§ 6-5-307 - Classroom teacher salary requirement.
6-5-307. Classroom teacher salary requirement.
(a) Any increase in Educational Excellence Trust Fund funds allocated for teacher salaries shall be used by school districts to provide salary increases for current certified personnel positions and for no other purpose, except that required social security and teacher retirement matching required to be paid by the school districts for certified personnel may be paid from the funds.
(b) Educational Excellence Trust Fund funds allocated for teacher salaries shall be disbursed by the Department of Education to school districts pursuant to the state foundation funding formula under 6-20-2305.
(c) In determining whether a school district has had an increase in Educational Excellence Trust Fund funds allocated for teacher salaries, any annual increase in such trust funds must exceed the level of the highest year since 1991 to be classified as an increase.
(d) "Salary increase", as used in this section, shall not include increments for experience or advanced hours or degrees.