Bill Text: MN HF269 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Teacher contract qualified economic offer provided.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-26 - House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day [HF269 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF269-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to education; providing for a qualified economic offer in teacher
1.3contracts;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 122A.40, by adding a
1.4subdivision; 122A.41, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.40, is amended by adding a
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8 Subd. 3a. Qualified economic offer. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
1.9if a school board offers teachers a biennial contract that includes a percentage increase
1.10in total compensation at least equal to the percentage increase in the general education
1.11formula allowance for the first year of that contract, the teachers may not strike for
1.12any issue relating to the total compensation for the years covered by that contract or
1.13submit any issue relating to the total compensation to interest arbitration under section
1.14179A.16. However, the teachers may strike for noncompensation issues as provided in
1.15section 179A.18, subdivision 2, or submit noncompensation issues to interest arbitration
1.16under section 179A.16.
1.17(b) If a school board and teachers do not agree on the allocation of the total
1.18compensation offered by the board under paragraph (a) on or before January 15 of an
1.19even-numbered calendar year, the allocation of total compensation among the teachers
1.20shall be as follows:
1.21(1) existing employee benefits must continue at the same percentage of the total
1.22compensation and in the same manner as provided in the teachers' immediately preceding
1.23employment contract; and
2.1(2) based on the percentage increase in the general education formula allowance
2.2for the first year of the contract, any remaining percentage of the total compensation,
2.3after subtracting the value of clause (1), is for increases in teacher salary based on first,
2.4alternative teacher pay plans under section 122A.414, second, the number of years of
2.5service, and third, promotion and advanced education.
2.6(c) For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given
2.7them.
2.8"Teachers" means classroom teachers, principals, and supervisors licensed under
2.9section 122A.18.
2.10"Total compensation" means the sum of the following 11 cost components: (i) a
2.11school district's total salary schedule costs excluding alternative teacher compensation
2.12under sections 122A.413 to 122A.415; (ii) a school district's total salary costs of an
2.13alternative teacher professional pay system under sections 122A.413 to 122A.415; (iii)
2.14total health insurance costs paid by the school district for its teachers, excluding any
2.15district contributions to health reimbursement arrangements (HRA) or health savings
2.16accounts (HSA) for teachers; (iv) total life insurance costs paid by the school district
2.17for its teachers; (v) total long-term disability costs paid by the school district for its
2.18teachers; (vi) total dental insurance costs paid by the school district for its teachers; (vii)
2.19total extracurricular costs paid to the school district's teachers; (viii) total costs of lane
2.20changes on the teachers' salary schedule; (ix) total Teachers Retirement Association costs
2.21paid by the school district for its teachers; (x) total Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
2.22contribution costs paid by the school district for its teachers; and (xi) other miscellaneous
2.23costs identified by the school district as payment for teachers' services or benefits such as
2.24special school events, extra service duty, summer school instruction, drivers' education
2.25outside the regular school day and school year, and other direct salary payments to
2.26teachers or fringe benefit costs paid by the school district for its teachers and not otherwise
2.27provided for in items (i) to (x).
2.28EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for contracts ratified beginning
2.29July 1, 2011.
2.30 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.31to read:
2.32 Subd. 2a. Qualified economic offer. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
2.33if a school board offers teachers a biennial contract that includes a percentage increase
2.34in total compensation at least equal to the percentage increase in the general education
2.35formula allowance for the first year of that contract, the teachers may not strike for
3.1any issue relating to the total compensation for the years covered by that contract or
3.2submit any issue relating to the total compensation to interest arbitration under section
3.3179A.16. However, the teachers may strike for noncompensation issues as provided in
3.4section 179A.18, subdivision 2, or submit noncompensation issues to interest arbitration
3.5under section 179A.16.
