The number of program units for licensed school employees certified by the national board for professional teaching standards is determined by multiplying by one and one-half the number of licensed school employees certified by the national board for professional teaching standards employed by the school district or charter school on or before the first reporting date of the school year and verified by the department. Department approval of these units shall be contingent on verification by the school district or charter school that these licensed school employees hold certification by the national board for professional teaching standards and are receiving a one-time salary differential equal to or greater than the amount generated by the units multiplied by the program unit value during the fiscal year in which the school district or charter school will receive these units. History: Laws 2003, ch. 144, § 2; 2003, ch. 152, § 9; 2006, ch. 94, § 14; 2010, ch. 116, § 5; 2023, ch. 145, § 1. The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, allowed licensed school employees certified by the national board for professional teaching standards to generate program units in the public school funding formula; in the section heading, deleted "certified teachers"; after "program units for", deleted "teachers" and added "licensed school employees", after "one-half the number of", deleted "teachers" and added "licensed school employees", and after "these", deleted "teachers" and added "licensed school employees hold certification by the national board for professional teaching standards and". Applicability. — Laws 2023, ch. 145, § 2 provided that the provisions of Laws 2023, ch. 145, § 1 apply to the 2023-2024 and subsequent school years. The 2010 amendment, effective May 19, 2010, in the first sentence, after "charter school on or before the", deleted "fortieth day" and added "first reporting date". The 2006 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, added charter schools.
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