Finds that the national board for professional teaching standards has established high and rigorous standards for what highly accomplished teachers should know and be able to do in order to increase students' learning results.

Provides that certificated instructional staff who have met the eligibility requirements and have applied for certification from the national board for professional teaching standards shall receive funding for the assessment fee.

Declares that the superintendent of public instruction shall identify criteria for selecting recipients if more than one thousand certified instructional staff seek funding assistance for national board certification.

Provides an appropriation of two million five hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, from the general fund to the superintendent of public instruction for the purposes of this act.