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least 60 percent of student headcount enrollment is eligible for 1 federal free or reduced-price lunch, or (C) elementary schools where 2 at least 70 percent of student headcount enrollment is eligible for 3 federal free or reduced-price lunch; 4 (iii) The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules 5 to ensure that national board certified teachers meet the 6 qualifications for bonuses under (b) of this subsection for less than 7 one full school year receive bonuses in a prorated manner. All 8 bonuses in this subsection will be paid in July of each school year. 9 Bonuses in this subsection shall be reduced by a factor of 40 percent 10 for first year NBPTS certified teachers, to reflect the portion of 11 the instructional school year they are certified; and 12 (iv) During the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years, and within 13 available funds, certificated instructional staff who have met the 14 eligibility requirements and have applied for certification from the 15 national board for professional teaching standards may receive a 16 conditional loan of two thousand dollars or the amount set by the 17 office of the superintendent of public instruction to contribute 18 toward the current assessment fee, not including the initial up-front 19 candidacy payment. The fee shall be an advance on the first annual 20 bonus under RCW 28A.405.415. The conditional loan is provided in 21 addition to compensation received under a district's salary 22 allocation and shall not be included in calculations of a district's 23 average salary and associated salary limitation under RCW 24 28A.400.200. Recipients who fail to receive certification after fully 25 exhausting all years of candidacy as set by the national board for 26 professional teaching standards are required to repay the conditional 27 loan. The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall 28 adopt rules to define the terms for initial grant of the assessment 29 fee and repayment, including applicable fees. To the extent 30 necessary, the superintendent may use revenues from the repayment of 31 conditional loan scholarships to ensure payment of all national board 32 bonus payments required by this section in each school year. 33 (b) $3,418,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 34 year 2022 and $3,418,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 35 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for implementation of a new 36 performance-based evaluation for certificated educators and other 37 activities as provided in chapter 235, Laws of 2010 (education 38 reform) and chapter 35, Laws of 2012 (certificated employee 39 evaluations). 40 p. 1275 ESSB 5187.SL