20-9-383. Incentives for school districts based on sharing resources.
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20-9-383 . Incentives for school districts based on sharing resources.
(1)Beginning in school fiscal year 2027, a school district must receive an enhanced quality educator and qualified staff payment, calculated as provided in 20-9-306 and this section, if it meets the legislative goals for resource sharing as described in this section.
(2)If two or more school districts, or three or more school districts when one district is either an elementary or high school district of a unified school system, cooperate to jointly employ an individual who qualifies as a quality educator or qualified staff under 20-9-327 , with each district employing the individual as no less than a 0.33 full-time equivalent employee, that employee must be counted as a 1.0 full-time equivalent employee for the purposes of calculating the total quality educator and qualified staff payment provided in 20-9-306 for each district participating in the joint employment of the individual.
(3)Joint employment for school districts [is met] if the districts employ the individual directly or through the terms of a multidistrict agreement as provided in 20-3-363 .