GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1031

Short Title:  Compensate Teacher Acting as Substitute.   	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Moore; Preston, Mosley, Barefoot, and Wainwright.

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Referred to:  Education.

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April 14, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO COMPENSATE TEACHERS FOR COVERING CLASSES FOR ABSENT TEACHERS.
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.
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 acts as a substitute teacher for another teacher within the school for part of an instructional day, the teacher acting as a substitute shall be paid both as a teacher and as a substitute teacher for the portion of the day the teacher acts as a substitute.
		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.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.