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



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