GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 1676*

Short Title:        Substitute Teacher Unemployment.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Fisher, Bell, Glazier, Jeffus (Primary Sponsors);  Adams, Brown, Cotham, England, Farmer-Butterfield, Gill, Harrison, Jackson, Luebke, McLawhorn, Rapp, Tarleton, Whilden, and Yongue.
Referred to:	Education, if favorable, Judiciary II.

May 13, 2010

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to restore a balance to the law on unemployment compensation for substitute teachers as recommended by the Joint legislative education Oversight Committee.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 96-8(10) is amended by adding a new sub-subdivision to read:

"f. No substitute teacher or other substitute school personnel shall be considered unemployed for days or weeks when not called to work unless the individual is or was employed as a full-time substitute during the period of time for which the individual is requesting benefits. For the purposes of this subsection, full-time substitute is defined as a substitute employee who works more than 30 hours a week on a continual basis for a period of six months or more."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 96-8(6)k.21. is repealed.

SECTION 3.  G.S. 96-8(6)k.22. is repealed.

SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.