GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1097

Short Title:  Longer School Year/Ed. Oversight Study.  	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Arnold and Yongue (Primary Sponsors).

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Referred to:  Rules, Calendar and Operations of the House.

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT DIRECTING THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO STUDY STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF INSTRUCTION IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee shall study strategies for increasing the number of days of instruction in the school year to 200 days.  In the course of the study, the Committee shall consider:
(1)	The number of years the phase-in of the additional days of instruction should require;
(2)	Whether, during the phase-in period, employees should be permitted to opt to work in schools and parents should be permitted to opt for their children to attend schools that continue to offer 180 days of instruction;
(3)	Whether, during the phase-in period, employees should be offered a one-time bonus for agreeing to work for 12 calendar months instead of 10 calendar months;
(4)	The need for additional one-time funds for schools operating with a calendar requiring 200 days of instruction;
(5)	The ability of schools to offer remediation with a calendar requiring 200 days of instruction;
(6)	Strategies for ensuring that all in-service training of personnel occurs on paid days other than the 200 instructional days in the calendar;
(7)	The cost of implementing the change;
(8)	Statutory changes necessary to implement the change; and
(9)	Other factors the Committee deems appropriate.
The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee shall make a final report on this matter to the Regular 2002 Session of the 2001 General Assembly.
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.