§302A-631  Educational officers with specialassignments; principals and vice-principals at special needs schools.  (a) Educational officers at the state, district, and school levels with specialassignments, where their duties and responsibilities are greater than theduties and responsibilities falling within the scope of their ordinary dutiesand responsibilities, shall be provided additional benefits by the department.

(b)  Principals and vice-principals at specialneeds schools shall be provided additional benefits by the department pursuantto section 302A-625.  As used in this subsection, "special needsschools" means those schools having a relatively large proportion ofstudents exhibiting low performance, as indicated by such factors as low standardizedachievement test scores, a high retention rate, and a low graduation rate forthe area. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2; am L 2001, c 256, §5]