NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 731

SENATE BILL 850

AN ACT TO CLARIFY CERTIFICATION REGULATIONS CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 115-152 is rewritten to read as follows: "All teachers, supervisors, and other professional personnel employed in the public schools of the State or in schools receiving public funds, shall be required either to hold or be qualified to hold a certificate in compliance with the provision of the law or in accordance with the regulations of the State Board of Education: Provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the employment of temporary personnel under such rules as the State Board of Education may prescribe: Provided further, that no person shall be employed to teach who is under 18 years of age."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 115-155 is amended by deleting the first paragraph and by inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"It shall be unlawful for any board of education or school committee to employ or keep in service any teacher, supervisor, or professional person who neither holds nor is qualified to hold a certificate in compliance with the provision of the law or in accordance with the regulations of the State Board of Education."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 115-166 is amended by deleting from the last sentence of the second paragraph the following phrase: "the county or city superintendent of schools or".

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1975.