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6-17-1604. High-need school salary bonus and hold-back longevity bonus.
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6-17-1604. High-need school salary bonus and hold-back longevity bonus.
(a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules for an additional high-need school salary bonus, including a hold-back longevity bonus, for each principal receiving master school principal status and serving as a principal of a high-need public school.
(b)(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall pay a high-need school salary bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for every school year for no more than five (5) years to any building-level principal who:
(A) Receives a master school principal designation from the Arkansas Leadership Academy; and
(B) At the time of receiving the bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), is employed full time as a building-level principal in a high-need public school.
(2) The high-need school salary bonus under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be paid as follows:
(A) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each school year a master principal is employed in a high-need public school; and
(B) An additional five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be set aside for each qualifying school year to be paid as follows:
(i) A hold-back longevity bonus of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at the end of three (3) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school; and
(ii) A hold-back longevity bonus of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) at the end of five (5) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school.
(3) The high-need school salary bonus with the hold-back longevity bonus payable under this section shall be paid in addition to the five-year incentive bonus allowed under § 6-17-1603, if the master principal is within the time frame for eligibility for the five-year inc
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-1604
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6-17-1604. High-need school salary bonus and hold-back longevity bonus.
(a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules for an additional high-need school salary bonus, including a hold-back longevity bonus, for each principal receiving master school principal status and serving as a principal of a high-need public school.
(b)(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall pay a high-need school salary bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for every school year for no more than five (5) years to any building-level principal who:
(A) Receives a master school principal designation from the Arkansas Leadership Academy; and
(B) At the time of receiving the bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), is employed full time as a building-level principal in a high-need public school.
(2) The high-need school salary bonus under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall be paid as follows:
(A) Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each school year a master principal is employed in a high-need public school; and
(B) An additional five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be set aside for each qualifying school year to be paid as follows:
(i) A hold-back longevity bonus of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at the end of three (3) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school; and
(ii) A hold-back longevity bonus of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) at the end of five (5) consecutive school years as a master school principal in the same school.
(3) The high-need school salary bonus with the hold-back longevity bonus payable under this section shall be paid in addition to the five-year incentive bonus allowed under § 6-17-1603, if the master principal is within the time frame for eligibility for the five-year incentive bonus.
(c) Regardless of a person's past participation in the Master School Principal Program, a person shall not receive a yearly incentive bonus, a salary bonus, or a longevity bonus if the person leaves full-time employment as a principal of an Arkansas public school district.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
6-17-1603. Yearly incentive bonus.
(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall promulgate rules for the nine-thousand-dollar yearly incentive bonus provided under this section for principals receiving master school principal status.
(b) The division shall pay a yearly incentive bonus of nine thousand dollars ($9,000) for every school year for no more than five (5) years to any building-level principal who:
(1) Receives a master school principal designation from the Arkansas Leadership Academy; and
(2) At the time of receiving the bonus, is employed full time as a building-level principal in an Arkansas public school district.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-1603
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