2016 Idaho Statutes
Title 33 - EDUCATION
Chapter 10 - FOUNDATION PROGRAM -- STATE AID -- APPORTIONMENT
Section 33-1004B - CAREER LADDER.

33-1004B. career ladder. [effective until july 1, 2020] (1) Effective July 1, 2015, all existing instructional staff shall be placed in a cohort on the career ladder starting with the second cell on the residency/professional compensation rung that corresponds with the next higher allocation amount than is currently received by the district, based on the experience and education index pursuant to section 33-1004A, Idaho Code, as applied in fiscal year 2015. For each year between July 1, 2015, and June 30, 2019, those instructional staff will move one (1) cell on the career ladder for each year they are employed by a district and meet the applicable performance criteria for the compensation rung and implementation year, unless such movement would result in the district receiving a lesser allocation than the district would have received if the instructional staff would have moved based on the experience and education index as applied in fiscal year 2015, for such instructional staff the district salary apportionment calculation shall use the amount that would have been applied based on the experience and education index. Applicable performance criteria used for determining movement on the career ladder will be based on the previous year's performance for the applicable number of years.

(2) Effective July 1, 2016, all existing pupil service staff shall be placed in a cohort on the career ladder starting with the second cell on the residency/professional compensation rung or the next higher allocation amount than is currently received by the district, or based on the experience and education index pursuant to section 33-1004A, Idaho Code, as applied in fiscal year 2016, whichever is higher. For each year between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2019, those pupil service staff will move one (1) cell on the career ladder for each year they are employed by a district and meet the applicable performance criteria for the compensation rung and implementation year, unless such movement would result in the district receiving a lesser allocation than the district would have received if the pupil service staff would have moved based on the experience and education index as applied in fiscal year 2016. For such pupil service staff the district salary apportionment calculation shall use the amount that would have been applied based on the experience and education index. Applicable performance criteria used for determining movement on the career ladder will be based on previous year's performance for the applicable number of years.

(3) Instructional staff and pupil service staff who are in their first year of holding a certificate shall be placed in the first cell of the residency compensation rung and shall move one (1) cell on the residency compensation rung for each year they hold a certificate thereafter, for up to three (3) years, at which point they will remain in the third cell of the residency rung until they earn a professional endorsement.

(4) Instructional staff new to teaching in Idaho and pupil service staff new to working in an Idaho public school district or charter school who hold a certificate from a state other than Idaho and who are approved to teach in Idaho will be placed into the cohort of instructional staff on the career ladder table equivalent to their experience and education pursuant to section 33-1004A, Idaho Code, as applied in fiscal year 2015 for instructional staff and 2016 for pupil service staff.

(5) In addition to the allocation amount specified for the applicable cell on the career ladder, school districts shall receive an additional allocation amount for career technical education instructional staff holding an occupational specialist certificate in the area for which they are teaching in the amount of three thousand dollars ($3,000).

[(6)] In addition to the allocation amount specified for the applicable cell on the career ladder, school districts shall receive an additional allocation amount for instructional staff and pupil service staff holding a professional endorsement who have acquired additional education and meet the professional compensation rung performance criteria. In determining the additional education allocation amount, only credits and degrees earned based upon a transcript on file with the teacher certification office of the state department of education, earned at an institution of higher education accredited by a body recognized by the state board of education or credits earned through an internship or other work experience approved by the state board of education, shall be credited toward the education allocation. All credits and degrees earned must be in a relevant pedagogy or content area as determined by the state department of education. Education allocation amounts are not cumulative. Instructional staff whose initial certificate is an occupational specialist certificate shall be treated as BA degree prepared instructional staff. Credits earned by such occupational specialist instructional staff after initial certification shall be credited toward the education allocation. Additional allocations are:

(a) Effective July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017, the education allocation shall be:

(i) For instructional staff and pupil service staff holding a professional endorsement and a baccalaureate degree and twenty-four (24) or more credits, eight hundred dollars ($800) per fiscal year.

(ii) For instructional staff and pupil service staff holding a professional endorsement and a master degree, one thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400) per fiscal year.

(b) Effective July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018, the education allocation shall be:

(i) For instructional staff and pupil service staff holding a professional endorsement and a baccalaureate degree and twenty-four (24) or more credits, one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) per fiscal year.

