AN ACT to enact the base salary schedule for school‑based administrators.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  If Senate Bill 202, 2009 Regular Session becomes law, then Section 26.16 of that act is rewritten to read:
"SCHOOL‑BASED ADMINISTRATOR SALARY SCHEDULE 
SECTION 26.16.(a)  The following base salary schedule for school‑based administrators shall apply only to principals and assistant principals.  This base salary schedule shall apply for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year, commencing July 1, 2009. Provided, however, school‑based administrators (i) employed during the 2008‑2009 school year who did not work the required number of months to acquire an additional year of experience and (ii) employed during the 2009‑2010 school year in the same classification shall not receive a decrease in salary as otherwise would be required by the salary schedule below.

2009‑2010 Principal and Assistant Principal Salary Schedules
Classification
Years of Exp	Assistant	Prin I	Prin II	Prin III	Prin IV
	Principal	(0‑10)	(11‑21)	(22‑32)	(33‑43)
	0‑5	$3,781	‑	‑	‑	‑
	6	$3,931	‑	‑	‑	‑
	7	$4,074	‑	‑	‑	‑
	8	$4,189	‑	‑	‑	‑
	9	$4,243	$4,243	‑	‑	‑
	10	$4,298	$4,298	‑	‑	‑
	11	$4,353	$4,353	$4,408	‑	‑
	12	$4,408	$4,408	$4,464	‑	‑
	13	$4,464	$4,464	$4,521	$4,579	‑
	14	$4,521	$4,521	$4,579	$4,640	$4,701
	15	$4,579	$4,579	$4,640	$4,701	$4,762
	16	$4,640	$4,640	$4,701	$4,762	$4,828
	17	$4,701	$4,701	$4,762	$4,828	$4,891
	18	$4,762	$4,762	$4,828	$4,891	$4,956
	19	$4,828	$4,828	$4,891	$4,956	$5,025
	20	$4,891	$4,891	$4,956	$5,025	$5,092
	21	$4,956	$4,956	$5,025	$5,092	$5,166
	22	$5,025	$5,025	$5,092	$5,166	$5,237
	23	$5,092	$5,092	$5,166	$5,237	$5,310
	24	$5,166	$5,166	$5,237	$5,310	$5,383
	25	$5,237	$5,237	$5,310	$5,383	$5,458
	26	$5,310	$5,310	$5,383	$5,458	$5,537
	27	$5,383	$5,383	$5,458	$5,537	$5,617
	28	$5,458	$5,458	$5,537	$5,617	$5,725
	29	$5,537	$5,537	$5,617	$5,725	$5,839
	30	$5,617	$5,617	$5,725	$5,839	$5,956
	31	$5,725	$5,725	$5,839	$5,956	$6,075
	32	$5,839	$5,839	$5,956	$6,075	$6,197
	33	‑	$5,956	$6,075	$6,197	$6,321
	34	‑	‑	$6,197	$6,321	$6,447
	35	‑	‑	$6,321	$6,447	$6,576
	36	‑	‑	‑	$6,576	$6,708
	37	‑	‑	‑	$6,708	$6,842
	38	‑	‑	‑	‑	$6,979

2009‑2010 Principal and Assistant Principal Salary Schedules
Classification
Years of Exp	Prin V	Prin VI	Prin VII	Prin VIII
	(44‑54)	(55‑65)	(66‑100)	(101+)
	0‑15	$4,828	‑	‑	‑
	16	$4,891	‑	‑	‑
	17	$4,956	$5,025	‑	‑
	18	$5,025	$5,092	$5,237	‑
	19	$5,092	$5,166	$5,310	$5,383
	20	$5,166	$5,237	$5,383	$5,458
	21	$5,237	$5,310	$5,458	$5,537
	22	$5,310	$5,383	$5,537	$5,617
	23	$5,383	$5,458	$5,617	$5,725
	24	$5,458	$5,537	$5,725	$5,839
	25	$5,537	$5,617	$5,839	$5,956
	26	$5,617	$5,725	$5,956	$6,075
	27	$5,725	$5,839	$6,075	$6,197
	28	$5,839	$5,956	$6,197	$6,321
	29	$5,956	$6,075	$6,321	$6,447
	30	$6,075	$6,197	$6,447	$6,576
	31	$6,197	$6,321	$6,576	$6,708
	32	$6,321	$6,447	$6,708	$6,842
	33	$6,447	$6,576	$6,842	$6,979
	34	$6,576	$6,708	$6,979	$7,119
	35	$6,708	$6,842	$7,119	$7,261
	36	$6,842	$6,979	$7,261	$7,406
	37	$6,979	$7,119	$7,406	$7,554
	38	$7,119	$7,261	$7,554	$7,705
	39	$7,261	$7,406	$7,705	$7,859
	40	‑	$7,554	$7,859	$8,016
	41	‑	$7,705	$8,016	$8,176
	42	‑	‑	$8,176	$8,340

