RCW 72.40.028 mandates that certificated staff at the Washington State School for the Blind receive salaries commensurate with the Vancouver School District. In September 2018 the district ratified contracts including a 21.5 percent increase to the wage scale. A consequence of these mandated increases is salary compression between instructional and administrative staff. Funding is provided to increase both instructional and administrative salaries to provide the required level of compensation for teachers and maintain an appropriate level of pay for administrators.