(a) Public charter schools created pursuant to the Alabama School Choice and Student Opportunity Act, Chapter 6F, shall be allocated TEAMS positions and funding in the same manner as local boards under this article, provided the public charter school complies with all requirements of the program established by the department.
(b) Charter school governing boards may offer preliminary or advanced contracts to qualified teachers based on the TEAMS salary schedule in the same manner as local boards, and qualified teachers may also receive the hard-to-staff supplement provided in Section 16-13-335, subject to this article. Notwithstanding any provision of this article, any such contract shall be at least one year and shall be terminable at will by the charter school governing board.