1995-05-02                     House Journal                      Page 1758
HB 217                                                                       
Amendment No. 3 was offered  by Representatives Mackie and Ivan:                
                                                                               
                                                                               
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   "* Sec. 8.  FINDINGS AND PURPOSE ASTO SECTIONS 9 - 16.                    
Many school districts are facing the need to restructure their operations      
and their work forces in order to reduce expenditures and balance              
budgets.  Retirement incentives are management tools that have been            
used extensively by the private sector, the federal government, and            
other state and local governments across the country.  The purpose of          
secs.9 - 16 of this Act is to make this management tool temporarily            
available to the public schools and regional resource centers of the           
state.  Sections 9 - 16 of this Act will enable these entities to be more      
efficient and cost-effective by eliminating certain nonessential               
positions, and producing a net reduction in personnel costs.                   
   * Sec. 9.  RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.  (a)  A school                   
district, regional educational attendance area, regional resource center,      
or the state boarding school may adopt a retirement incentive plan             
under sec.10 of this Act and designate categories of employees                 
eligible to participate in that plan.  An employer need not extend the         
incentive plan to all employees who would otherwise be eligible, but           
may choose to extend the plan only to employees                                
                                                                               
		(1)  in specific budget or administrative components of the                  
employer;                                                                      
		(2)  in specific job classifications;                                        
		(3)  in specific geographic locations; or                                    
		(4)  on the basis of any combination of factors under (1) - (3)              
of this subsection.                                                            
(b)  An employee is eligible to participate in a retirement incentive          
plan under secs.8 - 16 of this Act only if the