157.395 Salary supplement for national board certified teachers.
(1)
(2)
Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, a public school teacher, or a
secondary teacher employed in a Kentucky Tech school or program operated by the
Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, who has attained certification
from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards as of July 14, 2000, or
thereafter shall receive an annual national board certification salary supplement of
two thousand dollars (,000) for the life of the certificate. The supplement shall be
added to:
(a) The teacher's base salary on the local board's single salary schedule and shall
be considered in the calculation for contributions to the Kentucky Teachers'
Retirement System; or
(b) The state-employed teacher's base salary and shall be considered in the
calculation for contributions to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System.
If a nationally certified teacher becomes no longer employed as a classroom teacher
or a teacher mentor in the field of his or her national certification, the supplement
shall cease.
A local board of education or the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet
shall request reimbursement for these purposes from the fund to support education
excellence described in KRS 157.330.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 39, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2010. -- Created
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 257, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2000.
2010-2012 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2010 (1st Extra.
Sess.) StateKy. Acts ch. 1, Pt. I, C, 4, (7) at 22.
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