North Carolina HB 1223: Teacher Assistants Salary Increase.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H 1
HOUSE BILL 1223*

Short Title: Teacher Assistants Salary Increase. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Nesbitt; Morris, Barefoot, M. Crawford, and
Wainwright.
Referred to: Appropriations.
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A TEACHER ASSISTANT SALARY SCHEDULE. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-12(16) reads as rewritten: 4
"§ 115C-12. Powers and duties of the Board generally. 5
The general supervision and administration of the free public school system shall be 6
vested in the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall establish 7
policy for the system of free public schools, subject to laws enacted by the General 8
Assembly. The powers and duties of the State Board of Education are defined as 9
follows: 10
... 11
(16) Power with Regard to Salary Schedules. – The Board shall provide for 12
sick leave with pay for all public school employees in accordance with 13
the provisions of this Chapter and shall promulgate rules and 14
regulations providing for necessary substitutes on account of sick leave 15
and other teacher absences. 16
a. Support personnel refers to all public school employees who are 17
not required by statute or regulation to be certified in order to 18
be employed. The State Board of Education is authorized and 19
empowered to adopt all necessary rules for full implementation 20
of all schedules to the extent that State funds are made available 21
for support personnel. 22
b. Salary schedules for the following public school support 23
personnel shall be adopted by the State Board of Education: 24
school finance officer, office support personnel teacher, teacher 25
assistants, maintenance supervisors, custodial personnel, and 26
transportation personnel. The Board shall classify these support 27

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positions in terms of uniform pay grades included in the salary 1
schedule of the State Personnel Commission. 2
By the end of the third payroll period of the 1995-96 fiscal 3
year, localLocal boards of education shall place State-allotted 4
office support personnel, teacher assistants, personnel and 5
custodial personnel on the salary schedule adopted by the State 6
Board of Education so that the average salary paid is the 7
State-allotted amount for the category. In placing employees on 8
the salary schedule, the local board shall consider the education, 9
training, and experience of each employee, including 10
experience in other local school administrative units. It is the 11
intent of the General Assembly that a local school 12
administrative unit not fail to employ an employee who was 13
employed for the prior school year in order to implement the 14
provisions of this sub-subdivision. A local board of education is 15
in compliance with this sub-subdivision if the average salary 16
paid is at least ninety-five percent (95%) of the State-allotted 17
amount for the category at the end of the third payroll period of 18
the 1995-96 fiscal year, and at least ninety-eight percent (98%) 19
of the State-allotted amount for the category at the end of the 20
third payroll period of each subsequent fiscal year. The 21
Department of Public Instruction shall provide technical 22
assistance to local school administrative units regarding the 23
implementation of this sub-subdivision. 24
c. Salary schedules for other support personnel, including but not 25
limited to maintenance and school food service personnel, shall 26
be adopted by the State Board of Education. The Board shall 27
classify these support positions in terms of uniform pay grades 28
included in the salary schedule of the State Personnel 29
Commission. These schedules shall apply if the local board of 30
education does not adopt a salary schedule of its own for 31
personnel paid from other than State appropriations. 32
d. The State Board of Education shall adopt guidelines for the 33
implementation of the teacher assistant salary schedule enacted 34
by the General Assembly. 35
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SECTION 2.(a) The allotment formula for teacher assistants for the 37
2001-2002 fiscal year shall be a dollar allotment. Local boards of education shall use 38
these funds in the following order of priority: 39
(1) To increase the rates of pay for teacher assistants who were employed 40
for fiscal year 2000-2001 and who continue their employment for 41
fiscal year 2001-2002. This increase shall be at least five percent (5%), 42
commencing July 1, 2000, for all such teacher assistants unless a local 43
board of education adopts a policy that provides for raises of less than 44

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five percent (5%) for all those teacher assistants who were employed 1
for less than two-thirds of the employment period for fiscal year 2
2000-2001 and who continue their employment for fisca