15-941. Teacher experience index; computation;
definition
A. The teacher experience index for each school district shall be computed as
follows:
1. For the school district:
Number of FTE
years of
experience of
Number of years Number of FTE certified
of experience certified teachers teachers___
1 x ____ = ____
2 x ____ = ____
3 x ____ = ____
4 x ____ = ____
5 x ____ = ____
6 x ____ = ____
7 x ____ = ____
8 x ____ = ____
9 x ____ = ____
10 x ____ = ____
11 x ____ = ____
12 x ____ = ____
13 x ____ = ____
14 x ____ = ____
15 (or more) x ____ = ____
Total
A B
2. Divide total B by total A to determine the average number of FTE years of
experience of FTE certified teachers in the school district.
3. For the state:
Number of FTE
years of
experience of
Number of years Number of FTE certified
of experience certified teachers teachers___
1 x ____ = ____
2 x ____ = ____
3 x ____ = ____
4 x ____ = ____
5 x ____ = ____
6 x ____ = ____
7 x ____ = ____
8 x ____ = ____
9 x ____ = ____
10 x ____ = ____
11 x ____ = ____
12 x ____ = ____
13 x ____ = ____
14 x ____ = ____
15 (or more) x ____ = ____
Total
C D
4. Divide total D by total C to determine the average number of FTE years of
experience of FTE certified teachers in the state.
5. Subtract the quotient obtained in paragraph 4 from the quotient obtained in
paragraph 2 and multiply the remainder by 0.0225.
6. Add 1.00 to the product obtained in paragraph 5.
B. Librarians, guidance counselors, curriculum coordinators and other personnel who
do not conduct regularly scheduled classes shall not be included as certified teachers
and shall be coded separately from certified teachers in the uniform system of financial
records.
C. Each school district shall on or before October 15 submit to the superintendent
of public instruction in electronic format the data prescribed in subsection A,
paragraphs 1 and 2 for the current year. The superintendent of public instruction shall
use the data to compute the teacher experience index of each school district for the
budget year.
D. The superintendent of public instruction shall on or before March 15 notify each
school district of its teacher experience index for the budget year. Between March 15
and April 15, a school district may submit corrections to data that it submitted pursuant
to subsection C and the superintendent of public instruction on or before April 15 shall
recompute the teacher experience index for the district for the budget year using the
corrected data. The teacher experience index for a school district that does not submit
data corrections between March 15 and April 15 shall be the teacher experience index
computed for the district by the superintendent of public instruction on or before March
15. A school district that submits data corrections pursuant to this subsection shall
submit a letter explaining the need for the corrections to the superintendent of public
instruction and the chairman of the joint legislative budget committee. The teacher
experience index for the budget year shall not be recalculated after April 15 unless the
superintendent of public instruction determines that the school district has submitted
data resulting in an overstatement of the teacher experience index for the budget year.
E. For the purposes of this section, "number of years of experience" means the
number of years of classroom instruction conducted by a certified teacher in the school
district in which the certified teacher is currently employed, including the number of
years of experience of the certified teacher granted by the school district for the
certified teacher on the district's salary schedule for experience outside of the school
district.
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