2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .395   Salary supplement for national board certified teachers.

157.395 Salary supplement for national board certified teachers. Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, a local board of education shall provide a public school teacher who has attained certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards as of July 14, 2000, or thereafter with an annual national board certification salary supplement of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the life of the certificate. The supplement shall be added to 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. 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 shall request reimbursement for these purposes from the fund to support education excellence described in KRS 157.330. Effective: July 14, 2000 History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 257, sec. 5, effective July 14, 2000. 2006-2008 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 252, Pt. I, D.4.(7), at 1171; and State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum, 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 257, at 2484 (Final Budget Memorandum, at 797). 2004-2006 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 173, pt. I, D.4.(9), at 3056; and State/Executive Branch Budget Memorandum, 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 170, at 2187 (Final Budget Memorandum, at 536). Page 1 of 1