Each year when determining the salary of a person who is employed by a school district as a professional school library media specialist, the school district shall add 5 percent to the salary that the employee would otherwise receive in 1 year for the employee’s classification on the schedule of salaries of the school district if:

1. On or before September 15 of the school year, the employee has submitted evidence satisfactory to the school district of the employee’s current certification as a professional school library media specialist issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; and

2. The employee is assigned by the school district to serve as a professional school library media specialist during that school year.

No increase in salary may be given pursuant to this section during a particular school year to an employee who submits evidence of certification after September 15 of that school year. Once an employee has submitted evidence of such certification to the school district, the school district shall retain the evidence in its records, as applicable, for future school years. An increase in salary given in accordance with this section is in addition to any other increase to which the employee may otherwise be entitled.

[338:32:1956] — (NRS A 1969, 1178; 1971, 75; 1979, 307, 1605; 1991, 817; 1993, 426; 1999, 1037, 1559; 2001, 1904; 2001 Special Session, 182; 2005, 2446; 2007, 2385; 2015, 2314) — (Substituted in revision for part of NRS 391.160)