PROVIDED SUMMARY
Public School Personnel Compensation; Providing that cost-of-living adjustments are for employees with direct student contact; deleting a limitation on such adjustments; deleting certain limitations for salary adjustments under the performance salary schedule, etc.
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Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATED
Expands cost-of-living adjustments to all district employees and removes performance pay caps.
Districts may now give cost-of-living adjustments to all employees, not just teachers, provided they do not discriminate among comparable classes.
The bill removes the cap that limited cost-of-living adjustments to 50 percent of the adjustment given to effective teachers.
Performance salary adjustments are no longer required to be 25 percent higher for highly effective teachers or 50-75 percent for effective teachers.
Districts may now use advanced degrees in related fields to set salary schedules for instructional personnel and administrators.
KEY PROVISIONS
AIDistricts are no longer required to set specific percentage formulas for performance-based salary increases.
“An annual salary adjustment shall only be provided for an employee who receives a rating of highly effective or effective for the year.”
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AIDistricts may now pay salary premiums for advanced degrees in related fields, not just the exact certification area.
“a field related to his or her teaching assignment, or a related field of study”
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AIPerformance pay schedules are protected from disproportionate budget cuts, but the protection is now permissive rather than mandatory.
“the performance salary schedule may not be reduced on the basis of total cost or the value of individual awards in a manner that is proportionally greater”
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Messages
2/19/2026
Immediately certified -SJ 356
2/19/2026
Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 343
2/19/2026
Read 3rd time -SJ 343
2/19/2026
Read 2nd time -SJ 343
2/17/2026
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
2/13/2026
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2/12/2026
Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
2/9/2026
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2/5/2026
Now in Appropriations
2/4/2026
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education;...
1/30/2026
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12...
1/20/2026
Now in Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
1/20/2026
Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
1/15/2026
On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/20/26, 1:00 pm, 412...
1/12/2026
Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on...
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