Senate Bill No. 141
(By Senator Browning)
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[Introduced January 13, 2010; referred to the Committee on
Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §18-9A-24 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to adding professional student
support personnel to the foundation allowance for the
Public
Employees Insurance Agency
for school employees; and requiring
the annual contribution established by the Public Employees
Insurance Agency
Finance Board of any proportionate share of
the retirees' subsidy be added to insurance premiums.
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 of education 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 premiums shall
include any proportionate share of the annual required contribution
established by the Public Employees Insurance Agency
Finance Board
pursuant to section six, article sixteen-d, chapter five of this
code, any proportionate share of the 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, 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 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.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to add professional student
support personnel to the foundation allowance for the
Public
Employees Insurance Agency
for school employees. The bill also
requires
the annual contribution established by the Public
Employees Insurance Agency
Finance Board of any proportionate share
of the retirees subsidy be added to insurance premiums.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.