Washington Administrative Code › Title 392 - Public Instruction, Superintendent of › Chapter 392-140 - Finance - Special allocations › SALARY BONUS FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER CERTIFICATED STAFF WHO HOLD CURRENT CERTIFICATION BY THE NATIONAL BOARD › Section 392-140-974 - Salary bonus for teachers and other certificated instructional staff who hold current certification by the national board-Administrative procedures

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Districts,
				charter schools, and tribal compact schools that employ teachers and other
				certificated instructional staff eligible for the salary bonus shall report
				those employees to the office of superintendent of public instruction by
				submitting for each employee the required data as determined by the
				superintendent of public instruction.
(2) Districts, charter schools, and tribal
				compact schools shall document each employee's eligibility by maintaining on
				file for audit a copy of the employee's national board certification notice and
				evidence of employment and duties assigned. For employees eligible for the high
				poverty schools bonus pursuant to WAC
				392-140-973(3),
				districts, charter schools, and tribal compact schools shall also document the
				employee's instructional assignments in high poverty schools.
(3) All requests for the bonus must be
				submitted to the superintendent of public instruction by July 1st of the school
				year and shall be paid in the July apportionment and displayed on Report 1197,
				in revenue account 4158.
(4)
				Bonuses shall be reduced by a factor of 40 percent for first year National
				Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certified teachers, to
				reflect the portion of the instructional school year they are
				certified.
(5) For each candidate,
				the superintendent of public instruction shall send the district, charter
				school, or tribal compact school the amount of the salary bonus set in the
				operating appropriations act plus an amount for the district's or charter
				school's (employer) portion of mandatory fringe benefits. The amount of the
				annual bonus in WAC
				392-140-973(2) 
				shall be five thousand dollars in the 2007-08 school year. Thereafter, the
				annual bonus shall increase by inflation. The amount of the high poverty
				schools bonus in WAC
				392-140-973(3) 
				shall be five thousand dollars in the 2007-08 school year. Thereafter, the high
				poverty schools bonus shall not increase by inflation.
(6) The district, charter school, or tribal
				compact school shall pay the bonus to the employee in a lump sum amount on a
				supplemental contract pursuant to
				RCW
				28A.400.200 no later than August 31st of the
				school year.
(7) The salary bonus
				is included in the definition of "earnable compensation" under
				RCW
				41.32.010(10).
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 28A.150.290(1) and
					 28A.405.415. 11-23-116, §
					 392-140-974, filed 11/21/11, effective 12/22/11. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 28A.150.290(1). 08-17-013,
					 § 392-140-974, filed 8/8/08, effective 9/8/08. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 28A.150.290(1) and section
					 513(11) of ESSB 5404 (the 2003-05 state operating budget). 03-21-100, §
					 392-140-974, filed 10/17/03, effective 11/17/03. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 28A.150.290(2) and 2001 c 7
					 § 514(12). 02-15-023, § 392-140-974, filed 7/9/02, effective
					 8/9/02.