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School bus driver urges action on return-to-work pension bill SSB 5738 during board public comment
Summary
A Longview School District bus driver urged the board and community to press lawmakers for SSB 5738 (and related House Bill 1988), which she said would extend return-to-work rules that affect retirees who keep pensions while working limited hours; she described personal pension-processing issues and shortages of substitute drivers.
Barbara Wilson, a school bus driver for Longview School District, used the board—omment period on March 24 to urge community advocacy for SSB 5738 and related House Bill 1988, legislation she said would address return-to-work pension rules that affect retirees who continue limited district employment.
"SSB 5738 has passed the Senate and is now in appropriations," Wilson told the board. She described the bills as aimed at the state efinition of allowable return-to-work hours and noted a legislative timeline: she said a relevant appropriations committee must act by April 8 for floor consideration.
Wilson described personal administrative impacts under current rules: she said processing delays left her with a partial pension check for a month, that the present 1,040-hour limit can force retirees to take unpaid time, and that the sub shortage increases district costs when substitutes must be hired. She asked listeners to contact committee leaders and push for a fix.
Board members acknowledged Wilson nd indicated the comment period is the forum for public input; there was no board action on the subject at the meeting.
