Title 16 — Title 16

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the School Principal Leadership and Mentoring Act. History: (Act 2023-340, §1.)

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. An individual who is certified for the position of assistant principal, as prescribed by the board, and who is employed full-time by a local board of education as an …

(a)(1) A design team shall be appointed to develop the program. In selecting design team members, the superintendent may consult with professional associations that primarily serve school administrators, higher education partners, and others to facilitate a design team with exper…

Commencing with the 2023-2024 school year, the design team shall develop the program in three phases, with increasing complexity and accountability, and implemented in the following stages: (1) Commencing with the 2023-2024 school year, each school administrator shall develop a c…

(a) Any appropriation by the Legislature shall be used, in part, to fund salary supplements and related benefit costs for school administrators and other costs relating to the program. (b)(1) The department shall provide an annual supplement of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000…

(a) The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the department an amount sufficient to cover the actual costs of developing and implementing the program including, but not limited to, the awarding of stipends and grants and the hiring of additional staff as necessary. Any appro…

(a) On or before the first legislative day of the 2025 Regular Session, the superintendent shall submit a report to the Legislature regarding the design and implementation status of the program. The report shall be submitted to the Chairs of the Senate Finance and Taxation Educat…