GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 350

Short Title:  GPAC/Reduce Teacher Cert. Work.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Martin of Guilford.
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Referred to:  Government Performance Audit.
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February 24, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT A RECOMMENDATION OF THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO PROCESS APPLICATIONS FOR TEACHER CERTIFICATION ONLY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE JOBS OR JOB OFFERS FROM SCHOOLS LOCATED IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-296(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The State Board of Education shall have entire control of certifying all applicants for teaching positions in all public elementary and high schools of North Carolina; and it shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the renewal and extension of all certificates and shall determine and fix the salary for each grade and type of certificate which it authorizes.  The rules shall provide that the Department of Public Instruction shall consider for teacher certification only applicants who have jobs or job offers from public or private schools located within North Carolina. The  State Board of Education shall require each applicant for an initial certificate or graduate certificate to demonstrate his academic and professional preparation by achieving a prescribed minimum score at least equivalent to that required by the Board on November 30, 1972, on a standard examination appropriate and adequate for that purpose: Provided, further, that in the event the Board shall specify the National Teachers Examination for this purpose, the required minimum score shall not be lower than that which the Board required on November 30, 1972: Provided, further, that the State Board of Education shall not decrease the certification standards for physical education teachers or health education teachers below the standards in effect on June 1, 1988."
Sec. 2.  Because of the reduction in workload resulting from Section 1 of this act, one Teacher Certification position and one application processing clerk position in the Teacher Certification area of the Department of Public Instruction are abolished.
Sec. 3.  The base budget of the  Department of Public Instruction is reduced by eighty-six thousand one hundred ninety-seven dollars ($86,197) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and eighty-six thousand one hundred ninety-seven dollars ($86,197) for the 1994-95 fiscal year due to the decrease in personnel positions mandated by Section 2 of this act.
Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.