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(a) $75,317,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 1 fiscal year 2024 and $77,424,000 of the general fund—state 2 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the 3 following bonuses for teachers who hold valid, unexpired 4 certification from the national board for professional teaching 5 standards and who are teaching in a Washington public school, subject 6 to the following conditions and limitations: 7 (i) For national board certified teachers, a bonus of $6,206 per 8 teacher in the 2023-24 school year and a bonus of $6,336 per teacher 9 in the 2024-25 school year; 10 (ii) An additional $5,000 annual bonus shall be paid to national 11 board certified teachers who teach in either: (A) High schools where 12 at least 50 percent of student headcount enrollment is eligible for 13 federal free or reduced-price lunch, (B) middle schools where at 14 least 60 percent of student headcount enrollment is eligible for 15 federal free or reduced-price lunch, or (C) elementary schools where 16 at least 70 percent of student headcount enrollment is eligible for 17 federal free or reduced-price lunch; 18 (iii) The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules 19 to ensure that national board certified teachers meet the 20 qualifications for bonuses under (b) of this subsection for less than 21 one full school year receive bonuses in a prorated manner. All 22 bonuses in this subsection will be paid in July of each school year. 23 Bonuses in this subsection shall be reduced by a factor of 40 percent 24 for first year NBPTS certified teachers, to reflect the portion of 25 the instructional school year they are certified; and 26 (iv) During the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years, and within 27 available funds, certificated instructional staff who have met the 28 eligibility requirements and have applied for certification from the 29 national board for professional teaching standards may receive a 30 conditional loan of two thousand dollars or the amount set by the 31 office of the superintendent of public instruction to contribute 32 toward the current assessment fee, not including the initial up-front 33 candidacy payment. The fee shall be an advance on the first annual 34 bonus under RCW 28A.405.415. The conditional loan is provided in 35 addition to compensation received under a district's salary 36 allocation and shall not be included in calculations of a district's 37 average salary and associated salary limitation under RCW 38 28A.400.200. Recipients who fail to receive certification after fully 39 exhausting all years of candidacy as set by the national board for 40 p. 509 ESSB 5187.SL