GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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HOUSE BILL 111

Short Title:  Former Military Personnel May Teach.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Grady; Gardner, J. Preston, Nichols, Sexton, and Bowman.
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Referred to:  Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.
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February 14, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMIT FORMER MILITARY PERSONNEL TO TEACH IN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-295 reads as rewritten:
"ARTICLE 20.
"Teachers.
"§ 115C-295.  Minimum age and certificate prerequisites.
(a)	All teachers employed in the public schools of the State or in schools receiving public funds, shall be required either to hold or be qualified to hold a certificate in compliance with the provision of the law or in accordance with the regulations of the State Board of Education: Provided, that nothing herein shall  prevent the employment of temporary personnel under such rules as the State Board of Education may prescribe:  Provided further, nothing herein shall prevent the employment, with the approval of the local board of education and the superintendent, of individuals to teach in alternative schools who are not certified as teachers but are either retired military personnel or former military personnel who were not dishonorably discharged:  Provided further, that no person shall be employed to teach who is under 18 years of age.
(b)	Except as provided by subsection (a) of this section, it shall be unlawful for any board of education to employ or keep in service any teacher who neither holds nor is qualified to hold a certificate in compliance with the provision of the law or in accordance with the regulations of the State Board of Education."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.