SECTION 26.16.(b)  The appropriate classification for placement of principals and assistant principals on the salary schedule, except for principals in alternative schools and in cooperative innovative high schools, shall be determined in accordance with the following schedule:
Number of Teachers
Classification	Supervised

Assistant Principal
Principal I		Fewer than 11 Teachers
Principal II	11‑21 Teachers
Principal III	22‑32 Teachers
Principal IV	33‑43 Teachers
Principal V	44‑54 Teachers
Principal VI	55‑65 Teachers
Principal VII		66‑100 Teachers
Principal VIII		More than 100 Teachers

The number of teachers supervised includes teachers and assistant principals paid from State funds only; it does not include teachers or assistant principals paid from non‑State funds or the principal or teacher assistants.
The beginning classification for principals in alternative schools and in cooperative innovative high school programs shall be the Principal III level. Principals in alternative schools who supervise 33 or more teachers shall be classified according to the number of teachers supervised.
SECTION 26.16.(c)  A principal shall be placed on the step on the salary schedule that reflects total number of years of experience as a certificated employee of the public schools and an additional step for every three years of experience as a principal. Provided, however, a principal who acquires an additional step during the 2009‑2010 or 2010‑2011 fiscal years shall not receive a corresponding increase in salary during the 2009‑2011 fiscal biennium. A principal or assistant principal shall also continue to receive any additional State‑funded percentage increases earned for the 1997‑1998, 1998‑1999, and 1999‑2000 school years for improvement in student performance or maintaining a safe and orderly school.
SECTION 26.16.(d)  Principals and assistant principals with certification based on academic preparation at the six‑year degree level shall be paid a salary supplement of one hundred twenty‑six dollars ($126.00) per month and at the doctoral degree level shall be paid a salary supplement of two hundred fifty‑three dollars ($253.00) per month.
SECTION 26.16.(e)  Longevity pay for principals and assistant principals shall be as provided for State employees under the State Personnel Act.
SECTION 26.16.(f)  If a principal is reassigned to a higher job classification because the principal is transferred to a school within a local school administrative unit with a larger number of State‑allotted teachers, the principal shall be placed on the salary schedule as if the principal had served the principal's entire career as a principal at the higher job classification.
If a principal is reassigned to a lower job classification because the principal is transferred to a school within a local school administrative unit with a smaller number of State‑allotted teachers, the principal shall be placed on the salary schedule as if the principal had served the principal's entire career as a principal at the lower job classification.
This subsection applies to all transfers on or after the effective date of this section, except transfers in school systems that have been created, or will be created, by merging two or more school systems. Transfers in these merged systems are exempt from the provisions of this subsection for one calendar year following the date of the merger.
SECTION 26.16.(g)  Participants in an approved full‑time master's in school administration program shall receive up to a 10‑month stipend at the beginning salary of an assistant principal during the internship period of the master's program.  For the 2006‑2007 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, the stipend shall not exceed the difference between the beginning salary of an assistant principal plus the cost of tuition, fees, and books and any fellowship funds received by the intern as a full‑time student, including awards of the Principal Fellows Program. The Principal Fellows Program or the school of education where the intern participates in a full‑time master's in school administration program shall supply the Department of Public Instruction with certification of eligible full‑time interns.
SECTION 26.16.(h)  During the 2009‑2010 fiscal year, the placement on the salary schedule of an administrator with a one‑year provisional assistant principal's certificate shall be at the entry‑level salary for an assistant principal or the appropriate step on the teacher salary schedule, whichever is higher."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of August, 2009.

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		 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2009