GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
SESSION LAW 2005-179
HOUSE BILL 11
AN ACT to clarify the certification requirements for school administrators.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-290.7(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) To qualify for certification as a school administrator, an individual must:
(1) Submit a complete
application to the State Board.Board;
(2) Pay the applicable fee.fee;
(3) Have a bachelors
degree from an accredited college or accredited university.university;
(4) Either (i) have a
graduate degree from a public school administration program that meets the
public school administrator administration program approval
standards set by the State Board of Education, or (ii) have a masters
degree from an accredited college or accredited university and have completed
by December 31, 1999, a public school administration program that meets the
public school administration program approval standards set by the State
Board of Education, or (iii) have education and training the State Board of
Education determines are equivalent; and
(5) Pass the exam adopted by the State Board.
The State Board may designate initial certification as a license. Advanced training may be designated as a certified area of practice."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of July, 2005.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 8:29 p.m. this 12th day of July, 2005