(ii) For instructional staff and pupil service staff holding a professional endorsement and a master degree, two thousand one hundred dollars ($2,100) per fiscal year.

(c) Effective July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, the education allocation shall be:

(i) For instructional staff and pupil service staff holding a professional endorsement and a baccalaureate degree and twenty-four (24) or more credits, one thousand six hundred dollars ($1,600) per fiscal year.

(ii) For instructional staff and pupil service staff holding a professional endorsement and a master degree, two thousand eight hundred dollars ($2,800) per fiscal year.

(d) Effective July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, the education allocation shall be:

(i) For instructional staff and pupil service staff holding a professional endorsement and a baccalaureate degree and twenty-four (24) or more credits, two thousand dollars ($2,000) per fiscal year.

(ii) For instructional staff and pupil service staff holding a professional endorsement and a master degree, three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) per fiscal year.

[(7)](6) Effective July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016, the allocation shall be:

[(8)](7) Effective July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2017, the allocation shall be:

[(9)](8)(g) Effective July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018, the allocation shall be:

[(10)](9) Effective July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, school districts shall receive an allocation for instructional staff and pupil service staff based on the staffs' position on the career ladder.

(a) Instructional staff and pupil service staff in their first year of holding a professional endorsement shall be placed in the first cell of the professional compensation rung.

(b) Instructional staff and pupil service staff previously placed within a cohort shall continue to move one (1) cell on the applicable rung with their cohort unless they have failed to meet the compensation rung performance criteria for the previous three (3) years. Allocations to districts for instructional staff and pupil service staff who have failed to meet the professional compensation rung performance criteria for the previous three (3) years shall be the same as the previous fiscal year. This also applies to the educational allocation.

[(11)](10) Effective July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, the allocation shall be:

[(12)](11) Effective July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, school districts shall receive an allocation for instructional staff and pupil service staff based on the staffs' position on the career ladder as follows:

(a) Instructional staff and pupil service staff in their first year of holding a professional endorsement shall be placed in the first cell of the professional compensation rung.

(b) Instructional staff and pupil service staff previously placed within a cohort shall continue to move one (1) cell on the applicable rung with their cohort unless they have failed to meet the professional compensation rung performance criteria for three (3) of the previous four (4) years. Allocations to districts for instructional staff and pupil service staff who have failed to meet the professional compensation rung performance criteria for three (3) of the previous four (4) years shall be the same as the previous fiscal year. This also applies to the educational allocation.

[(13)](12) Effective July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, the allocation shall be:

[(14)](13) A review of a sample of evaluations completed by administrators shall be conducted annually to verify such evaluations are being conducted with fidelity to the state framework for teaching evaluation, including each evaluation component as outlined in administrative rule and the rating given for each component. The state board of education shall randomly select a sample of administrators throughout the state. A portion of such administrators' instructional staff and pupil service staff employee evaluations shall be independently reviewed. The ratio of instructional staff evaluation to pupil service staff evaluations shall be equal to the ratio of the statewide instructional staff salary allowance to pupil service staff salary allowance. The state board of education with input from the Idaho approved teacher preparation programs and the state department of education shall identify individuals and a process to conduct the reviews. Administrator certificate holders shall be required to participate in ongoing evaluation training pursuant to section 33-1204, Idaho Code. The state board of education shall report annually the findings of such reviews to the senate education committee, the house of representatives education committee, the state board of education and the deans of Idaho's approved teacher preparation programs. The state board of education shall promulgate rules implementing the provisions of this subsection.

[(15)](14) School districts shall submit annually to the state the data necessary to determine whether an instructional staff or pupil service staff member has met the performance criteria for the applicable compensation rung and implementation year. The department of education shall calculate annually whether instructional staff and pupil service staff have met the compensation rung performance criteria based on the data submitted during the previous years that are applicable to the performance criteria for that year. Individually identifiable performance evaluation ratings submitted to the state remain part of the employee's personnel record and are exempt from public disclosure pursuant to section 74-106, Idaho Code.

