COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 141
(By Senator Browning)
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[Originating in the Committee on Education;
reported January 27, 2010.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §18-9A-24 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to including professional student
support personnel in the calculation of the foundation
allowance for the Public Employees Insurance Agency for
certain school employees and in the calculation of the amount
county boards are responsible to pay to the Public Employees
Insurance Agency for certain other school employees.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18-9A-24 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9A. PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT.
§18-9A-24. Foundation allowance for public employees insurance
fund.
(a)
Beginning July 1, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five,
and every year thereafter, The allowance to the Public Employees
Insurance Agency for school employees shall be made in accordance with the following: The number of individuals employed by county
boards
of education as professional educators pursuant to section
four
or five-a of this article,
whichever is less, plus the number
of individuals employed by county boards
of education as service
personnel pursuant to section five
or five-a of this article,
whichever is less, plus the number of individuals employed by
county boards as professional student support personnel pursuant to
section eight of this article, multiplied by the average premium
rate for all county board
of education employees established by the
Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board. The average
premium rate for all county board
of education employees shall be
incorporated into each financial plan developed by the finance
board in accordance with section five, article sixteen, chapter
five of this code.
Such The premiums shall include any
proportionate share of retirees subsidy established by the finance
board and the difference, if any, between the previous year's
actual premium costs and the previous year's appropriation, if the
actual cost was greater than the appropriation.
(b) County boards
of education shall be responsible for
payments to the Public Employees Insurance Agency for individuals
who are employed as professional employees above and beyond those
authorized by section four
of this article,
or five-a, whichever is
less and individuals who are employed as service personnel above
and beyond those authorized by section five
of this article and
individuals who are employed as professional student support
personnel above and beyond those authorized by section eight of this article. and five-a whichever is less For each such
employee, the county board
of education shall forward to the Public
Employees Insurance Agency an amount equal to the average premium
rate established by the finance board in accordance with subsection
(a) of this section:
Provided, That the county board shall pay the
actual employer premium costs for any county board employee paid
from special revenues, federal or state grants, or sources other
than state general revenue or county funds.
(c) Prior to July 1, 1995, nothing in this article shall be
construed to limit the ability of county boards
of education to use
funds appropriated to county boards
of education pursuant to this
article to pay employer premiums to the Public Employees Insurance
Agency for employees whose positions are funded pursuant to this
article. Funds appropriated to county boards
of education pursuant
to this article shall not be used to pay employer premiums for
employees of such boards whose positions are not, or will not be
within twenty months, funded by funds appropriated pursuant to this
article.