3.6(b) If a school board and teachers do not agree on the allocation of the total
3.7compensation offered by the board under paragraph (a) on or before January 15 of an
3.8even-numbered calendar year, the allocation of total compensation among the teachers
3.9shall be as follows:
3.10(1) existing employee benefits must continue at the same percentage of the total
3.11compensation and in the same manner as provided in the teachers' immediately preceding
3.12employment contract; and
3.13(2) based on the percentage increase in the general education formula allowance
3.14for the first year of the contract, any remaining percentage of the total compensation,
3.15after subtracting the value of clause (1), is for increases in teacher salary based on first,
3.16alternative teacher pay plans under section 122A.414, second, the number of years of
3.17service, and third, promotion and advanced education.
3.18(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, the following terms have the meanings
3.19given them.
3.20"Teachers" means classroom teachers, principals, and supervisors licensed under
3.21section 122A.18.
3.22"Total compensation" means the sum of the following 11 cost components: (i) a
3.23school district's total salary schedule costs excluding alternative teacher compensation
3.24under sections 122A.413 to 122A.415; (ii) a school district's total salary costs of an
3.25alternative teacher professional pay system under sections 122A.413 to 122A.415; (iii)
3.26total health insurance costs paid by the school district for its teachers, excluding any
3.27district contributions to health reimbursement arrangements (HRA) or health savings
3.28accounts (HSA) for teachers; (iv) total life insurance costs paid by the school district
3.29for its teachers; (v) total long-term disability costs paid by the school district for its
3.30teachers; (vi) total dental insurance costs paid by the school district for its teachers; (vii)
3.31total extracurricular costs paid to the school district's teachers; (viii) total costs of lane
3.32changes on the teachers' salary schedule; (ix) total Teachers Retirement Association costs
3.33paid by the school district for its teachers; (x) total Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
3.34contribution costs paid by the school district for its teachers; and (xi) other miscellaneous
3.35costs identified by the school district as payment for teachers' services or benefits such as
3.36special school events, extra service duty, summer school instruction, drivers' education
4.1outside the regular school day and school year, and other direct salary payments to
4.2teachers or fringe benefit costs paid by the school district for its teachers and not otherwise
4.3provided for in items (i) to (x).
4.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for contracts ratified beginning July
4.51, 2012.
1.3contracts;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 122A.40, by adding a
1.4subdivision; 122A.41, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.40, is amended by adding a
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8 Subd. 3a. Qualified economic offer. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
1.9if a school board offers teachers a biennial contract that includes a percentage increase
1.10in total compensation at least equal to the percentage increase in the general education
1.11formula allowance for the first year of that contract, the teachers may not strike for
1.12any issue relating to the total compensation for the years covered by that contract or
1.13submit any issue relating to the total compensation to interest arbitration under section
1.14179A.16. However, the teachers may strike for noncompensation issues as provided in
1.15section 179A.18, subdivision 2, or submit noncompensation issues to interest arbitration
1.16under section 179A.16.
1.17(b) If a school board and teachers do not agree on the allocation of the total
1.18compensation offered by the board under paragraph (a) on or before January 15 of an
1.19even-numbered calendar year, the allocation of total compensation among the teachers
1.20shall be as follows:
1.21(1) existing employee benefits must continue at the same percentage of the total
1.22compensation and in the same manner as provided in the teachers' immediately preceding
1.23employment contract; and
2.1(2) based on the percentage increase in the general education formula allowance
2.2for the first year of the contract, any remaining percentage of the total compensation,
2.3after subtracting the value of clause (1), is for increases in teacher salary based on first,
2.4alternative teacher pay plans under section 122A.414, second, the number of years of
2.5service, and third, promotion and advanced education.
2.6(c) For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given
2.7them.
2.8"Teachers" means classroom teachers, principals, and supervisors licensed under
2.9section 122A.18.
