H. B. 2904


(By Delegates Fleischauer, Caputo,

Webster, Fragale and Manuel)


[Introduced February 7, 2003; referred to the

Committee on Education then Finance.]




A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article nine, chapter eighteen-b of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to classified employee salaries and classification generally; removing certain provisions relating to the availability of funds for funding the salary schedule.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article nine, 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 9. CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SALARY SCHEDULE AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.
§18B-9-3. Higher education classified employee annual salary schedule.

(a) There is hereby established a state annual salary schedule for classified employees consisting of a minimum annual salary for each pay grade in accordance with years of experience. Provided, That payment of the minimum salary shall be subject to the availability of funds, and nothing in this article shall be construed to guarantee payment to any classified employee of the salary indicated on the schedule at the actual years of experience absent specific legislative appropriation therefor The minimum salary herein indicated shall be prorated for classified employees working less than thirty-seven and one-half hours per week. 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 service on the first day of July, two thousand, on the salary schedule included in this section immediately prior to the effective date of this act; and
(2) Progress is being made by the institution in meeting the salary goals set out in this article.
(b) The commission shall report to the legislative oversight commission on education accountability on the first day of December, two thousand one, and each year thereafter on the progress of the governing boards toward funding the classified employees' salary schedule established pursuant to section three, article nine of this chapter. The report shall include, but not be limited to, a detailed comparison of funding on individual campuses and specifically shall compare the status of funding for exempt and nonexempt classified employees pursuant to subsection (c), section four of this article.
(c) The commission shall conduct a study and report to the legislative oversight commission on education accountability by the first day of December, two thousand one, on the feasibility of considering location differential costs as part of the compensation package for classified employees.
(d) Nothing in this section may be construed to require an appropriation by the Legislature in excess of the legislative funding priorities as set forth in this chapter.
HIGHER EDUCATION CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE

ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

PAY GRA DE 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 remove certain provisions relating to the availability of funds for funding the classified employee salary schedule.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.