{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-157.395","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 157.395","heading":"Salary supplement for national board certified teachers.","body":"(1) Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, a public school teacher, or a\nsecondary teacher employed in a Kentucky Tech school or career and technical\neducation program ope rated by the Department of Education, who has attained\ncertification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards as of\nJuly 14, 2000, through July 1, 2020, shall receive an annual national board\ncertification salary supplement of two thousa nd dollars ($2,000) for the life of the\ncertificate. A teacher who attains certification from the National Board for\nProfessional Teaching Standards after July 1, 2020, shall receive an annual national\nboard certification salary supplement for the life of the certificate in accordance\nwith the amount appropriated for this purpose by the General Assembly. If an\nannual supplement amount appropriated by the General Assembly is less than two\nthousand dollars ($2,000), the local board may provide an additional s upplement up\nto the amount required for the total annual supplement to equal two thousand\ndollars ($2,000). The supplement shall be added to:\n(a) The teacher's base salary on the local board's single salary schedule and shall\nbe considered in the calculati on for contributions to the Kentucky Teachers'\nRetirement System; or\n(b) The state -employed teacher's base salary and shall be considered in the\ncalculation for contributions to the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System.\nIf a nationally certified teacher becomes no longer employed as a classroom teacher\nor a teacher mentor in the field of his or her national certification, the supplement\nshall cease.\n(2) A local board of education or the Department of Education shall request\nreimbursement for these purposes  from the fund to support education excellence\ndescribed in KRS 157.330.","path":["KRS Chapter 157"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=50444","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:02Z","sha256":"4c93bfabf4be49389ac9b7f153148e85cbd6f159499fadb61ec391b6c8509c79","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-157.390","next":"us-ky/krs-157.397"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}