157.395 Salary supplement for national board certified teachers.
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(1)Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, a public school teacher, or a
secondary teacher employed in a Kentucky Tech school or career and technical
education program operated by the Department of Education, who has attained
certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards as of
July 14, 2000, through July 1, 2020, shall receive an annual national board
certification salary supplement of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the life of the
certificate. A teacher who attains certification from the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards after July 1, 2020, shall receive an annual national
board certification salary supplement for the life of the certificate in accordance
with the amount appropriated for this purpose by the General Assembly. If an
annual supplement amount appropriated by the General Assembly is less than two
thousand dollars ($2,000), the local board may provide an additional supplement up
to the amount required for the total annual supplement to equal two thousand
dollars ($2,000). 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.
(2)A local board of education or the Department of Education shall request
reimbursement for these purposes from the fund to support education excellence
described in KRS 157.330.