NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 236

SENATE BILL 323

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 115-153 OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 115-153 is amended by removing the period at the end of the first paragraph, inserting a semicolon in lieu thereof and adding the following clauses:

"Provided, that the State Board of Education shall require each applicant for an initial certificate or graduate certificate to demonstrate his or her academic and professional preparation by achieving a prescribed minimum score at least equivalent to that required by the Board on November 30, 1972, on a standard examination appropriate and adequate for that purpose;

Provided, further, that in the event the Board shall specify the National Teachers Examination for this purpose, the required minimum score shall not be lower than that which the Board required on November 30, 1972."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of April. 1973.