Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.005
Condensed compliance reports—Second-class districts
Any compliance reporting requirements as a result of laws in this chapter that apply to second-class districts may be submitted in accordance with RCW 28A.330.250.
Revised Code of Washington Chapter 28A.400 — Employees
Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 28A.400 · 47 active provisions
Provisions
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.007
Staffing enrichments to the program of basic education
(1) In addition to the staffing units in RCW 28A.150.260, the superintendent of public instruction must provide school districts with allocations for the following staff units if and to the extent that funding is specifically appropriated and designated for that category of staffing unit in the omnibus operating approp…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.009
Secondary traumatic stress—Policy and procedure
(1) The Washington state school directors' association shall develop or revise, and periodically update, a model policy and procedure to prevent and address secondary traumatic stress in the workforce.(2) The model policy and procedure must include the following elements:(a) A commitment to support mental health in the…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.010
Employment of superintendent—Superintendent's qualifications, general powers, term, contract renewal
SUPERINTENDENTS In all districts the board of directors shall elect a superintendent who shall have such qualification as the local school board alone shall determine. The superintendent shall have supervision over the several departments of the schools thereof and carry out such other powers and duties as prescribed b…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.020
Directors' and superintendents' signatures filed with auditor
Every school district director and school district superintendent, on assuming the duties of his or her office, shall place his or her signature, certified to by some school district official, on file in the office of the county auditor.
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.030
Superintendent's duties
In addition to such other duties as a district school board shall prescribe the school district superintendent shall:(1) Attend all meetings of the board of directors and cause to have made a record as to the proceedings thereof.(2) Keep such records and reports and in such form as the district board of directors requi…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.100
Principals and vice principals—Employment of—Qualifications—Duties
PRINCIPALS School districts may employ public school principals and/or vice principals to supervise the operation and management of the school to which they are assigned. Such persons shall hold valid administrative certificates and shall hold or have held either valid teacher certificates or valid educational staff as…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.110
Principal to assure appropriate student discipline—Building discipline standards—Classes to improve classroom management skills
Within each school the school principal shall determine that appropriate student discipline is established and enforced. In order to assist the principal in carrying out the intent of this section, the principal and the certificated employees in a school building shall confer at least annually in order to develop and/o…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.200
Salaries and compensation for employees—Minimum and maximum amounts—Limitations—Supplemental contracts
SALARY AND COMPENSATION (1) Every school district board of directors shall fix, alter, allow, and order paid salaries and compensation for all district employees in conformance with this section.(2)(a) Through the 2017-18 school year, salaries for certificated instructional staff shall not be less than the salary provi…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.2001
Supplemental contracts—School district reporting—Report by the office of the superintendent of public instruction
Beginning September 1, 2017, school districts must annually report to the superintendent of public instruction on supplemental contracts entered into subject to RCW 28A.400.200(4) for additional time, responsibility, or incentive. The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall summarize the district infor…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.205
Salary inflationary increases for employees—"Inflationary adjustment index" defined
(1) School district employees shall be provided an annual salary inflationary increase in accordance with this section.(a) The inflationary increase shall be calculated by applying the rate of the yearly increase in the inflationary adjustment index to any state-funded salary base used in state funding formulas for tea…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.206
Cost-of-living increases—Duty of state
The Washington Constitution establishes "the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all children." Providing quality education for all children in Washington requires well-qualified and experienced teachers and other school employees. However, salaries for educators have not kept up wi…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.210
Employee attendance incentive program—Remuneration or benefit plan for unused sick leave
Every school district board of directors may, in accordance with chapters 41.56 and 41.59 RCW, establish an attendance incentive program for all certificated and classified employees in the following manner, including covering persons who were employed during the 1982-'83 school year:(1) In January of the year followin…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.212
Employee attendance incentive program—Effect of early retirement
An employee of a school district that has established an attendance incentive program under RCW 28A.400.210 who retires under section 1 or 3, chapter 234, Laws of 1992, section 1 or 3, chapter 86, Laws of 1993, or section 4 or 6, chapter 519, Laws of 1993, shall receive, at the time of his or her separation from school…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.220
Employee salary or compensation—Limitations respecting
(1) No school district board of directors or administrators may:(a) Increase an employee's salary or compensation to include a payment in lieu of providing a fringe benefit; or(b) Allow any payment to an employee which is partially or fully conditioned on the termination or retirement of the employee, except as provide…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.230
Deposit of cumulative total of earnings of group of employees—Authorized—Conditions
Any school district authorized to draw and issue their own warrants may deposit the cumulative total of the net earnings of any group of employees in one or more banks within the state such group or groups may designate, to be credited to the individuals composing such groups, by a single warrant to each bank so design…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.240
Deferred compensation plan for school district or educational service district employees—Limitations
In addition to any other powers and duties, any school district or educational service district may contract with any classified or certificated employee to defer a portion of that employee's income, which deferred portion shall in no event exceed the appropriate internal revenue service exclusion allowance for such pl…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.250
Tax deferred annuities—Regulated company stock
(1) The board of directors of any school district, the Washington state teachers' retirement system, the superintendent of public instruction, and educational service district superintendents are authorized to provide and pay for tax deferred annuities or regulated company stock held in a custodial account for their re…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.260
Pension benefits or annuity benefits for certain classifications of employees—Procedure
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school district shall have the authority to provide for all employees within an employment classification pension benefits or annuity benefits as may already be established and in effect by other employers of a similar classification of employees, and payment therefor may…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.270
Employee benefit—Definitions
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 28A.400.275 and 28A.400.280.(1) "Basic benefits" are limited to medical, dental, vision, group term life, and group long-term disability insurance coverage.(2) "Benefit providers" include insurers, third party claims adm…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.275
Employee benefits—Contracts or agreements—Submission of information to the health care authority
(1) Any contract or agreement for employee benefits executed after April 13, 1990, between a school district or educational service district and a benefit provider or employee bargaining unit is null and void unless it contains an agreement to abide by state laws relating to school district and educational service dist…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.280
Employee benefits—Employer contributions—Optional benefits—Annual report
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, school districts may provide employer fringe benefit contributions after October 1, 1990, only for basic benefits. However, school districts may continue payments under contracts with employees or benefit providers in effect on April 13, 1990, until the contract…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.285
Contracts for services performed by classified employees
(1) When a school district or educational service district enters into a contract for services that had been previously performed by classified school employees, the contract shall contain a specific clause requiring the contractor to provide for persons performing such services under the contract, health benefits that…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.300
Hiring and discharging of employees—Written leave policies—Seniority and leave benefits of employees transferring between school districts and other educational employers
HIRING AND DISCHARGE (1) Every board of directors, unless otherwise specially provided by law, shall:(a) Except as provided in RCW 28A.405.210(2) and subsection (3) of this section, employ for not more than one year, and for sufficient cause discharge all certificated and classified employees;(b) Adopt written policies…
Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.400.301
Information on past sexual misconduct—Requirement for applicants—Limitation on contracts and agreements—Employee right to review personnel file
(1) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(a) "Applicant" means an applicant for employment in a certificated or classified position who is currently or was previously employed by a school district.(b) "Employer" means a school district employer.(…
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