GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1197
     

 
Short Title:	Notify Parents About Uncertified Teachers.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Shubert;  Blue, Brubaker, Harrington, and Davis.	
Referred to:	Education.	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require the schools to give written notice to the parent of a child whose teacher is not teaching within his or her area of certification and to facilitate the teacher certification process.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑288(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	To Grade, Classify, and Assign Pupils to Teachers. — The principal shall have authority to grade, classify, and assign pupils to teachers, except a principal shall not require additional testing of a student entering a public school from a school governed under Article 39 of this Chapter if test scores from a nationally standardized test or nationally standardized equivalent measure that are adequate to determine the appropriate placement of the child are available. If the principal assigns a student to a teacher who is not teaching within his or her area of teacher certification, the principal shall give written notice to the pupil's parent or guardian. The notice shall include a statement that the named teacher is not teaching within his or her area of teacher certification and information about the teacher's qualifications to teach."
SECTION 2.  Section 2 of S.L. 1998‑226 reads as rewritten:
"Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2001‑2002 school year.