Adopted
AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
House Bill No. 1047
BY: Representatives McCarty, Bennett
AMEND after line 170 by inserting the following:
(vi) Any licensed professional receiving an annual salary supplement under subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) of this paragraph (a), for having earned national board certification from the respective certifying entity, must be employed by a public school district or any of the four (4) public special purpose schools created by statute and operating under the authority of the State Board of Education during the year in which the salary supplement is received. Such persons submitting documentation to the State Department of Education for salary supplement eligibility must be employed by a public school district or public special purpose school to provide services to students in the area of certification on a full-time basis. The following persons shall not be eligible to receive the annual salary supplement authorized under this subsection:
1. Anyone serving as an administrator of a public school district or public special purpose school;
2. Anyone who is employed by any state agency responsible for administering national board certification salary supplement programs; and
3. Anyone who is employed by a state agency under the authority of the State Personnel Board.
AMEND further on lines 98, 110, 123 and 161, by inserting after the word "administrator", the following:
"as further specified in subparagraph (vi) of this subsection (2)(a)".
AMEND further on lines 145 and 146 by striking "or is employed by a state agency under the State Personnel Board", and inserting, in lieu thereof, the following:
"as further specified in subparagraph (vi) of this subsection (2)(a)".
AMEND further the title on line 8, by inserting the following after the semicolon:
"TO PROVIDE FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON THE ELIGIBILITY OF LICENSED NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS TO RECEIVE THE ANNUAL SALARY SUPPLEMENT WHILE EMPLOYED IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR PUBLIC SPECIAL PURPOSE SCHOOL;".