2.10"Total compensation" means the sum of the following 11 cost components: (i) a
2.11school district's total salary schedule costs excluding alternative teacher compensation
2.12under sections 122A.413 to 122A.415; (ii) a school district's total salary costs of an
2.13alternative teacher professional pay system under sections 122A.413 to 122A.415; (iii)
2.14total health insurance costs paid by the school district for its teachers, excluding any
2.15district contributions to health reimbursement arrangements (HRA) or health savings
2.16accounts (HSA) for teachers; (iv) total life insurance costs paid by the school district
2.17for its teachers; (v) total long-term disability costs paid by the school district for its
2.18teachers; (vi) total dental insurance costs paid by the school district for its teachers; (vii)
2.19total extracurricular costs paid to the school district's teachers; (viii) total costs of lane
2.20changes on the teachers' salary schedule; (ix) total Teachers Retirement Association costs
2.21paid by the school district for its teachers; (x) total Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
2.22contribution costs paid by the school district for its teachers; and (xi) other miscellaneous
2.23costs identified by the school district as payment for teachers' services or benefits such as
2.24special school events, extra service duty, summer school instruction, drivers' education
2.25outside the regular school day and school year, and other direct salary payments to
2.26teachers or fringe benefit costs paid by the school district for its teachers and not otherwise
2.27provided for in items (i) to (x).
2.28EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for contracts ratified beginning
2.29July 1, 2011.
2.30 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.41, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.31to read:
2.32 Subd. 2a. Qualified economic offer. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
2.33if a school board offers teachers a biennial contract that includes a percentage increase
2.34in total compensation at least equal to the percentage increase in the general education
2.35formula allowance for the first year of that contract, the teachers may not strike for
3.1any issue relating to the total compensation for the years covered by that contract or
3.2submit any issue relating to the total compensation to interest arbitration under section
3.3179A.16. However, the teachers may strike for noncompensation issues as provided in
3.4section 179A.18, subdivision 2, or submit noncompensation issues to interest arbitration
3.5under section 179A.16.
3.6(b) If a school board and teachers do not agree on the allocation of the total
3.7compensation offered by the board under paragraph (a) on or before January 15 of an
3.8even-numbered calendar year, the allocation of total compensation among the teachers
3.9shall be as follows:
3.10(1) existing employee benefits must continue at the same percentage of the total
3.11compensation and in the same manner as provided in the teachers' immediately preceding
3.12employment contract; and
3.13(2) based on the percentage increase in the general education formula allowance
3.14for the first year of the contract, any remaining percentage of the total compensation,
3.15after subtracting the value of clause (1), is for increases in teacher salary based on first,
3.16alternative teacher pay plans under section 122A.414, second, the number of years of
3.17service, and third, promotion and advanced education.
3.18(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, the following terms have the meanings
3.19given them.
3.20"Teachers" means classroom teachers, principals, and supervisors licensed under
3.21section 122A.18.
3.22"Total compensation" means the sum of the following 11 cost components: (i) a
3.23school district's total salary schedule costs excluding alternative teacher compensation
3.24under sections 122A.413 to 122A.415; (ii) a school district's total salary costs of an
3.25alternative teacher professional pay system under sections 122A.413 to 122A.415; (iii)
3.26total health insurance costs paid by the school district for its teachers, excluding any
3.27district contributions to health reimbursement arrangements (HRA) or health savings
3.28accounts (HSA) for teachers; (iv) total life insurance costs paid by the school district
3.29for its teachers; (v) total long-term disability costs paid by the school district for its
3.30teachers; (vi) total dental insurance costs paid by the school district for its teachers; (vii)
3.31total extracurricular costs paid to the school district's teachers; (viii) total costs of lane
3.32changes on the teachers' salary schedule; (ix) total Teachers Retirement Association costs
3.33paid by the school district for its teachers; (x) total Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
3.34contribution costs paid by the school district for its teachers; and (xi) other miscellaneous
3.35costs identified by the school district as payment for teachers' services or benefits such as
3.36special school events, extra service duty, summer school instruction, drivers' education
4.1outside the regular school day and school year, and other direct salary payments to
4.2teachers or fringe benefit costs paid by the school district for its teachers and not otherwise
4.3provided for in items (i) to (x).
4.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for contracts ratified beginning July
4.51, 2012.
