GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 2309

Short Title:  School Supp. Material/Diff. Pay.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives J. Crawford; Cooper, Mercer, Ramsey, Brawley, Church, Bowman, P. Wilson, Woodard, N. Crawford, H. Hunter, Buchanan, Chapin, Gibson, and Kimsey.
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Referred to:  Education.
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June 5, 1990

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO SELECT SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL, TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIFFERENTIATED PAY PLANS, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIFFERENTIATED PAY PLANS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-98(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Local boards of education shall adopt written policies concerning the procedures to be followed in their local school administrative units for the selection and procurement of supplementary textbooks, library books, periodicals, audio-visual materials, and other supplementary instructional materials needed for instructional purposes in the public schools of their units.
Local boards of education shall have sole authority to select and procure supplementary instructional materials, whether or not the materials contain commercial advertising, to determine if the materials are related to and within the limits of the prescribed curriculum, and to determine when the materials may be presented to students during the school day.  Supplementary materials and contracts for supplementary materials are not subject to approval by the State Board of Education.
Supplementary books and other instructional materials shall neither displace nor be used to the exclusion of basic textbooks."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 115C-47 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(33)	Local boards of education shall have sole authority to select and procure supplementary instructional materials, whether or not the materials contain commercial advertising, pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 115C-98(b)."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 115C-238.4 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( f)	If a local school administrative unit bases its differentiated pay plan on a locally designed school-based performance program, pursuant to G.S. 115C-238.4, the plan shall provide that following the attainment of the local school goals, the local board of education shall make a determination of which certified staff members contributed to the attainment of those goals.  Differentiated pay bonuses shall then be distributed to those designated employees.  The local board of education shall make the determination upon recommendation of (i) the superintendent and (ii) the principal, a school-based committee, or any other person or committee, designated in the local differentiated pay plan."
Sec. 4. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Education the sum of $39,436,046 for the 1990-91 fiscal year to implement the differentiated pay provisions of the School Improvement and Accountability Act.
Sec. 5.  Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this act are effective upon ratification.  Section 4 of this act shall become effective July 1, 1990.