RCW 28A.400.200 Salaries and compensation for employees—Minimum and maximum amounts—Limitations—Supplemental contracts. (1) Every school district board of directors shall fix, alter, allow, and order paid salaries and compensation for all district employees in conformance with this section. (2)(a) Through the 2017-18 school year, salaries for certificated instructional staff shall not be less than the salary […]
RCW 28A.400.2001 Supplemental contracts—School district reporting—Report by the office of the superintendent of public instruction. Beginning September 1, 2017, school districts must annually report to the superintendent of public instruction on supplemental contracts entered into subject to RCW 28A.400.200(4) for additional time, responsibility, or incentive. The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall summarize […]
RCW 28A.400.205 Salary inflationary increases for employees—”Inflationary adjustment index” defined. (1) School district employees shall be provided an annual salary inflationary increase in accordance with this section. (a) The inflationary increase shall be calculated by applying the rate of the yearly increase in the inflationary adjustment index to any state-funded salary base used in state […]
RCW 28A.400.206 Cost-of-living increases—Duty of state. The Washington Constitution establishes “the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all children.” Providing quality education for all children in Washington requires well-qualified and experienced teachers and other school employees. However, salaries for educators have not kept up with the increased cost-of-living […]
RCW 28A.400.210 Employee attendance incentive program—Remuneration or benefit plan for unused sick leave. Every school district board of directors may, in accordance with chapters 41.56 and 41.59 RCW, establish an attendance incentive program for all certificated and classified employees in the following manner, including covering persons who were employed during the 1982-’83 school year: (1) […]
RCW 28A.400.212 Employee attendance incentive program—Effect of early retirement. An employee of a school district that has established an attendance incentive program under RCW 28A.400.210 who retires under section 1 or 3, chapter 234, Laws of 1992, section 1 or 3, chapter 86, Laws of 1993, or section 4 or 6, chapter 519, Laws of […]
RCW 28A.400.220 Employee salary or compensation—Limitations respecting. (1) No school district board of directors or administrators may: (a) Increase an employee’s salary or compensation to include a payment in lieu of providing a fringe benefit; or (b) Allow any payment to an employee which is partially or fully conditioned on the termination or retirement of […]
RCW 28A.400.230 Deposit of cumulative total of earnings of group of employees—Authorized—Conditions. Any school district authorized to draw and issue their own warrants may deposit the cumulative total of the net earnings of any group of employees in one or more banks within the state such group or groups may designate, to be credited to […]
RCW 28A.400.240 Deferred compensation plan for school district or educational service district employees—Limitations. In addition to any other powers and duties, any school district or educational service district may contract with any classified or certificated employee to defer a portion of that employee’s income, which deferred portion shall in no event exceed the appropriate internal […]
RCW 28A.400.250 Tax deferred annuities—Regulated company stock. (1) The board of directors of any school district, the Washington state teachers’ retirement system, the superintendent of public instruction, and educational service district superintendents are authorized to provide and pay for tax deferred annuities or regulated company stock held in a custodial account for their respective employees […]
RCW 28A.400.260 Pension benefits or annuity benefits for certain classifications of employees—Procedure. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school district shall have the authority to provide for all employees within an employment classification pension benefits or annuity benefits as may already be established and in effect by other employers of a similar classification of […]
RCW 28A.400.270 Employee benefit—Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 28A.400.275 and 28A.400.280. (1) “Basic benefits” are limited to medical, dental, vision, group term life, and group long-term disability insurance coverage. (2) “Benefit providers” include insurers, third party claims administrators, direct providers of employee fringe benefits, health […]
RCW 28A.400.275 Employee benefits—Contracts or agreements—Submission of information to the health care authority. (1) Any contract or agreement for employee benefits executed after April 13, 1990, between a school district or educational service district and a benefit provider or employee bargaining unit is null and void unless it contains an agreement to abide by state […]
RCW 28A.400.280 Employee benefits—Employer contributions—Optional benefits—Annual report. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, school districts may provide employer fringe benefit contributions after October 1, 1990, only for basic benefits. However, school districts may continue payments under contracts with employees or benefit providers in effect on April 13, 1990, until the contract […]
RCW 28A.400.285 Contracts for services performed by classified employees. (1) When a school district or educational service district enters into a contract for services that had been previously performed by classified school employees, the contract shall contain a specific clause requiring the contractor to provide for persons performing such services under the contract, health benefits […]
