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May 12, 2008 Update on School Social Work Salary Supplement
April 30, 2008 Update on School Social Work Salary Supplement
UPDATE ON SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK
SALARY SUPPLEMENT
Below
is an update on what we are working on in regards to the
Salary Supplement for School Social Workers. Although
things do change moment to moment around the session, here
is the latest:
TWO
PLANS ARE IN THE WORKS - the FIRST
Rep.
Joe Harrison is going forward with his HB 817 to fund the
SLP salary supplement.
HB 817
will be scheduled to be heard before the Appropriations
Committee - he will let us know
the date as soon as it is scheduled .
He has asked the
staff of the
Appropriations Committee to
prepare two amendments he hopes to make to his bill while
it is being heard in committee .
One amendment
is to correct the $1,000 to $5,000 salary
supplement, as $1000.00 was a typo on the original bill.
Second amendment is to add school social workers to the
bill.
As soon
as we have the date for
that hearing, we will
let send out an email to let
you know so that those who
are interested in testifying before the committee can plan to
come to the Capitol.
IN THE
MEANTIME, in an effort to assess representatives' support of SLPs
and SSWs salary supplements, Rep. Joe Harrison is asking his
colleagues in the House to sign on as co-authors
of HB 817. He would also like
your help, contact your Representative specifically
requesting that they sign-on
as co-authors to Representative
Joe Harrison's HB 817. Be sure to explain the amendments that
Representative Harrison - THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE
IMMEDIATELY AND REPORTED BACK TO the
Chapter Office ASAP. We
are at the Capitol today working with Representative Harrison to
obtain co-authors on HB 817.
The
SECOND
Is that requests for
amendments to HB 1 must be made no later than May 2,
2008 - so, if
we are not successful with a sufficient number of co-authors to
HB 817, Representative
Joe Harrison will
request amendments to HB 1 to fund the SLPs and SSWs salary
supplements.
Again, HB
1 when HB 1 is scheduled
for a public hearing, we will
notify you of the date(s) public testimony will be taken
regarding the Department of Education's budget
portion so that those
who would like to testify can plan on being at the Capitol.
School Social Workers - Alert on 2008
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