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2015 Legislative
ConferenceJANUARY 18, 2015
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2015 Election
House
51 Democrats
47 Republicans
Senate
23 Democrats
25 Republicans plus 1 quasi-Democrat
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Who did PSE contribute to?
Party Lost Won Grand Total
Democrat 10 39 49
Republican 23 23
Grand Total 10 62 72
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How much did PSE contribute?
Party Lost Won Grand Total
Democrat $14,350 $46,650 $61,000 (66%)
Republican $30,950 $30,950
Grand Total $14,350 $77,600 $91,950
84(%)
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2015 Session
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Unfinished Business
Supreme Court threat to sanction the legislature if they are not provided a plan to fully fund K 12 as required by HB 2261 & HB 2776 by 2018
Fund lawsuits (e.g., boarding mentally ill citizens in hospitals) - $135 million
Transportation
Needs require funding
Fires and Disasters
Costs far exceeded budget ($00 million)
Funding State employee collective bargaining agreements
Initiative 1351 implementation
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Primary purpose of session
105 Day session ending on April 26, 2015
Spend $37.2 billion, $3 billion increase over previous budget
Address myriad issues facing Washington
60 day session only a few, most important issues are addressed
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Spending needs overwhelm
budget
Governor’s Budget
$1.3 billion for McCleary
$440 million for State employee contracts
$386 million for K 12 salary increase
$361 for debt service
$285 million for pensions
$151 million early childhood education
$125 million to freeze tuition and increase financial aid
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State Revenue (taxes)
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Tax system hits middle class and
working poor the most
Non-elderly residents pay 16.9% of income in taxes
Highest income residents pay less than 2.8%
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Governor Inslee proposed revenue
increases amounting to $1.4 billion
Update tax structure to promote fairness and recognize our
changing economy
Capital Gains - $798 million
Carbon tax - $380 million
Close Tax Loopholes - $282 million
Sales tax exemption for trade-ins - $105 million
Cigarette and e-cigarette tax increases - $56 million
Extracted fuel tax - $51 million
Bottled water tax - $44 million
B&O tax on royalties - $30 million
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Right to work legislation
5045 – Sponsored by Jan Angel & Mike Hewitt
30% of members sign petition requesting that the requirement to pay
union dues be stopped; signatures may be collected over a 12 month
period
Petition submitted to PERC (Public Employment Relations Commission)
PERC conducts an election. If majority vote to cease requirement to
pay union dues, it goes into effect within 30 days
A petition from employees who want to reinstate the requirement to
pay union dues can be filed after 12 months
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Positive legislation
HB 1120 – PSE’s bus driver protection
HB 1293 & SB 5179 - PSE’s paraeducator bill
SB 5063 – 2/3 of new State revenue going to education
Early education
K 12
Higher education
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Outlook
Special Session(s?)
PSE challenges:
Seeking K 12 funding increases focused on classified employees,
including COLA and insurance inflation
Higher education contracts funded
Passing PSE bills
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Workshop topics
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1.Support classified employee
services
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Market Based Salary
Recommendations
Compensation Workgroup 2012 Report
HB 2261Requirement
QEC received report
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Classified salary recommendation19
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
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Cost of salary
recommendation $277 million
2014 - House appropriations committee passed HB 2792 to fully fund
2013 – House passed budget funded 50% of the increase
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Staffing adequacy
recommendations“(B) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ASSURING ADEQUATE LEVELS OF STATE-FUNDED
CLASSIFIED STAFF TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL SCHOOL AND DISTRICT SERVICES.”
