A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to ensure that teachers who become assistant principals do not experience a decrease in monthly pay.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑285(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"§ 115C‑285.  Salary.
(a)	Principals and supervisors shall be paid promptly when their salaries are due provided the legal requirements for their employment and service have been met. All principals and supervisors employed by any local school administrative unit who are to be paid from local funds shall be paid promptly as provided by law and as state‑allotted principals and supervisors are paid.
Principals and supervisors paid from State funds shall be paid as follows:
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(8)	All persons employed as assistant principals by a local school administrative unit shall not earn less on a monthly basis than they earned previously as a teacher."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009, and applies to all persons employed as assistant principals by a local school administrative unit on or after that date.