Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 26 - Cost Reimbursement/Salary Supplements › Rule 7-3-26.1 - Cost Reimbursement/Salary Supplements

Current through June 25, 2024
Policy and procedure salary supplements and process
				  cost reimbursement for master teacher certificates, national certified school
				  counselors and certificate of clinical competence for speech pathologists and
				  audiologists and national school nurse certification.
Introduction.
The maximum salary supplement
				  for any individual under this policy is limited to $6,000 per school
				  year.
1. MASTER TEACHER CERTIFICATE -
				$6,000 SALARY SUPPLEMENT
The term teacher is defined to include any teacher who is
				  required by law to obtain a teacher's license from the Mississippi Board of
				  Education and is assigned to an instructional area of work as defined by the
				  State Department of Education the equivalent of a minimum of three (3) normal
				  periods per school day.
A teacher will receive the full $6,000 salary supplement if
				  the certificate is awarded to the teacher prior to October 15 and the teacher's
				  district time is reported as 100 percent on the district personnel report. The
				  teacher will be entitled to a prorated salary supplement of $3,000 beginning
				  with the second school term if the certificate is awarded after October 15 but
				  prior to February 15 of the school year and the teacher's district time is
				  reported as 100 percent on the district personnel report. The salary supplement
				  will be prorated when the reported district time is less than 100%.
The employer must establish a process that identifies all
				  teachers who have successfully obtained the Master Teacher Certificate from the
				  National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Upon identifying those
				  teachers, the employer must submit a letter to the Office of Financial
				  Accountability requesting funds to pay the salary supplement. The letter must
				  list the name, social security number, percent of district time as reported on
				  the personnel report and the amount of salary supplement for each teacher for
				  which the employer is requesting funds.
For teachers who the salary supplement is being initially
				  requested, the employer must provide a copy of the candidate notification
				  letter contained in the Candidate Score Report and, when available, a copy of
				  the Master Teacher Certificate both of which are issued by the National Board
				  for Professional Teaching Standards.
2. MASTER TEACHER CERTIFICATE - PROCESS COST
				REIMBURSEMENT
The employer must establish a system that identifies all
				  teachers that have completed the process of acquiring the Master Teacher
				  Certificate, regardless of whether or not the teacher successfully obtained the
				  certification. The employer must submit a letter to the Office of Financial
				  Accountability requesting reimbursement for the teacher for the cost of
				  completing the process. A copy of the candidate notification letter contained
				  in the Candidate Score Report issued by the National Board for Professional
				  Teaching Standards along with proof of expenditure (canceled check or receipt
				  from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards) must accompany the
				  letter.
3. NATIONAL
				CERTIFIED SCHOOL COUNSELOR - $6,000 SALARY SUPPLEMENT From and after July 1,
				1999, any licensed school counselor who has met the requirements and acquired a
				National Certified School Counselor endorsement for the National Board of
				Certified Counselors shall receive a $6,000 salary supplement. The individual
				must be employed as a counselor and not as an administrator by a local school
				board, the Mississippi Board of Education or a state supported university or
				college when such institution is providing a program of education in accordance
				with Section
				37-23-31, Mississippi Code of 1972
				(Ann.). The term counselor is defined to include any individual who is required
				by law to obtain a license with a school counselor endorsement from the
				Mississippi Board of Education and, when employed by a local school board, is
				assigned the majority of the day (the equivalent of a minimum of three (3)
				normal periods) in one or more of the following Course/Work Areas as defined in
				Appendix A of the Personnel/Accreditation Reference Manual:
a. 601006 Counselor, Vocational
b. 601005 Counselor, Non -Vocational,
				Elementary
c. 601107 Counselor, Non
				-Vocational, Secondary
The equivalent of such course areas is required when the
				  individual is employed by the Mississippi Board of Education or a state
				  supported university or college when such institution is providing a program of
				  education in accordance with Section
				  37-23-31, Mississippi Code of 1972
				  (Ann.). When a counselor is assigned the majority of the day (the equivalent of
				  a minimum of three (3) normal periods) to course/work areas other than those
				  outlined above, a letter from the employer must be submitted to verify that the
				  counselor is working directly with children.
The counselor will receive the full $6,000 salary supplement
				  if the certificate is awarded to the counselor prior to October 15 and the
				  counselor's district time is reported as 100 percent on the district personnel
				  report. The counselor will be entitled to a prorated salary supplement of
				  $3,000 beginning with the second school term if the certificate is awarded
				  after October 15 but prior to February 15 of the school year and the
				  counselor's district time is reported as 100 percent on the district personnel
				  report. The salary supplement will be prorated when the reported district time
				  is less than 100%.
The employer must establish a process that identifies all
				  counselors that have successfully obtained the National Certified School
				  Counselor certification from the National Board of Certified Counselors. The
				  employer must submit a letter to the Office of Financial Accountability
				  requesting funds to pay the salary supplement. The letter must list the name,
				  social security number, percent of district time as reported on the personnel
				  report and the amount of salary supplement for each counselor for which funds
				  are being requested.
For counselors who the employer is requesting a salary
				  supplement, the employer must provide a copy of the certificate awarded by the
				  National Board of Certified Counselors (if not previously provided), and an
				  official letter of verification from the National Board of Certified Counselors
				  stating that the certificate is valid for the school year for which funds are
				  being requested.