SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take

effect October 1. 1999.
Approved May 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 600
(House Bill 9)

AN ACT concerning

Quality Teacher Incentive Act of 1999

FOR the purpose of providing certain competitive State grants to county boards of
education for certain teacher mentoring programs; providing for a 3-year
certain probationary period of employment for teachers and an extension under
certain circumstances and certain other public school employees; requiring the
State Board to adopt certain regulations for certain mentoring programs;
providing for certain State stipends and salary enhancements bonuses for
certain teachers under certain circumstances; requiring the Governor to include
funding for certain stipends and salary enhancements bonuses in the operating
budget each year; repealing certain authority for the State Board of Education
to establish a certain fee for issuance or renewal of teacher certificates;
requiring the State Department of Education to collect a fee of a certain amount
for the issuance or renewal of certain certificates; providing that all money
collected from the fees constitutes a special fund to be used only to defray
partially the expenses incurred in the administration of teacher certificates;
allowing an individual who is a classroom teacher a credit against the State
income tax for certain tuition paid for certain courses required to maintain
certification under certain circumstances; providing for a certain report;
defining a certain term; providing for a delayed effective date for certain
provisions of this Act; and generally relating to qualifications and incentives for
teachers in Maryland public school systems.

BY repealing

Article - Education
Section 6-202(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 5-206.1, 6-202(b), and 6-306

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,