H. B. 2379
(By Delegates Doyle and Overington)
[Introduced February 13, 2009; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §18A-4-8j, relating
to salary increases for school service employees based upon
residential housing costs.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §18A-4-8j, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 4. SALARIES, WAGES AND OTHER BENEFITS.
§18A-4-8j. Granting service personnel salary increases based on
housing costs.
Effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, every
eligible person employed as school service personnel with three or
more years of service shall receive an annual salary increase equal
to two percent of the employee's regular salary, if that employee resides in a county where residential home prices are at least ten
percent above the statewide average for residential homes. Every
eligible employee with three or more years of service shall receive
an annual salary increase equal to four percent of the employee's
regular salary, if that employee resides in a county where
residential home prices are at least twenty percent above the
statewide average for residential homes. These incremental
increases are in addition to any across-the-board, cost-of-living
or percentage salary increases which may be granted in any fiscal
year by the Legislature. And, every eligible employee with three
or more years of service shall receive an annual salary increase
equal to six percent of the employee's regular salary, if that
employee resides in a county where residential home prices are at
least thirty percent above the statewide average for residential
homes. If an eligible employee with three or more years of service
resides in a county where residential home prices are more than
thirty percent above the statewide average for residential homes,
the employee shall receive an annual salary increase of two percent
of the employee's regular salary for every ten percent that
residential home prices in that employee's county exceed the
statewide average for residential homes.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide salary increases
for school service personnel based upon residential housing costs.
The employee shall receive an annual salary increase of two percent
of the employee's regular salary for every ten percent that residential home prices in that employee's county exceed the
statewide average for residential homes.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.