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Current as of January 01, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XIII. Education § 157.395.Salary supplement for national board certified teachers - last updated January 01, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xiii-education/ky-rev-st-sect-157-395/
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