NBPTS Certification Financial Assistance Option

(a)The Department of Education may pay one-half (1/2) of the NBPTS participation fee and provide, if determined to be necessary by the Department of Education, substitute pay for a maximum of five

(5)days of approved paid leave for teachers participating in the NBPTS program. A teacher shall have completed at least three

(3)years teaching in the Guam COL 110609 CH. 5B TEACHER INCENTIVE P AY public school system before applying for NBPTS assistance under this Section, and shall not have previously received funding for participation in any certification area in the NBPTS program.

(b)

(1)A teacher who receives government moneys for the NBPTS participation fee, but who does not complete the certification process or who becomes certified but does not teach in the Guam Public School System for two

(2)continuous school years after receiving the NBPTS certification, shall repay the Department of Education the amount it contributed to the NBPTS participation fee.

(2)Repayment of moneys contributed by the Department of Education are not required if the teacher does not complete the NBPTS certification process or does not teach in the Guam Public School System for two

(2)continuous school years after completing the certification process due to the death or disability of the teacher, or other extenuating circumstances as may be recognized by the Department of Education.

(c)The award shall be limited to ten

(10)teachers per fiscal year. The Department of Education shall by appropriate rule, determine an equitable method for selection. All teachers who are under service credit repayment status of the Dr. Antonio C. Yamashita Educator Corps, or one

(1)of its predecessors, shall not be eligible for assistance herein until such service credit is repaid. The cost of the certification program under § 5B102(a) of this Chapter shall be subject to the availability of funds.