HB0333 - Education-one time bonus payments.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0669

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0333

 

 

Education-one time bonus payments.

 

Sponsored by:

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to school districts; appropriating funds to
 2  provide district teaching and professional staff a one-time
 3  salary bonus; directing the state superintendent to
 4  distribute amounts as specified; imposing a reporting
 5  requirement; and providing for an effective date.

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 7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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 9         Section 1.

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11         (a)  Thirty-three million dollars ($33,000,000.00) is
12  appropriated from the general fund to the state
13  superintendent to be distributed to school districts in
14  accordance with this section.

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16         (b)  On or before September 28, 2001, the state
17  superintendent of public instruction shall distribute

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 1  amounts to each school district sufficient to provide each
 2  member of the district's teaching and professional staff a
 3  salary bonus of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00). The
 4  salary bonus shall apply only to the 2001-2002 school year
 5  and to each eligible person employed by the district for
 6  that school year.

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 8         (c)  Nothing in this section shall prohibit any
 9  district from applying the salary bonus amounts distributed
10  under this section in a manner and to those employees as
11  the district board determines to be in the best interests
12  of the district.

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14         (d)  Any employee terminating employment with the
15  district before completion of the 2001-2002 school year and
16  receiving a bonus amount under this section shall have the
17  bonus amount withheld from his final salary payment. The
18  district shall refund to the state superintendent the
19  amount of any bonus payments not awarded or otherwise not
20  paid by the district as provided by this subsection.

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22         (e)  As used in this section, "teaching and
23  professional staff" includes any person employed by the
24  district as a part of its teaching and professional staff

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 1  for whom certification is required as a condition of
 2  employment as a certified professional employee, excluding
 3  certified and noncertified administrative staff.

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 5         (f)  On or before December 31, 2001, the state
 6  superintendent shall report to the legislature the amounts
 7  distributed under this section, clearly identifying the
 8  amounts and percentages distributed by districts to
 9  teachers, administrators and other certified professional
10  staff.

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12         Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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14                         (END)

 

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