A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT enacting the brass to class act, which directs the state board of education to increase the level of credit for prior work experience given to certain veterans for the purpose of placing them on state salary schedules.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The State Board of Education shall modify its policies for giving credit for salary purposes to principals, assistant principals, and teachers who served in the Armed Forces of the United States and received an Honorable Discharge. For each such individual, one full year of experience shall be credited toward his or her total licensure experience rating for each full year of relevant nonteaching work experience while on active military duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, regardless of whether the military service occurred before or after the individual received a bachelor's degree.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2013‑2014 school year.