P.R. Laws tit. 18, § 313h
In order to stimulate compliance with the Professional Improvement Plans, the Secretary shall authorize one or more advances as incentives for the completion of each stage thereof.
To such effects, a member of the teaching career may receive one or more advances during the effectiveness of his/her Professional Improvement Plan, and may receive the consolidated amount that corresponds to more than one stage, if he/she completes them in the same year, or claims them at the same time. Each of the adjustments per stage will be equivalent, in the case of a member preparing for Level II, to one point eight percent (1.8%) of the basic salary provided. In the case of a member who is preparing for Level III, to five percent (5%) of the basic salary provided. In the case of a member who is preparing for Level IV the advances by stages shall be equal to be [sic] eight percent (8%) of the basic salary.
History —July 18, 1999, No. 158, § 3.09, renumbered as § 2.10 and amended on Aug. 28, 2002, No. 208, § 3.