A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NEW SALARY SCHEDULE FOR NONCERTIFIED PERSONNEL OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  Effective July 1, 2008, the following salary schedule shall be applicable to noncertified personnel of the public schools who are classified as teacher assistants:

10‑Month Salary Schedule
2008‑2009

    Steps		High School	Associates	Bachelors
		Diploma	Degree	Degree

	0	17,598	19,358	22,261
	1	18,126	19,939	22,929
	2	18,670	20,537	23,617
	3	19,230	21,153	24,326
	4	19,807	21,787	25,055
	5	20,401	22,441	25,807
	6	21,013	23,114	26,581
	7	21,643	23,808	27,379
	8	22,293	24,522	28,200
	9	22,961	25,258	29,046
	10	23,650	26,015	29,918

SECTION 1.(b)  For the 2008‑2009 school year, teacher assistants shall be placed on the salary schedule on the basis of years of experience as follows:

Years of Experience	Step on the 2008‑2009
as a Teacher Assistant	Salary Schedule
	0‑3	0
	4‑5	1
	6‑7	2
	8‑10	3
	11‑13	4
	14‑16	5
	17‑19	6
	20‑22	7
	23‑25	8
	26‑28	9
	29‑30	10

No teacher assistant's salary shall be reduced as a result of placement on the salary schedule, and no teacher assistant shall receive less than a seven hundred fifty dollar ($750.00) salary increase as a result of placement on the salary schedule for the 2008‑2009 school year.
Any teacher assistant currently being paid higher than years of experience earned shall be held harmless until his or her salary is commensurate with years of experience.
SECTION 1.(c)  The State Board of Education shall adopt criteria to determine and collect current work experience credit.  All work experience as a teacher assistant in any public school within the State or in another state shall be used in determining total work experience credit.  The State Board of Education shall determine the amount and to what degree other comparable work experience counts towards teacher assistant work experience credit.
SECTION 1.(d)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules necessary to implement this act.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2008.