WEST virginia Legislature
2016 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 642
By Senator Sypolt
[Introduced
February 20, 2016;
Referred to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18B-9-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the temporary higher education classified employees annual salary schedule; providing that when developed and adopted by the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Council for Community and Technical College Education, a new salary structure will replace the schedule that currently exists for higher education classified employees; providing that any provision of law in conflict with the new salary structure is null and void; requiring the commission and council to recommend legislation in 2017 to enact the new salary structure into law; and requiring prior to adoption of the new structure the commission and council must seek comments from affected constituents.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18B-9-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SALARY SCHEDULE AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.
§18B-9-3. Temporary higher education classified employee annual salary schedule.
(a) There is hereby continued a temporary state annual salary schedule for classified employees consisting of a minimum annual salary for each pay grade in accordance with years of experience. Nothing in this article guarantees payment to a classified employee of the salary indicated on the schedule at the actual years of experience. The minimum salary herein indicated shall be prorated for classified employees working fewer than thirty-seven and one-half hours per week. For the purposes of this article and article nine-a, despite any differences in salaries that may occur, a classified employee is equitably compensated in relation to other classified employees in the same pay grade if the following conditions exist:
(1) His or her annual salary is at least the minimum salary that was required for his or her pay grade and years of experience on July 1, 2001, on the salary schedule included in this section; and
(2) Progress is being made by the institution in meeting the salary goals set out in this article and article nine-a.
(b) Nothing in this section requires an appropriation by the Legislature in excess of the legislative funding priorities as set forth in this chapter.
(c) For purposes of this article, an organization has achieved full funding of the temporary salary schedule established by this section when it provides, in total, one hundred percent of the funds needed to meet the salary funding target as calculated in October, 2010, in a report, required by a prior enactment of this section, and presented to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability. Until an organization has achieved full funding as described and has received certification to this effect from the commission or council, as appropriate, the following requirements apply:
(1) Classified salary increases distributed within the organization shall be provided in accordance with the uniform classification and compensation system established by this article and rules of the commission and council and shall be applied toward achieving full funding of the temporary salary schedule; and
(2) An organization may not provide discretionary salary increases, including merit or performance-based increases, to the president or chief executive officer of an organization or to any group or class of employees within the organization, other than classified employees, unless the organization has achieved full funding of the salary schedule established in this section or is making appropriate progress toward achieving full funding of the salary schedule.
(A) This prohibition does not apply to salary increases mandated by law or funded by the Legislature.
(B) For the purposes of subdivision (2) of this subsection, Aappropriate progress@ has the following meanings:
(i) For governing boards under the jurisdiction of the commission, appropriate progress means an organization has funded at least twenty-five percent of the amount needed to reach full funding of the salary schedule by July 1, 2012 as calculated pursuant to this subsection; has funded at least fifty percent of the calculated amount by July 1, 2013; has funded at least seventy-five percent of the calculated amount by July 1, 2014 and has funded one hundred percent of the calculated amount by July 1, 2015; and
(ii) For governing boards under the jurisdiction of the council, appropriate progress means an organization has funded at least twenty-five percent of the amount needed to reach full funding of the salary schedule by July 1, 2013 as calculated pursuant to this subsection; has funded at least fifty percent of the calculated amount by July 1, 2014; has funded at least seventy-five percent of the calculated amount by July 1, 2015 and has funded one hundred percent of the calculated amount by July 1, 2016.
(iii) For governing boards under the jurisdiction of the council, appropriate progress means an organization has funded at least twenty-five percent of the amount needed to reach full funding of the salary schedule by July 1, 2013 as calculated pursuant to this subsection; has funded at least fifty percent of the calculated amount by July 1, 2014; has funded at least seventy-five percent of the calculated amount by July 1, 2015 and has funded one hundred percent of the calculated amount by July 1, 2016.
(d) Once the commission and council have developed and adopted the market salary structure, minimum salary schedules and classification and compensation evaluation and slotting process required by section six, article nine-a of this chapter, this temporary state annual salary schedule is replaced by the market salary structure set forth in this subsection.
(1) The market salary structure adopted by the commission and council shall include and address all relevant guidelines, procedures, definitions and directives needed to implement the new market salary structure. All provisions of this code in conflict with that new market salary structure are hereby deemed null and void after adoption of that structure by the commission and council. The commission and council shall recommend legislation for enactment in the 2017 Legislative session to incorporate provisions of the new market salary structure adopted by the commission and council under this subsection.
(2) Prior to adopting the market salary structure set out herein the commission and council shall solicit comments from the affected constituencies regarding that structure.
