Annual Legislative Request Clause Samples

Annual Legislative Request. 1. The Board shall annually calculate a weighted average salary adjustment (WASA) percentage for the USDB base salary schedule adjustment, according to the following process: a) For each District, the prior year base salary adjustment percentage is multiplied by the total prior year FTE count b) The amount calculated for each district in step (a) is then summed to provide a statewide total percentage. c) The prior year FTE counts from each district are then summed resulting in a total prior year statewide educator FTE count. d) The sum created in step (b) is then divided by the FTE count calculated in step (c), resulting in the WASA percentage. e) The Board shall apply the WASA percentage to the current salary schedule to determine the cost to be submitted to the Legislature necessary to fund the salary schedule adjustment. 2. In the following school year, USDB shall increase the educator salary schedule by applying the annual WASA base increase percentage to the median salary step or the 20 year step, whichever is greater, subject to funding being appropriated by the Legislature. 3. Through this process, adjustments to the salary schedule, when funded, will be based on school district settlement data from two years prior.