Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. March 20,
2013. Superintendent Dale Lamborn
reported on legislative activity dealing with school issues. He reported that schools were given a 2
percent increase. However, schools had
requested a separate line item for both Social Security and insurance. This was not granted. As a result, 1.7 percent of the 2 percent
raise goes to Social Security and even more than that will be required for
health care.
The equalization bill was not voted on this session.
A bill concerned with grading
or rating various schools was passed.
The previous bill only dealt with passing and growth rates. It has only been place for this school
year. The new bill uses growth rates, passing rates, as well as student
progress. The previous bill was not
voided. The two different bills do not
mesh which is going to be very confusing to everyone looking at the various
scores that will result since both bills will have to be used. The state school office is trying to get the
governor to veto this new bill until a better way to handle this area is
written. The District will just have to
wait and see how this plays out.
A change was made concerning
classified employees. In the past
part-time employees were not given benefits if they worked less than 20
hours. The bill puts the number of hours
at 30 hours before benefits are required.
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