Current through 2016 Legislative Session, Act 399
The Department of Education with the approval of the State Board of Education shall make rules and regulations concerning instruction in driver education in nonpublic high schools. Such rules and regulations shall provide for at least the following:
(1) The qualification of teachers for driver education in nonpublic high schools shall be the same as the qualification for teachers in the public high schools;
(2) The ratio of teachers to pupils for assignment of driver education teachers in nonpublic high schools shall be based upon 1 teacher for each 125 tenth grade pupils enrolled in the nonpublic high school; or one fifth of a teacher assignment for each full 25 tenth grade pupils. Those tenth grade pupils enrolled in the nonpublic high school who are not residents of the State shall be excluded from said ratio.
(3) General supervision for the program of instruction in driver education in nonpublic high schools shall be under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education or this supervision may be assigned to a local public reorganized school district;
(4) Assignment of teachers to nonpublic high schools shall be by authority of the Department of Education and the Department may require from the nonpublic high schools a statement of certified enrollment on such date and in such form as the Department may require for making the decision relative to assignment;
(5) Salary for teachers in nonpublic high schools, when paid from funds of this State, shall be in accord with the regularly adopted salary schedules set forth in Chapter 13 of this title. The salary so computed shall be divided by the appropriate factor specified in §
1305(b) of this title to account for supplements normally provided by local school districts. In addition to the above calculation, teachers and administrators qualifying for professional development clusters in accordance with §
1305(l) of this title shall receive an additional amount equal to the approved cluster percentage multiplied by the base salary amount defined in §
1305(b) of this title. This calculation shall not be increased for 11- or 12-month employment. The percentage shall only be applied to the base 10-month salary for 10-, 11- and 12-month employees. In accordance with §
1305(p) of this title, the cluster percentage is capped at 15%.
(6) For the purposes of administration and supervision, the teachers of driver education in nonpublic high schools shall be assigned to the Department of Education.
(7) Funds for the payment of the salary due to teachers of driver education in nonpublic high schools shall be appropriated to the Department of Education.
(8) A teacher of driver education may be assigned to several nonpublic, or to both nonpublic and public high schools, in accord with the ratio for assignment as set forth in this section.
14 Del. C. 1953, § 131; 56 Del. Laws, c. 439, § 1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 113; 66 Del. Laws, c. 303, §286 (b); 71 Del. Laws, c. 180, § 12; 71 Del. Laws, c. 354, § 396; 73 Del. Laws, c. 312, § 312; 75 Del. Laws, c. 89, § 334.;