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2016 Field Services & Government Relations Report
Doug Nelson, Field Services and Government Relations Director
Quietly Successful Year
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Members
BARGAINING WITH EMPLOYER
Success without much fanfare
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Signs of success
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4.75% average hourly wage rate increase
Unemployment – back to normal but confusing
Added 1,694 new classified employee positions
$42 million financial gains
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4.75% Salary Increase in 2015-16
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Unemployment
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2006 – 2016 Employee Growth
270 added over 7 years4,776 added over
3 years
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Paraeducators - 63% of New Employees
2015-16 Financial Gains - Snapshot
$41.7 million
$14.6 million funding by state
$27.1 million from employers
Nearly doubled state funding
$1,463.20 per member
$512.30 with only state funds
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2015-16 Financial Gains - Summary
Salary - $ 35.2 million
State funded - $11.75 million
Local funding - $23.45 million
Insurance - $5.7 million
State funded - $2.85 million
Other permanent increases - $790,656
One time increases - $88,264 10
2015-16 Financial Gains
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Members
ELECT SUPPORTIVE POLITICAL CANDIDATES
2016 Election
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PSE primary election contributions
45 candidate endorsements
24 democrats
19 republicans
2 non-partisan
$46,800 contributions to candidates
$26,300 (56.2%) Democrat
$16,500 (35.3%) Republican
$4,000 ( 8.5% ) Non partisan14
COPE Goal
2015 – 2016
550 members donating $30,000 per year
Revised mid-year to 1,000 members donating $40,000
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COPE
867 members
$42,852
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LegislatureSenate
25 republicans plus 1 democrat
23 democrats
House
50 democrats
48 republicans
1 democrat replaced with 1 republican17
Primary election results
House
8 races will determine who controls next year
Senate
4 races will determine who controls next year
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November 8
Register to vote
Vote
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2016 SESSION
Fine-tuning
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Member Involvement
Legislative Conference, Jan. 17-18
206 members attended
98 first timers – 71 last year
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Frank J. Warnke Legislative InternsJohn Lohr, Tumwater groundskeeper
Heather Gunderson, Bethel bus driver
Showshana Steen, Evergreen bus driver
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64 Blog Entries
Keeping members informed during session
http://pseclassified.org/category/2016-legislative-session/
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2016 SESSION
So how did we do?
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Higher education tuition backfill
$8 million for tuition backfill at public colleges and universities
$176,000 for Central Washington University
$566,000 for Eastern Washington University
$2,068,000 for Washington State University
$802,000 for Western Washington University
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SB 6408 – Paraeducator bill
Passed Senate 43-5
House education committee amendment killed bill
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$1.75 million consolation prize
Paraeducator professional development
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FEDERAL LOBBYING
NCCESEU & Bob Canavan, Washington DC lobbyist
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NCCESEU
• 1 Million Members
• CSEA (California School Employees Association)
• MSEA (Minnesota School Employees Association)
• NEA (National Education Association)
• PSE/SEIU 1948
• SEIU 284 (Minnesota School Service Employees)
• Meet twice a year to lobby and coordinate efforts
National Coalition of Classified Education Support
Employee Unions
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Current Issues
• 58% of instruction in Title I by Paraeducators
• Are paraeducators “educators”?ESSA – Every Student
Succeeds Act
•White House Champions of Change Momentum
CSEY – Classified school employee of the
year
• IDEA, Head Start, Title I, Pell Grant, Forest Revenue, Impact Aid
Protect federal education funding from
sequestration cuts
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GOALS FOR 2017 SESSION
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Higher education
Fund collective bargaining agreements
Salary and insurance increases
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IMPLEMENT FINAL MCCLEARYRESOLUTION
Most difficult decisions left to the end
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Supreme Court “McCleary” DecisionJanuary 5, 2012
Not funding amply & over-reliance upon local levy to fund basic education
Impressed with HB 2261 / HB 2776
July 18, 2012
Ordered legislature to make steady progress to full funding
January 9, 2014
Speed up efforts, give us a plan to fully implement by 2018
July 10, 2014
Ordered state to appear September 3 to explain why they don’t
have a plan (contempt of court hearing)35
“McCleary” - continued
September 11, 2014 Order Contempt!
