HCSHB471--PUBLICEMPLOYEEINCENTIVES(Black)
COMMITTEEOFORIGIN:StandingCommitteeonGovernmentEfficiency
andDownsizing
Inordertoencourageretentionorexceptionalemployment
achievement,thisbillprovidesforpersonnelpaymentstobemade
accordingtospecific,writtencriteria,predeterminedandapproved
bythedepartmentdirectorinwriting,atleastoneyearpriorto
theexceptionalemploymentachievement. Thepaymentsauthorizedby
thebillshallnotexceed20%oftheemployee'sbasewagesor
salaryandareawardeduponthecompletionoftheretentionperiod
inquestionandnotmorefrequentlythanannually. Thepayments
indicatedinthebillarenotconsideredabonusinviolationof
ArticleIII,Section39oftheMissouriConstitution. These
provisionsshallnotapplytoanypublicemployeewhosesalaryis
setbystatute.
Thisbillallowsschooldistrictstoadoptwrittenpolicies
describingcriteria,tobeapprovedbytheirschoolboards,
allowingexceptionalemploymentachievementpaymentsincontracts
betweenschooldistrictsandindividualdistrictemployees.
Thisbillalsoallowstheboardofeducationofaschooldistrict
toincludedifferentiated placementofteachersonthesalary
scheduletoincreasecompensationforteachersinhard-to-staff
subjectareasorhard-to-staffschools,asdefinedinthebill.
Eachschooldistrictthatincludesdifferentiated placementof
teachersonthedistrictsalaryscheduleshallsubmitanannual
reporttotheDepartmentofElementaryandSecondaryEducation.
Thecontentsofthereportarespecifiedinthebill.