A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for test coordinators in kindergarten through eighth grade.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of twenty‑seven million one hundred four thousand two hundred thirty‑two dollars ($27,104,232) for the 2007‑2008 fiscal year and the sum of twenty‑seven million one hundred four thousand two hundred thirty‑two dollars ($27,104,232) for the 2008‑2009 fiscal year to provide test coordinators in kindergarten through eighth grade. Schools with fewer than 250 students in grades K‑8 shall receive one‑half of a test coordinator position. Schools with 250 students or more in grades K‑8 shall receive a full position.
These employees shall be paid at pay grade 54.
The sole purpose of the test coordinators shall be to provide for the facility and staffing needs for standardized tests. The test coordinators shall fulfill the responsibilities of school system test coordinators at their schools in accordance with pages C1.03 through C1.04 of the School Test Coordinator's Handbook, which was published in February 2007 by the Department of Public Instruction.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.