Maine Revised Statutes

1. Salary supplement.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Education shall provide a public school teacher who has attained certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, or its successor organization, as of July 1, 2006 or thereafter with an annual national board certification salary supplement of $3,000 for the life of the certificate. The salary supplement must be added to the teacher's base salary and must be considered in the calculation for contributions to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. If a nationally certified teacher becomes no longer employed as a classroom teacher in the field of that teacher's national certification, the supplement ceases.

2. Local filing; certification.  On or before October 15th annually, the superintendent of schools of a school administrative unit or the chief administrative officer of a career and technical education region shall file with the commissioner a certified list of national board-certified teachers eligible to receive the salary supplement pursuant to subsection 1.

3. Payment.  The department shall provide the salary supplement to eligible teachers no later than February 15th of each year.

4. Expend funds.  A school administrative unit may expend funds received through the salary supplement under subsection 1 without calling for a special meeting of the local legislative body.