TEMPORARY HIGHER EDUCATION CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
PAY GRADE
|
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
1 |
12,809 |
13,094 |
13,385 |
13,677 |
13,968 |
14,274 |
14,580 |
14,900 |
15,221 |
2 |
13,465 |
13,764 |
14,070 |
14,376 |
14,696 |
15,017 |
15,352 |
15,687 |
16,036 |
3 |
14,164 |
14,478 |
14,798 |
15,133 |
15,483 |
15,832 |
16,182 |
16,546 |
16,925 |
4 |
14,908 |
15,250 |
15,599 |
15,949 |
16,313 |
16,692 |
17,085 |
17,478 |
17,872 |
5 |
15,696 |
16,066 |
16,444 |
16,837 |
17,231 |
17,624 |
18,046 |
18,469 |
18,906 |
6 |
16,556 |
16,954 |
17,362 |
17,784 |
18,207 |
18,644 |
19,081 |
19,547 |
20,013 |
7 |
17,489 |
17,915 |
18,352 |
18,804 |
19,255 |
19,721 |
20,202 |
20,697 |
21,192 |
8 |
18,495 |
18,949 |
19,416 |
19,896 |
20,391 |
20,901 |
21,411 |
21,950 |
22,489 |
9 |
19,559 |
20,056 |
20,566 |
21,091 |
21,615 |
22,168 |
22,722 |
23,290 |
23,887 |
10 |
19,916 |
20,421 |
20,938 |
21,484 |
22,029 |
22,602 |
23,176 |
23,763 |
24,379 |
11 |
21,107 |
21,665 |
22,239 |
22,812 |
23,400 |
24,015 |
24,645 |
25,288 |
25,945 |
12 |
22,436 |
23,022 |
23,624 |
24,253 |
24,896 |
25,554 |
26,225 |
26,924 |
27,638 |
13 |
23,837 |
24,477 |
25,134 |
25,805 |
26,505 |
27,218 |
27,945 |
28,701 |
29,470 |
14 |
25,363 |
26,057 |
26,771 |
27,498 |
28,253 |
29,022 |
29,806 |
30,631 |
31,470 |
15 |
27,015 |
27,764 |
28,533 |
29,330 |
30,141 |
30,981 |
31,834 |
32,715 |
33,624 |
16 |
28,821 |
29,624 |
30,449 |
31,316 |
32,197 |
33,092 |
34,030 |
34,981 |
35,974 |
17 |
30,767 |
31,638 |
32,533 |
33,470 |
34,421 |
35,400 |
36,421 |
37,456 |
38,519 |
18 |
32,868 |
33,820 |
34,799 |
35,806 |
36,841 |
37,904 |
39,009 |
40,142 |
41,303 |
19 |
37,613 |
38,718 |
39,855 |
41,022 |
42,219 |
43,460 |
44,747 |
46,064 |
47,410 |
20 |
40,265 |
41,471 |
42,712 |
43,984 |
45,301 |
46,647 |
48,038 |
49,460 |
50,941 |
21 |
43,171 |
44,478 |
45,824 |
47,216 |
48,637 |
50,103 |
51,614 |
53,170 |
54,786 |
22 |
46,332 |
47,754 |
49,220 |
50,731 |
52,272 |
53,873 |
55,534 |
57,224 |
58,975 |
23 |
49,777 |
51,330 |
52,931 |
54,561 |
56,252 |
58,002 |
59,797 |
61,653 |
63,568 |
24 |
53,552 |
55,234 |
56,970 |
58,750 |
60,605 |
62,505 |
64,465 |
66,485 |
68,579 |
25 |
57,462 |
59,483 |
61,383 |
63,328 |
65,348 |
67,427 |
69,567 |
71,781 |
74,070 |
PAY GRADE
|
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
1 |
15,541 |
15,876 |
16,226 |
16,575 |
16,939 |
17,304 |
17,682 |
2 |
16,386 |
16,750 |
17,129 |
17,507 |
17,886 |
18,294 |
18,687 |
3 |
17,304 |
17,697 |
18,090 |
18,498 |
18,920 |
19,343 |
19,780 |
4 |
18,279 |
18,702 |
19139 |
19,576 |
20,027 |
20,493 |
20,959 |
5 |
19,343 |
19,794 |
20,260 |
20,741 |
21,222 |
21,717 |
22,227 |
6 |
20,479 |
20,974 |
21,469 |
21,994 |
22,518 |
23,057 |
23,596 |
7 |
21,717 |
22,241 |
22,780 |
23,334 |
23,902 |
24,484 |
25,081 |
8 |
23,042 |
23,610 |
24,193 |
24,805 |
25,416 |
26,043 |
26,684 |
9 |
24,484 |
25,096 |
25,737 |
26,378 |
27,048 |
27,732 |
28,417 |
10 |
25,008 |
25,638 |
26,295 |
26,980 |
27,666 |
28,379 |
29,106 |
11 |
26,617 |
27,316 |
28,015 |
28,757 |
29,498 |
30,267 |
31,064 |
12 |
28,365 |
29,120 |
29,890 |
30,687 |
31,498 |
32,323 |
33,176 |
13 |
30,267 |
31,078 |
31,918 |
32,771 |
33,652 |
34,561 |
35,484 |
14 |
32,323 |
33,204 |
34,114 |
35,051 |
36,002 |
36,981 |
38,002 |
15 |
34,561 |
35,512 |
36,505 |
37,512 |
38,547 |
39,624 |
40,715 |
16 |
36,981 |
38,030 |
39,093 |
40,198 |
41,331 |
42,492 |
43,694 |
17 |
39,624 |
40,757 |
41,918 |
43,121 |
44,352 |
45,611 |
46,925 |
18 |
42,506 |
43,736 |
44,995 |
46,296 |
47,639 |
49,023 |
50,450 |
19 |
48,801 |
50,238 |
51,719 |
53,230 |
54,801 |
56,416 |
58,062 |
20 |
52,452 |
54,023 |
55,623 |
57,284 |
58,990 |
60,755 |
62,550 |
21 |
56,431 |
58,137 |
59,902 |
61,712 |
63,568 |
65,482 |
67,472 |
22 |
60,785 |
62,640 |
64,555 |
66,530 |
68,579 |
70,674 |
72,828 |
23 |
65,527 |
67,562 |
69,656 |
71,826 |
74,040 |
76,344 |
78,708 |
24 |
70,734 |
72,948 |
75,237 |
77,601 |
80,039 |
82,552 |
85,156 |
25 |
76,419 |
78,842 |
81,356 |
83,944 |
86,607 |
89,360 |
92,202 |
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that when developed and adopted by the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Council for Community and Technical College Education, a new salary structure will replace the schedule that currently exists for higher education classified employees. The bill also provides that any provision of law in conflict with the new salary structure is null and void. The bill, additionally, requires the commission and council to recommend legislation in 2017 to enact the new market salary structure into law but prior to adopting the new structure to seek comments from affected constituents.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.