Overview
General Fund appropriation of $5 million over the
biennium to provide financial incentives (not to exceed $5,000 per teacher/per
school year) to newly hired teachers to be administered through a district’s
performance pay and enhanced compensation program for the recruitment and
retention of licensed teachers and administrators. Incentives are provided for
teachers or administrators for service in a Title I or other school that
receives one of the two lowest possible ratings as determined by the
Department. The balance of the Teacher Incentive Fund ($7.5 million per year
from FY 2016 and FY 2017) is transferred to fund the expansion of services to
English learners, anticipating a policy change to allow for Zoom funding including
incentives as an allowable expense – in alignment with Victory.