House Journal: Page 1571: Wednesday, April 21, 1999

24   registration, submitting to the department any

25   documentation the department requires.  A teacher who
26   receives an initial reimbursement award shall receive
27   a one-time final registration award in the amount of
28   the remaining national board registration fee paid by
29   the teacher if the teacher notifies the department of
30   the teacher's certification achievement and submits
31   any documentation requested by the department.
32     b.  (1)  If, by May 1, 2000, the teacher applies to
33   the department for an annual award and submits
34   documentation of certification by the national board
35   for professional teaching standards, an annual award
36   in the amount of five thousand dollars.  However, if
37   the teacher does not achieve certification on the
38   teacher's first attempt to pass the national board for
39   professional teaching standards assessment, the
40   teacher shall be paid the award amount as provided in
41   subparagraph (2) upon achieving certification.  The
42   department shall award not more than a total of fifty
43   thousand dollars in annual awards to an individual
44   during the individual's term of eligibility for annual
45   awards.
46     (2)  If the teacher registers for national board
47   for professional teaching standards certification
48   between January 1, 1999, and January 1, 2002, and
49   achieves certification within three years from the
50   date of initial score notification, an annual award in
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 1   the amount of two thousand five dollars upon achieving
 2   certification by the national board of professional
 3   teaching standards.
 4     To receive an annual award pursuant to this
 5   paragraph "b", a teacher shall apply to the department
 6   for an award within one year of eligibility.  Payment
 7   for awards shall be made only upon departmental
 8   approval of an application or recertification of
 9   eligibility.  A term of eligibility shall be for ten
10   years or for the years in which the individual
11   maintains a valid certificate, whichever time period
12   is shorter.  In order to continue receipt of payments,
13   a recipient shall annually recertify eligibility.
14     2.  a.  If the amount appropriated annually for
15   purposes of this section is insufficient to pay the
16   full amount of reimbursement awards in accordance with
17   subsection 1, paragraph "a", the department shall
18   annually prorate the amount of the registration awards
19   provided to each teacher who meets the requirements of
20   this section.
21     b.  If the amount appropriated annually for
22   purposes of providing an annual award in accordance

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