Wait until after 2015 legislative session to determine sanctions
August 13, 2015 Order
$100,000 per day fine
“Adopt complete plan to comply with article IX, section 1 by the 2018 school year.”
July 14, 2016 Order
September 7, 2016 Court hearing
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“McCleary” - continued
the estimated cost of full state funding of competitive market-rate basic education staff salaries, including the costs of recruiting and retaining competent staff and professional development of instructional staff;
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Position
Current State
Funding
Current Local
Funding
Total Current Funding
New State Funded
Amount
Teaching Assistance (InstructionalAides/Paraeducators) $31,699 $1,197 $32,896 $45,386
Office Support and other Non-instructional Aides $31,699 $6,037 $37,736 $40,949
Custodians $31,699 $5,070 $36,769 $39,454
Classified staff providing student and staff safety $31,699 $5,651 $37,350 $44,040
Family Involvement Coordinator $45,386
Technology $31,699 $23,249 $54,948 $83,253
Facilities, maintenance and grounds $31,699 $15,616 $47,315 $50,057
Warehouse, laborers, and mechanics $31,699 $10,743 $42,442 $36,522
Central Office, Classified $31,699 $22,872 $54,571 $56,374
Classified salary recommendation
Cost of salary recommendation
$277 - $324 million
2016 – SB 6195
2015 – several bills debated
HB 2239, SB 6103, SB 6104, SB 6109, SB 6130
2014 - House appropriations committee passed HB 2792 to fully fund
2013 – House passed budget funded 50% of the increase
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Compensation
How to increase state funding and reduce local funding
Fund and restructure insurance benefits
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Problem for us if state pays…
Legislator’s
“Don’t want to write a blank check”
Looking for ways to limit what we can negotiate
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Local levies pay
25% of classified employee costs
$197 million
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Classified employee staffing
State funding formulas should increase
One example of needed formula change
Initiative 1351 / classified employee adequacy study
$680 million increased funding
Current state funds - $788 million
86% increase
Potential 21,000 new classified employees 44
State funding increase
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Teaching Assistants (Elementary / Middle / High) 94,913,779
Office Support (Elementary / Middle / High) 103,741,723
Custodians (Elementary / Middle / High) 5,346,783
Student Safety (Elementary / Middle / High) 38,483,136
Parent Involvement Coordinators (E / M /H) 111,130,003
Districtwide Technology Staff 119,730,144
Districtwide Facilities, Maintenance, Grounds Staff 120,560,606
Districtwide Warehouse Staff, Laborers, Mechanics 86,432,305
Total 680,338,479
Paraeducator bill
Implement paraeducator advisory committee recommendations
Superintendents, principals, administrators, teachers, Paraeducators, parents and interest groups
Standards
Training (including teachers and principals)
Career ladder46
60.4% Instruction by Paraeducators
Programs for students in poverty, immigrants, or have disabilities
• 464,000 students
• $1.3 billion per year
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Districts report providing no training
Insurance consolidation
2012 – SB 5940
3:1 Ratio critically important to legislators
3 school years to fix system
System hasn’t met any of the conditions
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K 12 insurance disintegrating
1.6% state funding increase since 2010
Since that time insurance premiums up…
2013-14: 17%
2014-15: 8%
2015-16: 7%
2016-17: 11%
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PEBB – higher education and PSE staff
UMP – 61% state and higher education employees 4% premium increase over 3 year period 10.7% increase this year
WEA Premera – 61% K 12 employees 32% increase over 3 year period 11% average increase this year
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Members
Bargaining with district
71 open contracts plus,
An equal number of salary and insurance negotiations
Continue successful efforts to negotiate financial gains Fair contract assistance ready and willing
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