GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 414

Short Title:  GPAC/Reduce DPI Clerical Positions.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Martin of Guilford.
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Referred to:  Government Performance Audit.
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February 25, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT A RECOMMENDATION OF THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CLERICAL POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND TO ADOPT A CLERICAL TO PROFESSIONAL POSITION RATIO FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  As used in this act, the term "clerical position" means any nonprofessional positions that provide secretarial or administrative support to other employees, including Secretary, Administrative Assistant, and Clerk/Typist positions.  The term does not include positions that are clerical in nature but have specific functional responsibilities.
Except (i) in areas in which unusual demands are placed on clerical support positions, for the State Superintendent, and (ii) for Assistant Superintendent positions and Director positions that report directly to Assistant Superintendents, the Department of Public Instruction shall follow a one-to-five ratio of clerical to professional positions.  To achieve this ratio, the number of clerical positions in the Department is reduced by 90.5 in accordance with Exhibit 4 of the Issue Paper entitled "Organization and Staffing of Department of Public Instruction" of the North Carolina Government Performance Audit Committee.
Sec. 2.  The base budget of the  Department of Public Instruction is reduced by three million nine hundred thousand four hundred twenty-two dollars ($3,900,422) for the 1993-94 fiscal year and three million nine hundred thousand four hundred twenty-two dollars ($3,900,422) for the 1994-95 fiscal year due to the decrease in personnel positions mandated by Section 1 of this act.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1993.