GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	2 

SENATE BILL 1093*
Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 4/28/99

Short Title:  Duty Free Period/All Teachers.	(Public)

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW TO ENSURE THAT ALL TEACHERS RECEIVE A DUTY FREE PERIOD EACH DAY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-301.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C-301.1. Duty free period.
All full-time assigned classroom teachers shall be provided a daily duty free period during regular student contact hours. The duty free period shall be provided to the maximum extent that (i)	the safety and proper supervision of children may allow during regular student contact hours and (ii) insofar as funds are provided for this purpose by the General Assembly. If the safety and supervision of children does not allow a daily duty free period during regular student contact hours for a given teacher, the funds provided by the General Assembly for the duty free period for that teacher shall revert to the general fund.  Principals shall not unfairly burden a given teacher by making that teacher give up his or her duty free period on an ongoing, regular basis without the consent of the teacher."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999, and applies to all school years beginning with the 1999-2000 school year.