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Joint committee deadlocks on change‑in‑employee‑compensation plans; multiple pay proposals fail
Summary
Lawmakers debated four competing Change‑in‑Employee‑Compensation (CEC) motions on Jan. 31 — including flat dollar, flat percent and merit‑based proposals — but none secured passage; the committee said it will revisit the issue.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee spent the Jan. 31 hearing debating four competing Change‑in‑Employee‑Compensation (CEC) proposals but failed to approve any plan, leaving FY2026 salary policy unresolved.
Committee analysts presented four structured motions that differed on methodology (flat dollar per hour, dollar with percent‑floor top‑ups, merit‑based percentage increases, and the governor’s 5% merit recommendation). The measures carried materially different statewide price tags and distribution rules for institutions including colleges, community colleges, state classified and nonclassified employees, IT and engineering positions, and public schools.
Mr. Bybee, the Legislative Services Office analyst, summarized the methodological approach and line‑by‑line dollar totals for the committee. “What you’re going to find in other CEC related actions were things from the CEC committee or from the…
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