FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

JIM HORNE

Commissioner of Education

 

  

 

 

 

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

  

 

F. PHILIP HANDY,

Chairman

 

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Vice Chairman

 

 

Members

 

 

LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.

 

CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA

 

JULIA L. JOHNSON

 

WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.

  

 

LINDA K. TAYLOR

 

 

 

March 2, 2004

 

 

 

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

(Mentoring Bonus)

 

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

please be advised that funds for payment of the annual

mentoring bonus

for qualified National

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

mentoring 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) 245-0435

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Disbursement of Funds-Mentoring Bonus

March 2, 2004

 

 

Beginning

April 1, 2004

through

June 14, 2004

, district contacts will submit

mentoring

bonus

request forms for each qualified National Board Certified Teacher who opted to

mentor. The

June 14, 2004

, deadline allows the Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching

Program staff to process and pay the bonuses by

June 30, 2004

, the end of the fiscal year.

Upon receipt of the requests, bonuses will be processed

and sent via electronic wire

transfer to the district finance office for payment to each teacher.

    

 

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

contact the Department of Education Comptroller’s Office at 850-245-9211. 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.