GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 587

Short Title:  School Personnel/Classroom Experience. 	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Hartsell; and Lee.

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Referred to:  Education/Higher Education.

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April 1, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO GIVE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL WHO ARE CERTIFIED TEACHERS BUT ARE NOT CLASSROOM TEACHERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-47 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(18A)	To Make Rules Requiring Certain Employees to Serve as Substitute Teachers. – In order to improve employees' awareness of classroom climate and to enhance school discipline, local boards of education shall require each employee who holds a teaching certificate but who is not assigned to a classroom to serve as a substitute in the classroom at least two days each school year."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 1997-98 school year.