Public Policy

Funding for National Board Certified Teachers

OCTOBER 2009
A GAE ISSUE UPDATE

@Issue: For the 2010 fiscal year, Gov. Sonny Perdue proposed to eliminate National Board Certification stipends for more than 2,000 Georgia’s teachers.
Georgia’s program had previously guaranteed a 10 percent bonus to any teacher achieving this advanced level of certification.
UPDATE—For almost a year, GAE has partnered with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to secure funding.
Our strategy: GAE has chosen a legislation vs. litigation strategy. In other words, GAE is working closely with legislators to be part of the decision-making process.

For more details on this issue, click on “GAE NBCT Update: Legislation vs. Litigation” (member only site of the GAE web).

Marcus Downs, Director
GAE Government Relations
678-837-1144
1-800-282-7142, ext. 1144
marcus.downs@gae.org