FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

JIM HORNE

Commissioner of Education

 

  

 

 

 

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

  

 

F. PHILIP HANDY,

Chairman

 

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Vice Chairman

 

 

Members

 

SALLY BRADSHAW

 

LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.

 

CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA

 

JULIA L. JOHNSON

 

WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.

  

 

November 3, 2003

 

 

 

MEMORANDUM

 

  

  

  

  

Contact Person

 

 

 

TO:

 

  

District School Superintendents

Name:

Beatrice H. Monroe

District

Finance

Officers

  

Phone:

850-245-0554

District

ETP

Contacts

   

Suncom:

293-0554

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

Fax:

850-245-0602

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

E-mail:

Beatrice.Monroe@fldoe.org

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

FROM

:

Ava G. Byrne

 

SUBJECT

:

Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program

 

  

Disbursement of Funds (Salary Bonus)

 

Pursuant to Section 1012.72, Florida Statutes, the Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program,

please be advised that funds for payment of the annual

salary bonus

for qualified National

Board Certified Teachers (NBCT’s) will be forthcoming. The

salary bonus

for the

2003-2004

 

school year is based on a calculation of ten percent (10%) of the

2002-2003

statewide average

teacher’s salary, which is

$4,027.50.

   

 

Effective July 1, 2002, the salary bonus became compensation for retirement as specified in

Section 121.021 (22)(a) 6., Florida Statutes

. When 7.65 percent for the district’s share of

FICA

, which is

$308.10

, and 7.39 percent for retirement, which is

$297.63

, are added, the total

amount to be forwarded to the district for each qualified National Board Certified Teacher is

$4,633.23. The district shall determine the appropriate individual withholding for each

qualified National Board Certified Teacher, make the deductions, and pay the remaining

bonus to each teacher.

 

 

 

AVA G. BYRNE, CHIEF

BUREAU OF EDUCATOR RECRUITMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 124 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 922-9750

 

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Disbursement of Funds-Salary Bonus

November 3, 2003

Page 2

 

 

When district contacts submit

salary bonus

request form

s for qualified NBCT’s to the Dale

Hickam Excellent Teaching Program staff, bonuses will be processed in early

December

2003 through January 2004, and sent via electronic wire transfer to the district finance

office.

   

 

If further clarification is needed regarding the transfer of funds, please do not hesitate to

contact the Department of Education Comptroller’s Office at 850-487-2460. If you have

questions related to the Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program, please call Beatrice H.

Monroe at the telephone number on the previous page.