PSE ADDED THIS TO HB 2776
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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)
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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
1.3 FTE Increase
High School – 600 students
.25 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
.92 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 students
2.2 FTE Increase
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Facilities, Maintenance,
Grounds For every 1,000 students
2.2 FTE Increase
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Warehouse, Laborers,
Mechanics For every 1,000 students
1.6 FTE Increase
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Increased state cost - $680 Million
Teaching Assistants (Elementary / Middle / High) 94,913,779
Office Support (Elementary / Middle / High) 103,741,723
Custodians (Elementary / Middle / High) 5,346,783
Student Safety (Elementary / Middle / High) 38,483,136
Parent Involvement Coordinators (E / M /H) 111,130,003
Districtwide Technology Staff 119,730,144
Districtwide Facilities, Maintenance, Grounds Staff 120,560,606
Districtwide Warehouse Staff, Laborers, Mechanics 86,432,305
Total 680,338,479
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2. State funding for affordable,
quality health insuranceHOW DO WE KEEP UP WITH RISING COSTS?
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Insurance Premium Increases
2013-14 School Year
WEA/Premera rates up 17%
WEA/Premera has 60% of K 12 covered lives
2014 PEBB
On average, no rate increase
Some went up a little, some went down a little
2014-15 School Year
WEA/Premera rates up 8%
2015 PEBB
On average, rates went up 4%
Some went up, some went down
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State Funding for K 12 Insurance
Inflation
Last inflation funding for K 12 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
$308 Million
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3. Cost of living adjustmentsINITIATIVE 732 REQUIRED THEM FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS
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4.0%
4.0%
3.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.0%
0.0%
3.0%
0.0%
3.0%
3.0%
3.7%
3.1%
0.0%
1.0%
1.2%
3.3%
3.7%
4.4%
0.0%
0.0%
-1.9%
0.0%
1.9%
0.0%
-3.0% -2.0% -1.0% 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0%
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
Classified Staff State Funded COLAs
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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 2.2%
2016-17 1.9%
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Cost of I 732 COLA
Initiative 732 Salary Increase - $386 million
3.0% 9-1-15
1.8% 9-1-16
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9. Fully fund pension plans
PERS 1 / TRS 1 unfunded liability
Cost of living longer
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Cost of living longer
Mortality rate assumption updated
Implement $1.2 billion cost over next 6 years
Employee cost $400 million
2015 – 17 Budget Cost - $432 Million
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Unfunded liability - $4.370 Billion
PERS 1 - $4.831 Billion
TRS 1 - $2.732 Billion
PERS 2/3 – (-$537 Million)
TRS 2/3 – (-$390 Million)
SERS 2/3 – (-$62 Million)
PSERS/LEOFF/WSPRS – (-$2.204 Billion)
Paid off by 2027 (assuming legislature makes annual payments)
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11. 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
2013-15 Operating Budget - 45.2% to K 12, 9.1% to Higher Education
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
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5. Implement Initiative 1351
Won with 50.96% (in a Republican election cycle)
School support personnel are the most significant beneficiaries
Not enough space, must hire “school-based personnel”
New formulas provide funding for 21,000 classified employees
Work with the legislature to implement
Support spreading out implementation over longer period (more than 4
years)
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6. Implement Paraeducator reforms
HB 1293 & SB 5179 - PSE’s paraeducator bill
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
Additional process to earn a required ELL endorsement
Establish a paraeducator board to implement program
Career ladder - Advanced paraeducator position
Community and technical college programs updated
Teachers trained how to effectively manage a paraeducator
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Opportunity Gap Students
13,000 Ell / TBIP Eligible Students
456,000 LAP Eligible Students
122,000 Special Education Students
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10. Protect school transportation
staff
HB 1120
Assist and protect drivers who witness or intervene in volatile or
threatening situations
Especially drivers in remote or isolated areas
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4. Honor Higher Ed Contracts
Negotiated agreements dependent upon legislative approval
WWU
CWU
EWU
WSU
“Financially feasible” – Office of Financial Management on
December 5, 2015
$440 million
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7. Increase funding for Compass to
Campus
Focus on low income schools and students
Infect 3rd to 5th graders with the college bug
Student mentors go to schools and assist students
College sponsorship
Started at WWU, expanding to CWU
HB 2400 passed 2014 house higher education committee
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8. Report on 4 year universities
Disparate treatment of classified employees performing same or
similar work as exempt employees
HB 2788 introduced in 2014
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