GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 124*

Short Title:  Teacher Training Task Force Changes.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Warren, Allran, Lee, Sands, Speed; and Smith.
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Referred to:  Education/Higher Education.
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February 11, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE TEACHER TRAINING TASK FORCE TO ADD TEACHER MEMBERS AND MAKE OTHER CLARIFYING CHANGES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 971 of the 1991 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.  Membership.  The Task Force shall consist of 23 members as follows:
(a)	The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint one member of the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee to serve on the Task Force.
(b)	The Superintendent of Public Instruction, or a designee.
(c)	The nine members of the Joint Committee on Teacher Education of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and the State Board of Education.  In the event that a State Board or Board of Governors member's term expires, and that person serves as a Joint Committee member to the Task Force, the appointing board may elect to reappoint the expired member to continue to serve on the Task Force.
(c1)	Four teachers currently employed in the North Carolina public schools. One teacher shall be chosen from each of the following types of school systems:  small, urban, rural, and  low-wealth.  At least one of the four teachers shall have graduated from a North Carolina teacher training program since 1989.  In so far as possible, teacher members shall represent gender, ethnic, and racial diversity.  New teacher members shall be chosen by the cochairs from a list compiled by the State Superintendent of several suggested candidates in each category.  If a teacher member was previously appointed under subsection (d) of this section, that person may continue to serve, and may become the representative of one of the types of school systems listed in this subsection. Teacher Task Force members appointed by the cochairs to serve on an ad hoc basis prior to the effective date of this legislation shall, with the approval of the cochairs, be entitled to per diem, subsistence, and travel allowances retroactively and in accordance with G.S. 138-5, 138-6, or 120-3.1.
(d)	The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and the State Board of Education shall jointly appoint seven members from a list of recommended members to be suggested by the Joint Committee on Teacher Education of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and the State Board of Education.  Members may be recommended from among representatives of practicing public school teachers and personnel; public school administrators; the deans of schools of education; the chancellors of the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina and the chief officers of private institutions of higher education.  Other qualified persons may be recommended by the Joint Committee and approved by the Boards.  Task Force members shall receive per diem, subsistence, and travel allowances in accordance with G.S. 138-5, 138-6, or 120-3.1, as appropriate. Appointments to the Task Force shall be made no later than September 1, 1992.  If a vacancy occurs in the membership, the appointing authority shall appoint another person to serve for the balance of the unexpired term."
Sec. 2.  Sec. 3.1 of Chapter 971 of the 1991 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.1.  Cochairs. The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina shall each appoint a cochair from the nine members of the Joint Committee on Teacher Education of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and the State Board of Education.  The Task Force shall meet upon the call of the cochairs.  In the event that a State Board or Board of Governors member's term expires, and that person serves as a cochair of the Task Force, the appointing board may reappoint the expired member to continue to serve as cochair of the Task Force."
Sec. 3. Per diem, subsistence, and travel for members appointed pursuant to this act shall be paid from within funds available to the Teacher Training Task Force for the 1992-93 fiscal year.
Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.