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