A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing a study on teacher recruitment and retention.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee shall study teacher recruitment and retention.  In the course of the study, the Committee shall consider:
(1)	Strategies for expanding the pool of qualified teachers,
(2)	The use of recruitment and retention incentives to attract and retain high‑quality teachers, especially in low‑performing schools and in fields of certification in which there are shortages of teachers, and
(3)	Other strategies for addressing the problem.
SECTION 2.  The Committee shall report the results of this study to the 2003 General Assembly.
SECTION 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year to implement the provisions of this act.
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2002.