2001 Minnesota Statutes

     126C.11 Training and experience index. 

    The training and experience index for fiscal year 1999 and 
 later must be constructed in the following manner:  

    (a) The department must construct a matrix that classifies 
 teachers by the extent of training received in accredited 
 institutions of higher education and by the years of experience 
 that districts take into account in determining teacher salaries.

    (b) The average salary for each cell of the matrix must be 
 computed as follows using data from fiscal year 1997:  

    (1) For each district, multiply the salary paid to 
 full-time equivalent teachers with that combination of training 
 and experience according to the district's teacher salary 
 schedule by the number of resident pupil units in that district. 

    (2) Add the amounts computed in clause (1) for all 
 districts in the state and divide the resulting sum by the total 
 number of resident pupil units in all districts in the state 
 that employ teachers.  

    (c) For each cell in the matrix, compute the ratio of the 
 average salary in that cell to the average salary for all 
 teachers in the state during fiscal year 1997.  

    (d) The index for each district that employs teachers 
 equals the sum of:  (i) for teachers employed in that district 
 during fiscal year 1997 and the current fiscal year, the ratios 
 for each teacher computed using data for fiscal year 1997; and 
 (ii) for teachers employed in that district during the current 
 fiscal year but not during fiscal year 1997, the ratio for 
 teachers who are in their first year of teaching and who have no 
 additional credits or degrees above a bachelor's degree divided 
 by the number of teachers in that district.  The index for a 
 district that employs no teachers is zero. 

    HIST: 1983 c 314 art 1 s 10; 1991 c 265 art 1 s 11; 1992 c 499 
 art 7 s 31; 1993 c 224 art 1 s 11; 1Sp1997 c 4 art 1 s 35; 1998 
 c 397 art 7 s 144,164; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 1 s 39; 1999 c 
 241 art 1 s 54; 2000 c 489 art 2 s 28; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 3 s 82; 1Sp2001 c 
 6 art 1 s 42 

*   NOTE:  This section is repealed by Laws 2001, First Special 
*Session chapter 5, article 2, section 30, paragraph (a), 
*effective for revenue for fiscal year 2003.  Laws 2001, First 
*Special Session chapter 5, article 2, section 30, paragraph (a).