2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 79 SCHOOLS
79-1007.19 Teacher education adjustment; calculation.

79-1007.19. Teacher education adjustment; calculation.

For school fiscal years 2008-09 and 2009-10, the department shall calculate a teacher education adjustment for each district as follows:

(1) Teacher education points shall be calculated for each district by the department based upon data from the fall personnel report required pursuant to section 79-804 for the school fiscal year immediately preceding the school fiscal year in which aid is to be paid. Each full-time equivalent teacher shall (a) be under contract with a school district as required pursuant to section 79-818 and (b) only be counted one time in the awarding of any points pursuant to this section. Each district shall receive one point for each full-time equivalent teacher who has earned and been awarded a master's degree or an education specialist's degree and two points for each full-time equivalent teacher who has earned and been awarded a doctoral degree;

(2) A teacher education index shall be calculated for each district by dividing the ratio of teacher education points for the district divided by the number of full-time equivalent teachers in the district by the ratio of teacher education points for all districts divided by the number of full-time equivalent teachers in all districts; and

(3) The teacher education adjustment for each district shall equal ten percent of the district's basic funding multiplied by the difference of the product of the district's teacher education index minus one, except that if the result is less than zero, the teacher education adjustment shall equal zero.

Source

Laws 2008, LB988, § 21;
Laws 2009, First Spec. Sess., LB5, § 7.
Effective Date: November 21, 2009