An Act To Restructure the National Board Certification Program for Teachers
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1781
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S610 (Senate)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §13007, 20-A MRSA §13013-A, 20-A MRSA §15689-A

SENATE AMENDMENT" A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 618, 
L.D. 1781, Bill, "An Act To Restructure the National Board Certification Program for 
Teachers" 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of sections 1 to 4 and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §13007, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 528, Pt. I, §5 
and affected by Pt. RRR and enacted by c. 591, Pt. I, §5, is amended to read: 
2. Accounting. The commissioner shall: 
A. Collect and account for all certificate fees; aftd 
B. Report and pay these fees collected pursuant to subsection 1, except those fees 
collected and credited to the National Board Certification Scholarship Fund pursuant 
to paragraph C and the National Board Certification Salary Supplement Fund 
pursuant to paragraph D, to the Treasurer of State to be credited to the General Fund7~ 
C. Report and pay $50,000 in fiscal year 2012-13 and $75,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 
and each fiscal year thereafter from fees collected pursuant to subsection 1 to the 
Treasurer of State to be credited to the National Board Certification Scholarship 
Fund Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of Education; 
and 
D. Report and pay no more than $150,000 in fiscal year 2012-13, no more than 
$240,000 in fiscal year 2013-14 and no more than $335,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 
from fees collected pursuant to subsection 1 to the Treasurer of State to be credited to 
the National Board Certification Salary Supplement Fund, Other Special Revenue 
Funds account within the Department of Education. 
Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §13013-A, as amended by PL 2007, c. 58, §3 and c. 240, Pt. 
D, §§ 1 and 2, is further amended to read: 
§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 
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National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, or its successor organization, as--ef 
J1:lly 1, 2906 er thereafter with an annual national board certification salary supplement e.f 
$3,900 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 becemes i§ no 
longer employed as a classreem teacher iR the field ef that teacher's RatieRal certificatieR, 
the supplement ceases. The amount of the salary supplement is: 
A. For fiscal year 2012-13, $2,500; 
B. For fiscal year 2013-14, $2,750; and 
C. For fiscal year 2014-15 and succeeding years, $3,000. 
I-A. Funding revenue. The National Board Certification Salary Supplement Fund 
is established as a nonlapsing dedicated fund within the Department of Education 
beginning in fiscal year 2012-13. The salary supplement under subsection 1 must be 
funded from fees collected by the department pursuant to section 13007, subsection 1. 
2. 
Local filing; certification. 
On or before October 15th annually, the 
superintendent of schools of a school administrative unit or the chief administrative 
officer of a publicly supported secondary school or a career and technical education 
region shall file with the commissioner a certified list of national board-certified teachers 
eligible to receive the salary supplement pursuant to subsection 1. 
3. 
Payment. 
The department shall provide the salary supplement to school 
administrative units and publicly supported secondary schools for eligible teachers no 
later than February 15th of each year. 
4. Expend funds. A school administrative unit or a publicly supported secondary 
school may expend funds received through the salary supplement under subsection I 
without calling for a special meeting of the local legislative body. 
5. 
Scholarship fund. 
The National Board Certification Scholarship Fund is 
established as a nonlapsing dedicated fund, referred to in this subsection as "the 
scholarship fund," within the Department of Education to encourage teachers to apply to 
and enroll in the certification program offered by the National Board for Professional 
Teaching Standards or its successor organization, referred to in this subsection and 
subsection 6 as "the certification program." A school administrative unit or a publicly 
supported secondary school may request scholarship funds on behalf of its teachers who 
meet the requirements set forth in subsection 6. 
The department shall award funds 
according to this subsection. 
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. 
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 
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enrollment in the certification program less any other funds received by the applicant 
to not more than 30 teachers accepted into the program annually. 
6. Eligibility requirements. In order to receive scholarship funds according to 
subsection 5 on behalf of a teacher, the school administrative unit or a publicly supported 
secondary school must certify to the department that the teacher: 
A. Is currently employed by a school administrative unit or a publicly supported 
secondary school; 
B. Has completed at least 3 years of teaching in the State; 
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; 
D. Has provided documentation of acceptance into the certification program; and 
E. 
Has disclosed any other funds received to cover the cost of the certification 
program. 
7. 
Nonlapsing funds. 
