3% 2012-13 0.0% 2.7% 2013-14 1.9% 2.5% 2014-15 0.0% 1.3% 2015-16 1.8%* 2016-17 1.3%*
*current estimate
Governor Inslee Proposed Salary Increase
Salary Increase - $386 million3.0% 9-1-151.8% 9-1-16
Paraeducator development program
SB 6129 – passed in 2014 legislative session Workgroup to make recommendations Report to legislature by January 10, 2015 Report on special education and general
education paraeducators to legislature by January 2016
Opportunity Gap Students
108,000 Ell / TBIP Eligible Students - $218 million
476,000 LAP Eligible Students - $438 million
Program Certificated hrs. Classified hrs. Total hrs. Class %
Disadvantaged - Fed'l 1,037,374 1,405,306 2,442,680 57.5%
LAP - State 1,614,507 1,793,405 3,407,912 52.6%
Ltd English Proficiency - Fed'l 8,058 8,794 16,852 52.2%
TBIP - State 894,947 1,358,807 2,253,754 60.3%
Total 3,554,886 4,566,312 8,121,198 56.2%
SB 5179 - Implement Paraeducator recommendations
Impacts paraeducators in ELL & LAP Minimum employment standard – meet NCLBA standard Must become a certificated paraeducator
2 school years to test certification process
Starting 9-1-17: 3 years to become certificated
Starting 9-1-17: Those who work in ELL positions must earn an ELL endorsement in 3 years
Establish a paraeducator board to implement program Career ladder - Advanced paraeducator position Community and technical college programs updated Teachers and principals trained how to effectively manage a
paraeducator
Miscellaneous legislation
Implement Initiative 1351
School support personnel are the most significant beneficiaries Not enough space, must hire “school-based
personnel” New formulas provide funding for 18,000 FTE
(21,000) classified employees
Work with the legislature to implement Support spreading out implementation over longer
period (more than 4 years)
Anti-union legislation – there have been many…
SB 5045 – setting up procedures for stopping dues payments
SB 5226 – union finances made public SB 5237 – more days to decertify union SB 5329 – open negotiations to public SB 5602 – no release time for union representatives SB 5854 – unions send digital collective bargaining
agreement to PERC
BAB & Child Nutrition Equipment Grants
HB 1164 – Grants for new equipment if programs are committed to enhance nutrition and access to healthier foods
HB 1295 & SB 5437 – Breakfast after the Bell (BAB) requirement in schools with high poverty (70%)
$12 Minimum Wage
HB 1355 – Implement over 4 year period $10.00 on January 1, 2016
$10.50 on January 1, 2017
$11.00 on January 1, 2018
$12.00 on January 1, 2019
2012-13 school year $986,000
2,274 positions
555 FTEs
2/3 Funding to Education
SB 5063 – 2/3 of new State revenue going to educationEarly educationK 12Higher education
PSE ideas for funding education Property tax swap
Raise State Property Tax to the Maximum Allowed - $3.60 per thousand
Calendar Year 2014 is $2.30 per thousand
Allows school districts to reduce local levy reliance
Increase percentage of new revenue for education funding – SB 5063
Extend full implementation year of McCleary funding Current full funding year is the 2017-2018 School Year
Extend full implementation year of Initiative 1351 Current full funding year is the 2018-2019 school year