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Title 20-A, §13013-A: Salary supplements for national board-certified teachers
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§13013-A. Salary supplements for national board-certified teachers
1. Department of Education salary supplement. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Education shall provide a public school teacher or a teacher in a publicly supported secondary school who has attained certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, or its successor organization, with an annual national board certification salary supplement for the life of the certificate. The salary supplement must be added to the teacher's base salary and must be considered in the calculation for contributions to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. If a nationally certified teacher is no longer employed as a teacher, the supplement ceases. The amount of the salary supplement is:
A. For fiscal year 2012-13, $2,500; [2011, c. 702, §2 (NEW).]
B. For fiscal year 2013-14, $2,750; and [2011, c. 702, §2 (NEW).]
C. For fiscal year 2014-15 and succeeding years, $3,000. [2011, c. 702, §2 (NEW).]
[ 2011, c. 702, §2 (AMD) .]
[ 2011, c. 702, §2 (NEW) .]
A. In fiscal year 2012-13, the department shall allocate $50,000 from fees collected by the department pursuant to section 13007, subsection 1 to the scholarship fund. The department shall award an amount equal to the cost of the certification program less any other funds received by the applicant on a first-come first-served basis for the first 20 teachers accepted into the certification program annually. [2011, c. 702, §2 (NEW).]
B. Beginning in fiscal year 2013-14, the department shall allocate $75,000 from fees collected by the department pursuant to section 13007, subsection 1 each fiscal year to the scholarship fund. The department shall award an amount equal to the cost of enrollment in the certification program less any other funds received by the applicant to not more than 30 teachers accepted into the program annually. [2011, c. 702, §2 (NEW).]
A. Is currently employed by a school administrative unit or a publicly supported secondary school; [2011, c. 702, §2 (NEW).]
B. Has completed at least 3 years of teaching in the State; [2011, c. 702, §2 (NEW).]
C. Has agreed to mentor at least one other teacher employed in the State through the national board certification process to apply to and enroll in the certification program; [2011, c. 702, §2 (NEW).]
D. Has provided documentation of acceptance into the certification program; and [2011, c. 702, §2 (NEW).]
E. Has disclosed any other funds received to cover the cost of the certification program. [2011, c. 702, §2 (NEW).]
2005, c. 519, §AAAA1 (NEW). 2005, c. 683, §H1 (AMD). 2007, c. 58, §3 (REV). 2007, c. 240, Pt. D, §§1, 2 (AMD). 2011, c. 702, §2 (AMD).