Any unencumbered balance of the National Board 
Certification Scholarship Fund under subsection 5 remaining at the end of a fiscal year 
may not lapse but must be carried forward to be used for the same purpose. 
Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §15689-A, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 519, Pt. 
AAAA, § 16, is amended to read: 
12. National board certification salary supplement. The commissioner may pay 
annual salary supplement payments to f*lhlie school administrative units or a publicly 
supported secondary school for payment to school teachers who have attained 
certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or its successor 
organization pursuant to section 13013-A. 
Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
National Board Certification Salary Supplement Fund N134 
Initiative: Allocates funds for salary supplements for those teachers who have attained 
certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
National Board Certification Scholarship Fund N133 
2011-12 
$0 
$0 
2012-13 
$150,000 
$150,000 
Initiative: Allocates funds to encourage certain teachers to apply to and enroll in the 
certificate program offered by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. 
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2011-12 
$0 
$0 
2011-12 
$0 
$0 
2012-13 
$50,000 
$50,000 
2012-13 
$200,000 
$200,000 
This amendment restructures the salary supplement incentive established for teachers 
who attain certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. 
The amendment provides that, in fiscal year 2012-13, a salary supplement of $2,500 must 
be awarded to national board-certified teachers; in fiscal year 2013-14, a salary 
supplement of $2,750 is awarded to national board-certified teachers; and in fiscal year 
2014-15 and succeeding years, a salary supplement of $3,000 is awarded to national 
board-certified teachers. The amendment establishes, beginning in fiscal year 2012-13, 
the National Board Certification Salary Supplement Fund. The salary supplement must be 
funded through a portion of teacher certification fees collected by the Department of 
Education. The amendment also establishes an incentive to encourage teachers with at 
least 3 years of experience who agree to mentor another teacher through the national 
board certification process to apply for national board certification. The amendment 
provides that, beginning with fiscal year 2012-13, the department must establish a 
nonlapsing scholarship fund to encourage teachers to apply to and enroll in the 
certification program of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. The 
amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
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(Senator ROSEN:R) 
COUNTY: Hancock 
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LD 1781 
LR 2635(04) 
An Act To Restructure the National Board Certification Program for Teachers 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment "A" to Committee Amendment "A" S-~' 0 
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen of Hancock 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
... ppropriations/ Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY2011-12 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
FY 2012-13 
($406,720) 
($307,500) 
$406,720 
($406,720) 
Projections 
FY 2013-14 
($291,720) 
($304,500) 
$291,720 
($291,720) 
Projections 
FY 2014-15 
($196,720) 
($304,000) 
$196,720 
($196,720) 
This amendment reduces the amount of General Fund revenue to be transferred to the National Board Certification 
Salary Supplement Fund by $406,720 in fiscal year 2012-13, $291,720 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $196,720 in fiscal 
year 2014-15. 
The amendment provides that only the additional funding estimated to be needed to support the scholarship provisions 
and the salary supplements to eligible teachers who attain certification from the National Board for Professional 
Teaching Standards beyond the $307,551 currently allocated as a miscellaneous cost within the General Purpose Aid 
for Local Schools program General Fund account be paid with revenue collected from teacher certification fees. 
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As amended, the bill will result in decreases in General Fund revenue of $200,000 in fiscal year 2012-13, $315,000 in 
fiscal year 2013-14 and $410,000 in fiscal year 2014-14 and corresponding increases in dedicated revenue of the same 
amounts. As amended, this bill establishes the National Board Certification Scholarship Fund and the National Board 
Certification Salary Supplement Fund as dedicated funds within the Department of Education and provides Other 
Special Revenue Funds allocations totaling $200,000 in fiscal year 2012-13. Of that amount, $150,000 is allocated to 
the National Board Certification Salary Supplement Fund for the additional costs of providing salary supplements to 
an estimated 183 certified teachers at $2,500 each and $50,000 is allocated to the National Board Certification 
Scholarship Fund to provide scholarships for the first 20 teachers accepted into the national teacher board certification 
program. 
The salary supplement amount increases to $2,750 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $3,000 in fiscal year 2014-15. 
Beginning in fiscal year 2012-14, the amount allocated to the Scholarship Fund increases to $75,000 per year and the 
number of teachers who can receive scholarship funds increases to a maximum of30 teachers. 
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