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EXPLANATION: Clarifies language pertaining to districts providing salary increases
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, page 340, after line 29, by adding an
appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ (SDE: District Salary Increases) For Fiscal Year 2012-13
all school districts of the state, to the extent possible are
directed to provide salary increases to school level staff and
administration, not paid on the statewide teacher salary
schedule, of up to two percent. Increases to district level
administration may be done at the discretion of the local school
board.
If a school
district believes it will be unable to provide all or a portion
of the two percent teacher salary increases in Fiscal Year
2012-2013 without incurring a deficit, it may apply to the State
Board of Education for a waiver from the requirements of this
section relating to these increases for all or that portion of
the increases it is unable to provide.
Upon approval
of the waiver requirement by the state board, the district is
exempt from providing those increases for Fiscal Year 2012-2013.
The state board shall report to the Chairmen of the Senate
Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee by
September 1, 2012, regarding those districts which requested a
waiver and the waivers that were granted to particular
districts.
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.