NRS 391.162 Determination of salaries: Increased salary for certain speech-language pathologists; required classification of certain employees subject to collective bargaining agreement in same manner as certain employees licensed to practice speech-language pathology.

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1. Each year when determining the salary of a person who is employed by a school district as a speech-language pathologist, the school district shall add 5 percent to the salary that the employee would otherwise receive in 1 year for the employee’s classification on the schedule of salaries for the school district if:

(a)On or before September 15 of the school year, the employee has submitted evidence satisfactory to the school district of the employee’s:

(1)Licensure as a speech-language pathologist by the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Board; or

(2)Certification as being clinically competent in speech-language pathology by:

(I)The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; or

(II)A successor organization to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association that is recognized and determined to be acceptable by the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Board; and

(b)The employee is assigned by the school district to serve as a speech-language pathologist during the school year.

2. No increase in salary may be given pursuant to subsection 1 during a particular school year to an employee who submits evidence of licensure and certification after September 15 of that school year. Once an employee has submitted evidence of such licensure and certification to the school district, the school district shall retain the evidence in its records, as applicable, for future school years. An increase in salary given in accordance with subsection 1 is in addition to any other increase to which the employee may otherwise be entitled.

3. Any person employed by a school district who is subject to a collective bargaining agreement, including, without limitation, a licensed speech-language pathology assistant, must be classified in the same manner under the collective bargaining agreement as an employee who holds a license to practice speech-language pathology if the person holds an endorsement issued by the Department on or before September 30, 2026, pursuant to NRS 391.019 and any regulations adopted thereto which authorizes the person to teach pupils who have speech and language impairments.