[§302A-633.6] Allocations for coaches. (a) Persons who serve as coaches for school activities shall be paid a portion or all of their allocation for their services, which shall increase by the same percentage as specified in a collectively bargained agreement negotiated for bargaining unit (5) and in force for that time period. Coaches covered by this section may request the department of budget and finance to dispense their allocation directly to the school to be used for the benefit of the coaches' team.

(b) The base stipend for coaches shall be the compensation amounts for coaches for the 2000-2001 school year. Effective July 1, 2003, the base stipend for all coaches of department of education activities shall be increased by fifty per cent for coaches who are employed by the department of education in a teaching capacity and by twenty-five per cent for coaches who are not employed by the department of education in a teaching capacity. [L 2001, c 315, §2]