33-1004B. career ladder. [effective july 1, 2020] School districts shall receive an allocation for instructional staff and pupil service staff based on their staffs' position on the career ladder as follows:

(1) Instructional staff and pupil service staff who are in their first year of holding a certificate shall be placed in the first cell of the residency compensation rung and shall move one (1) cell on the residency compensation rung for each year they hold a certificate thereafter for up to three (3) years, at which point they will remain in the third cell of the residency rung until they earn a professional endorsement.

(2) Instructional staff and pupil service staff in their first year of holding a professional endorsement shall be placed in the first cell of the professional compensation rung.

(3) Instructional staff and pupil service staff on the professional compensation rung with four (4) years of experience shall move one (1) cell on the professional compensation rung unless they have failed to meet the professional compensation rung performance criteria for three (3) of the previous four (4) years. Instructional staff and pupil service staff on the professional compensation rung who meet the performance criteria for three (3) of the previous five (5) years, one (1) of which must be during the fourth or fifth year, shall move one (1) cell. Allocations for instructional staff and pupil service staff who do not meet the professional compensation rung performance criteria for three (3) of the previous five (5) years, one (1) of which must be during the fourth or fifth year, shall remain at the previous fiscal year allocation level. This also applies to the educational allocation.

(4) In addition to the allocation amount specified for the applicable cell on the career ladder, school districts shall receive an additional allocation amount for career technical education instructional staff holding an occupational specialist certificate in the area for which they are teaching in the amount of three thousand dollars ($3,000).

(5) In addition to the allocation amount specified for the applicable cell on the career ladder, school districts shall receive an additional allocation amount for instructional staff and pupil service staff holding a professional endorsement who have acquired additional education and meet the professional compensation rung performance criteria. In determining the additional education allocation amount, only transcripted credits and degrees on file with the teacher certification office of the state department of education, earned at an institution of higher education accredited by a body recognized by the state board of education or credits earned through an internship or work experience approved by the state board of education, shall be allowed. All credits and degrees earned must be in a relevant pedagogy or content area as determined by the state department of education. Additional education allocation amounts are not cumulative. Instructional staff whose initial certificate is an occupational specialist certificate shall be treated as BA degree prepared instructional staff. Credits earned by such occupational specialist instructional staff after initial certification shall be credited toward the education allocation. Additional allocations are:

(a) For instructional staff and pupil service staff holding a professional endorsement, a baccalaureate degree and twenty-four (24) or more credits, two thousand dollars ($2,000) per fiscal year.

(b) For instructional staff and pupil service staff holding a professional endorsement and a master degree, three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) per fiscal year.

(c) Effective July 1, 2020, the allocation shall be:

(6) A review of a sample of evaluations completed by administrators shall be conducted annually to verify such evaluations are being conducted with fidelity to the state framework for teaching evaluation, including each evaluation component as outlined in administrative rule and the rating given for each component. The state board of education shall randomly select a sample of administrators throughout the state. A portion of such administrators' instructional staff and pupil service staff employee evaluations shall be independently reviewed. The ratio of instructional staff evaluation to pupil service staff evaluations shall be equal to the ratio of the statewide instructional staff salary allowance to pupil service staff salary allowance. The state board of education with input from the Idaho approved teacher preparation programs and the state department of education shall identify individuals and a process to conduct the reviews. Administrator certificate holders shall be required to participate in ongoing evaluation training pursuant to section 33-1204, Idaho Code. The state board of education shall report annually the findings of such reviews to the senate education committee, the house of representatives education committee, the state board of education and the deans of Idaho's approved teacher preparation programs. The state board of education shall promulgate rules implementing the provisions of this subsection.

[(7)](6) School districts shall submit annually to the state the data necessary to determine if an instructional staff or pupil service staff member has met the performance criteria for movement on the applicable compensation rung. The department of education shall calculate whether or not instructional staff and pupil service staff have met the compensation rung performance criteria based on the data submitted during the previous five (5) years. Individually identifiable performance evaluation ratings submitted to the state remain part of the employees personnel record and are exempt from public disclosure pursuant to section 74-106, Idaho Code.

History:

[33-1004B, added 2015, ch. 229, sec. 5, p. 710; added 2015, ch. 229, sec. 6, p. 713; am. 2016, ch. 245, sec. 3, p. 646; am. 2016, ch. 245, sec. 4, p. 649; am. 2016, ch. 352, sec. 1, p. 1038; am. 2016, ch. 352, sec. 2, p. 1041.]