GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 725

Short Title:  Modernize School Salary Schedule.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Warren; Albertson, Anderson, Barnes, Church, Cunningham, Easterling, Edwards, Fletcher, Foster, Gibson, Gist, Jack Hunt, R. Hunter, Kennedy, Lilley, Lineberry, McLaughlin, Redwine, Stewart, and Wood.
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Referred to:  Public Employees.
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March 20, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REVISE THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL, TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE REVISED SALARY SCHEDULE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Whereas, while there have occurred changes in the nature and responsibilities of various categories of public school personnel but no systematic, appropriate revisions to the compensation structure have occurred; and
Whereas, there have been revisions made to various components of the salary schedule that have resulted in disparity in the salary schedules of certified and noncertified personnel; and
Whereas, the existing step structure for teachers has been frozen for the past four years, with the result that newly-hired teachers are compensated at the same rate as teachers who were employed four years earlier; and
Whereas, noncertified personnel job classifications would be more equitable if they were on a plan equivalent to the State Employees Salary Plan; and
Whereas, the need for a total restructuring of the salary schedules has been voiced by a number of education interest groups, and
Whereas, the State Board of Education has commissioned a thorough study of the salary structure in order to arrive at a modernized, appropriate compensation system for public school personnel; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. This act may be cited as the Public School Personnel Salary Modernization Act.
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.