GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL 838

 

 

Short Title:      Supt. Public Instruction Support Staff.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Representatives Blackwell, Horn, Johnson, and Conrad (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

Referred to:

Education - K-12

April 13, 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide for additional personnel to support the office of the superintendent of public instruction.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  The following vacant positions shall be eliminated from the Department of Public Instruction:

Position number                                              Title

60093688                                      Chief Performance Officer

60091186                                      Accountant

65009118                                      Center Fellow

65009168                                      Personnel Analyst I

60039569                                      Education/Development Aide II

60039526                                      Education/Development Aide II

65017167                                      Program Assistant V

60041714                                      Education Diagnostician I

60094593                                      Business Technology Analyst

60039518                                      Education Consultant II

SECTION 1.(b)  Beginning with the 2016‑2017 fiscal year, from the funds generated from the vacant positions eliminated in subsection (a) of this section, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may use up to seven hundred four thousand nine hundred fifty‑seven dollars ($704,957) in recurring funds to appoint, in addition to any other personnel appointed by the Superintendent, up to five full‑time equivalent exempt policy‑making positions, as defined in G.S. 126‑5(b)(3), to staff the office of the Superintendent and assist in the administration of the Superintendent's duties under Article III and Section 4(2) of Article IX of the North Carolina Constitution as an elected officer and member of the Council of State and as secretary and chief administrative officer of the State Board of Education. Personnel appointed to these positions shall be exempt from the North Carolina Human Resources Act and shall report solely to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall fix the salaries of the personnel for the office of the Superintendent within the funds available as provided by this section. The personnel for the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction within the Department of Public Instruction shall be in addition to any staff appointed to the Department in accordance with G.S. 115C‑21(a)(1). The appointments shall not be subject to approval or disapproval by the State Board of Education.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.