GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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SENATE BILL DRS45330-MR-81   (03/17)

Short Title:      Portability of Leave/Charter Schools.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Sanderson (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to allow sick leave to be transferred between a charter school and a local school administrative unit.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑12(8) reads as rewritten:

"(8)      Power to Make Provisions for Sick Leave and for Substitute Teachers. – The Board shall provide for sick leave with pay for all public school employees in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and shall promulgate rules and regulations providing for necessary substitutes on account of sick leave and other teacher absences.

Rules providing for sick leave shall allow sick leave to be transferred between a charter school and a local school administrative unit. Leave to be accepted by a local school administrative unit must not result in leave being accrued at a greater rate than the rate set by the Board.

The minimum pay for a substitute teacher who holds a teaching certificate shall be sixty‑five percent (65%) of the daily pay rate of an entry‑level teacher with an "A" certificate. The minimum pay for a substitute teacher who does not hold a teaching certificate shall be fifty percent (50%) of the daily pay rate of an entry‑level teacher with an "A" certificate. The pay for noncertified substitutes shall not exceed the pay of certified substitutes.

Local boards may use State funds allocated for substitute teachers to hire full‑time substitute teachers.

If a teacher assistant acts as a substitute teacher, the salary of the teacher assistant for the day shall be the same as the daily salary of an entry‑level teacher with an "A" certificate."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 115C‑218.90(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(6) Charter school employees shall be eligible for the transfer of sick leave as provided under G.S. 115C‑12(8)."

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to individuals employed by a local school administrative unit or a charter school on or after that date.