RELATES TO:
KRS
157.390,
157.395,
160.291,
160.450,
161.210(1)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
160.291 requires for all school employees
working on a continuing, regular basis of less than twelve (12) months a year
to be paid regularly, on dates determined by the employing board of education,
with the gross salary received on each pay date to be equal to the employee's
annual salary divided by the number of pay dates and with payments deemed to be
for services rendered.
KRS
160.450 requires the fiscal year of all
school districts to begin on July 1 and end on June 30.
KRS
161.210 requires a teacher or other person in
a public school to submit reports at the time and in the manner prescribed by
the state board.
KRS
156.070 requires the Kentucky Board of
Education to manage and control public schools.
KRS
157.395 requires a local board of education
to provide a public school teacher who has attained certification from the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standard with an annual salary
supplement for the life of the certificate while the teacher is employed as a
teacher or mentor in the field of national certification. This administrative
regulation establishes procedures relative to payment of certified and
classified school employees.
Section
1. A board of education shall establish a calendar for payment of
salaries to all school employees working on a continuing, regular basis of less
than twelve (12) months a year and may require a teacher to present reports of
attendance and other necessary reports before the salary check is
delivered.
Section 2. A board of
education may adopt a policy whereby employees' salaries may be made payable
for a period in excess of the number of months for which the school is
operated, not exceeding twelve (12) months if the board adopts one (1) of the
following plans:
(1) The board of education
shall write all deferred salary checks on or before June 30 of the current
fiscal year and these deferred checks shall then be delivered at the regular
pay periods in July and August of the following fiscal year; or
(2) The board of education shall set up a
payroll account into which shall be transferred on the order of the board of
education on or before June 30, the gross amount for salaries earned by
employees but not paid. The amounts transferred into this payroll account shall
be held for the payment of deferred employees' salaries and shall not be used
for any other purpose. Payment of salaries from this fund shall be at the
regular pay periods in July and August of the following fiscal year.
Section 3. Upon written request to
the superintendent by a school district employee, a local board of education
shall pay all deferred salary checks to the employee. To comply with the
written request, a local board shall provide the deferred checks prior to the
end of the fiscal year and no later than the first regular payroll date
occurring after completion of the employee's responsibilities or duties.
Section 4.
(1) A board of education shall pay an annual
national board certification salary supplement to a teacher who has attained
certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards who
works as a teacher or mentor in the field of certification at least fifty (50)
percent of the time.
(2) A board of
education shall request reimbursement for salaries supplements paid during a
school year by submitting the following information to the Department of
Education by May 15 of that school year:
(a)
Teacher's name;
(b) Field of
national certification;
(c) Subject
and grade;
(d) Date of
certification;
(e) For teachers
eligible for the first time, the date of completion of all requirements for the
National Board for Professional Teaching certificate;
(f) School name; and
(g) Reimbursement amount requested.
(3) If an eligible teacher
satisfactorily completes all requirements for the National Board for
Professional Teaching certificate by September 1 of the school year, the salary
supplement shall be added to the teacher's annual salary. If the teacher
becomes eligible for the national board certification salary supplement during
the school year, the school district shall pay the portion of the salary
supplement equal to the portion of the school year during which the teacher was
eligible.
(4) If the teacher
becomes ineligible for the national board certification salary supplement
during the school year, the school district shall pay the portion of the salary
supplement equal to the portion of the school year during which the teacher was
eligible.
This is to certify that the chief state school officer has
reviewed and recommended this administrative regulation prior to its adoption
by the Kentucky Board of Education, as required by
KRS
156.070(5).
