Changes to Existing Law

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, aA school district may offer and, upon the signing of a contract by both parties, pay a signing bonus, moving expenses, or tuition reimbursement to a teacher staff member employed in the school district.

Any A payment authorized in § 13-43-61 may be paid as follows: (1) In one lump sum, upon completion of the teacher's staff member's first year of employment in the school district; or (2) In installments, over a period not to exceed three years from the date theteacher staff member signed a contract of employment with the school district, and upon the terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the school district and the teacherstaff member.

Any A payment authorized in § 13-43-61 is in addition to any amount payable under a negotiated teacher's contract, and a. A school district may, but is not required to, negotiate any a payment authorized in § 13-43-61 with the teacher's staff member's designated collective bargaining representative. 20