Ogden Teachers Rally for Collective Bargaining

Ogden Teachers Rally for Collective Bargaining

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Sen Liljenquist changes "Rehire" SB 43 Bill

A substantial change in SB 43 was made during the committee hearing, Wednesday. Instead of taking the 401k away from those current "rehirees" that would be capped it so it doesn't increase as the contribution rates rise. It would still take away the incentive for new retirees who want to be rehired and receive their pension. His bill would require a retiree to return to "active service" if hired for the first time after July 1, 2010. The pension payment would then be suspended and they would continue to earn service credit. I don't see why anyone would retire and be rehired under this bill.

You can listen to the audio of the committee by going to the Utah State Legislative site (www.le.state.ut.us) and looking for the Senate Retirement and Independent Entities Committee for Wednesday, Feb. 10.

Rick

"Educators Could Soon Receive Pay Based on Student Test Scores"

In Tuesday's Deseret News, www.deseretnews.com, Amy Stewart writes about a resolution sponsored by Rep. Poulson that recommends guidelines for teacher performance pay plans. This is actually a resolution that UEA supported last year after many discussions and a formulation of a position paper on performance pay. The UEA wants to be a part of any discussion of this potentially controversial idea. There are plans around the nation (Minnesota and Denver for example) where the association has worked to put together plans for differentiated pay. We need to be at the table, or the legislature will pass something unhealthy. This resolution helps set some guidelines.

Go to www.utea.org for updates on legislation.

Rick