GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1101

Short Title:  ABC Bonuses for Noncertified Emp'ees.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Cansler; Sherrill, Walend (Primary Sponsors), Nesbitt, Thompson, and Russell.

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Referred to:  Education, if favorable, Appropriations.

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE BONUSES UNDER THE ABCs OF EDUCATION PROGRAM TO NONCERTIFIED PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-105.36(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The personnel in schools that achieve a level of expected growth greater than one hundred percent (100%) at a level to be determined by the State Board of Education are eligible for financial awards in amounts set by the General Assembly. Schools and personnel shall not be required to apply for these awards. For the purpose of this section, "personnel”includes the principal, assistant principal, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, teacher assistants, and other noncertified personnel (i) serving students in one or more of the grades kindergarten through 12 or (ii) assigned to a public school prekindergarten program that is located within a public elementary school and is designed to prepare students for kindergarten at that school."
Section 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to State Aid to Local School Administrative Units the sum of ten million five hundred seventy-five thousand six hundred twenty-seven dollars ($10,575,627) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the sum of ten million five hundred seventy-five thousand six hundred twenty seven dollars ($10,575,627) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year to provide for financial awards to noncertified personnel, other than teacher assistants, under the ABCs of Education Program.  The State Board of Education shall allocate these funds to local school administrative units at the amounts per qualifying employee as it does for teacher assistants.  The local board of education shall determine the amount of these funds each qualifying employee shall receive.
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999. Section 1 of this act applies to school years beginning with the 1999-2000 school year.