TITLE 17. EDUCATION

CHAPTER 37. TEACHER INCENTIVE PROGRAMS

 

17:3832      Teacher incentive programs; establishment

 Any local system may establish a program for awarding incentive pay to its teachers for not using sick leave. The program shall include the criteria for eligibility for incentive pay, the amount of incentive pay, the method by which teachers shall be reviewed for eligibility, and how such eligibility shall be determined. Determination of the amount of incentive pay which eligible teachers are to receive shall be made by the local system. The incentive pay awarded under a program for not using sick leave established pursuant to this Chapter shall be in addition to any other salary the teacher is entitled to receive from the local system, the state, or any other governmental entity. Any incentive payment shall be nonrecurring and shall be made solely from local funds.

Added by Acts 1999, No. 1231, ยง 1, eff. July 9, 1999.