AN ACT RELATING TO THE REINSTATEMENT OF UNUSED SICK LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑336 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(d)	The State Board of Education shall adopt rules relating to the reinstatement of unused sick leave when an employee who was employed on a 10‑month contract at the time of separation returns to employment on a 10‑month contract. Under these rules, the maximum period of separation after which unused sick leave is reinstated shall be three calendar months longer for school personnel employed on a 10‑month contract than for school personnel employed on a 12‑month contract."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 2009.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President 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