Florida Administrative Code › 11 - DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT › 11B - Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission › Chapter 11B-14 - SALARY INCENTIVE PROGRAM (TRANSFERRED FROM 9A-14; 11A-14) › Section 11B-14.003 - Authorized Salary Incentive Payments

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Full-time law enforcement, correctional, and correctional
				  probation officers satisfying the certification requirements of Section
				   943.13, F.S., who are not
				  excluded from eligibility pursuant to Section
				   943.22(4),
				  F.S., shall be eligible to participate in the Salary Incentive Program.
(1) Pursuant to Section
				 943.22(2)(a),
				F.S., the sum of $25 each month for basic salary incentive payments shall be
				paid to a full-time law enforcement, or a concurrently certified officer who
				was initially certified and employed as a law enforcement officer before July
				1, 1980. Additionally, upon the reactivation of certification, an individual
				eligible as specified in this subsection shall again be entitled to basic
				salary incentive payments. A correctional or correctional probation officer
				shall not be entitled to basic salary incentive payments, regardless of their
				employment or certification date.
(2) Pursuant to Sections
				 943.22(2)(b) and
				(c), F.S., the maximum amount of educational
				salary incentive payments an officer may receive shall be limited to $80 each
				month for a bachelor or higher degree. Full-time officers who possess an
				associate degree or equivalent, or a higher degree from an accredited
				post-secondary institution, are eligible for educational salary incentive
				payments. However, state officers whose job class specifications require a
				four-year degree are not eligible to receive educational salary incentive
				payment pursuant to Section
				 943.22(2)(e),
				F.S. Pursuant to Section
				 943.22, F.S., the employing
				agency is responsible for verifying that the accrediting association is
				recognized.
(3) Section
				 943.22(1)(c),
				F.S., defines an associate college degree or equivalent as "graduation from an
				accredited community college or successful completion of 60 semester hours or
				90 quarter hours and eligibility to receive an associate degree." To qualify
				for educational salary incentive payment, a letter from the awarding
				institution shall be submitted to the employing agency, defined in Section
				 943.10, F.S., stating that the
				hours completed by the officer are equivalent to a two-year degree and would
				qualify the officer for a degree if the institution had a two-year degree
				program.
(4) Pursuant to Section
				 943.22(2)(d),
				F.S., officers shall receive the sum of $20 each month for each successfully
				completed 80-hour unit of Commission-approved Advanced or Career Development
				Training, which has been verified by the employing agency, defined in Section
				 943.10, F.S., through the
				Commission's ATMS. Commission staff shall recognize, only once, the successful
				completion of any specific training course for salary incentive payment.
				Officers who elect to use Commission-approved Advanced or Career Development
				Training Courses as credit toward a two or four year degree, for which the
				officer would receive educational salary incentive payment, shall not receive
				advanced or career development salary incentive payment for the same courses.
				Agencies shall review the educational transcripts submitted for educational
				salary incentive to ensure there is no duplication of payment.
(5) The maximum amount of salary incentive
				payments an officer is entitled to receive each month is based on the
				completion of the following Commission-approved training:
Commission-approved Training
Maximum Salary Incentive Payment
(a) Basic Recruit Training for law enforcement
							 officers initially certified and employed before July 1, 1980.
$25.00
(b) Career Development Training Program Courses on or
							 before June 30, 1985
$120 maximum
Advanced Training Program Courses on or after July 1,
							 1985
Federal or Private Training
(c) Educational Training, if applicable
$30 for a two-year degree
$80 for a four-year degree
(d) Combination of Training and Education
$130 maximum
Rulemaking Authority
					 943.03(4),
					 943.12(1),
					 943.22(2)(h)
					 FS. Law Implemented  943.22 FS.
New 9-11-79, Amended 1-13-81, 5-16-83, 9-1-83, 4-26-84,
					 1-7-85, Formerly 11B-14.03, Amended 7-13-87, 1-2-97, 7-7-99, 8-22-00, 11-5-02,
					 11-30-04, 3-21-07, 3-13-13, 5-5-20.