AN ACT to clarify the certification requirements for school administrators.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑290.7(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	To qualify for certification as a school administrator, an individual must:
(1)	Submit a complete application to the State Board;
(2)	Pay the applicable fee;
(3)	Have a bachelors degree from an accredited college or accredited university;
(4)	Either (i) have a graduate degree from a public school administration program that meets the public school  administration program approval standards set by the State Board of Education, (ii) have a masters degree from an accredited college or accredited university and have completed by December 31, 1999, a public school administration program that meets the public school administration program approval standards set by the State Board of Education, or (iii) have education and training the State Board of Education determines are equivalent; and
(5)	Pass the exam adopted by the State Board.
The State Board may designate initial certification as a license. Advanced training may be designated as a certified area of practice."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of July, 2005.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2005