Common use of Increment for College Credit Clause in Contracts

Increment for College Credit. The increment for credits earned from an accredited institute of higher education will be thirty dollars ($30.00) per semester hour, effective September 1, 2008. (The fifteen dollars ($15.00), twenty dollars ($20.00), and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per semester hour will remain in effect for all professional growth approved prior to September 1, 2008.) Effective September 1, 2008, the increment for semester hour credits in an approved Masters Program will be forty dollars ($40.00) per semester hour (the thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per semester hour will remain in effect for all approved Masters Programs prior to September 1, 2008). Effective July 1, 1999, the Board shall pay an increment of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) for semester hours earned subsequent to earning a Masters degree; this increment will not be retroactive. Courses used for increments must be approved by the Superintendent. Increments beyond the MA lane will not be given for those courses that were taken to obtain the MA.