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Saturday, April 17, 2004

Judge: Cutting teacher workday violated law

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF

The Legislature violated state law when it cut funding for a teacher workday, a King County Superior Court judge has ruled.

While struggling with a budget shortfall in 2002, the Legislature eliminated one "teacher learning improvement" day, during which students get a day off while teachers take time to plan and prepare.

Judge Terry Lukens said by eliminating that teacher workday, the Legislature failed to honor Initiative 732's mandate of a 3.6 percent pay raise for teachers. Voters passed I-732 in 2000, giving teachers automatic cost-of-living pay increases.

The average teacher lost $250 in state-funded pay because of the shortened school year, according to the Washington Education Association.

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