KRS 157.395: Salary supplement for national board certified teachers.

(1) Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, a public school teacher, or a

secondary teacher employed in a Kentucky Tech school or career and technical

education program ope rated by the Department of Education, who has attained

certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards as of

July 14, 2000, through July 1, 2020, shall receive an annual national board

certification salary supplement of two thousa nd dollars ($2,000) for the life of the

certificate. A teacher who attains certification from the National Board for

Professional Teaching Standards after July 1, 2020, shall receive an annual national

board certification salary supplement for the life of the certificate in accordance

with the amount appropriated for this purpose by the General Assembly. If an

annual supplement amount appropriated by the General Assembly is less than two

thousand dollars ($2,000), the local board may provide an additional s upplement up

to the amount required for the total annual supplement to equal two thousand

dollars ($2,000). The supplement shall be added to:

(a) The teacher's base salary on the local board's single salary schedule and shall

be considered in the calculati on for contributions to the Kentucky Teachers'

Retirement System; or

(b) The state -employed teacher's base salary and shall be considered in the

calculation for contributions to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System.

If a nationally certified teacher becomes no longer employed as a classroom teacher

or a teacher mentor in the field of his or her national certification, the supplement

shall cease.

(2) A local board of education or the Department of Education shall request

reimbursement for these purposes from the fund to support education excellence

described in KRS 157.330.