Senate Bill No. 98
(By Senator Blatnik)
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[Introduced January 25, 1994;
referred to the Committee on Education;
and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section three-a, article eight,
chapter eighteen-b of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
full funding for higher education salary schedules.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three-a, article eight, chapter eighteen-b of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 8. HIGHER EDUCATION FULL-TIME FACULTY SALARIES.
§18B-8-3a. Institutional salary policies; distribution of
faculty salary increases; distribution of nonclassified
administrative salary increases.
(a) Beginning with the fiscal year commencing on the first
day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, faculty
salary increases shall be distributed within each state
institution of higher education, to the extent of legislativeappropriation therefor in accordance with a written institutional
salary policy which achieves or moves toward the following goals:
(1) Each full-time faculty member receives at least the
amount indicated by the minimum salary schedules pursuant to
section two of this article;
(2) Each full-time faculty member within a discipline group
receives a salary which is competitive with those in similar
disciplines at peer institutions;
(3) Faculty are recognized for outstanding performance;
(4) Equity among salaries is maintained; and
(5) The institution's faculty are effectively involved in
the administration of the campus-level faculty salary policy.
(b) To the extent of legislative appropriation therefor, for
the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, one thousand
nine hundred ninety-four, an amount averaging one thousand
dollars per full-time faculty member is recommended to be
appropriated and distributed in that fiscal year for salary
increases for full-time faculty members, and, for the fiscal year
commencing on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-five, an amount averaging two thousand dollars per full-
time faculty member is recommended to be appropriated and
distributed in that fiscal year for salary increases for full-
time faculty members, such distribution to be in accordance with
the resource allocation policies developed pursuant to the
provisions of section two, article five of this chapter and the
salary policies required in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Subject to appropriation by the Legislature therefor,
each full-time nonclassified administrative staff person shall be
granted an annual salary increase for the fiscal year commencing
on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three,
of one thousand five hundred dollars; for the fiscal year
commencing on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-four, seven hundred fifty dollars and for the fiscal year
commencing on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-five, one thousand five hundred dollars.
It is the intent of the Legislature that by the first day of
July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, the salary schedules
set out in this article shall be fully funded.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to express the intent of
the Legislature that salary schedules for higher education shall
be fully funded by July 1, 1996.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.