Amount of salaries to be in compliance with adequate education program law; annual report on number of certificated and noncertificated employees receiving salary from both a school district and Public Employees' Retirement System

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  1. In employing and contracting with appointed superintendents, principals and certificated employees, the school board shall in all cases determine whether the amount of salary to be paid such superintendent, principals and certificated employees is in compliance with the provisions of the adequate education program.No contract shall be entered into where the salary of a superintendent, principal or certificated employee is to be paid, in whole or in part, from adequate education program funds except where the requirements of said chapter as to the amount of such salary are fully met.Nothing herein shall be construed, however, to prohibit any school district from increasing the salaries of appointed superintendents, principals and certificated employees above the amounts fixed by said chapter, provided that the amount of such increase is paid from funds available to such district other than adequate program funds.Provided further, that school districts are authorized, in their discretion, to negotiate the salary levels applicable to certificated employees employed after July 1, 2009, who are receiving retirement benefits from the retirement system of another state, and the annual experience increment provided in Section 37-19-7 shall not be applicable to any such retired certificated employee.Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit any school district from complying with the school district employee furlough provisions of Section 37-7-308.
  2. Each school district shall provide an annual report to the State Department of Education on the number of certificated and noncertificated employees receiving a salary from the school district who are also receiving retirement benefits from the Public Employees' Retirement System.This report shall include the name of the employee(s), the hours per week for which the employee is under contract and the services for which the employee is under contract.Said required annual report shall be in a form and deadline promulgated by the State Board of Education.


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