GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1167

Short Title:  Lateral Entry Simplified.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representative Moore.

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Referred to:  Education.

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO SIMPLIFY THE LATERAL ENTRY PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-296.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C-296.1. (Expires September 1, 2002) Teacher shortages; certification.
(a)	Notwithstanding any other law, if a local board determines there is or anticipates there will be a shortage of qualified teachers with North Carolina certificates available to teach specified subjects or grade levels, then the local board may employ as teachers individuals who do not meet the State Board's requirements for initial or continuing State certification.  The local board may employ an individual under this subsection for up to one year under a provisional certificate so long as:
(1)	Each individual has a postsecondary degree that is at least a bachelors degree.
(2)	Each individual has:
a.	An out-of-State certificate authorizing the individual to teach the grade or subject to be taught and at least one year of classroom teaching experience the board considers relevant to the grade or subject to be taught;
b.	At least one year of full-time classroom teaching experience as a professor, assistant professor, associate professor, instructor, or visiting lecturer at a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, a North Carolina community college, or other institution of higher education as defined in G.S. 90-270.2(5) provided the board considers the experience relevant to the grade or subject to be taught; or