GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	2
HOUSE BILL 243
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/23/01

Short Title:	Teacher Retirement Eligibility.	()	
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February 26, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "TEACHER" FOR PURPOSES OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 135‑1(25) reads as rewritten:
"(25)	"Teacher" shall mean any teacher, helping teacher, librarian, principal, supervisor, superintendent of public schools or any full-time employee, city or county, superintendent of public instruction, or any full-time employee of Department of Public Instruction, president, dean or teacher, or any full-time employee in any educational institution supported by and under the control of the State: Provided, that, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the term "teacher" shall not include any part-time, temporary, or substitute teacher or employee, and shall not include those participating in an optional retirement program provided for in G.S. 135‑5.1. In all cases of doubt, the Board of Trustees shall determine whether any person is a teacher as defined in this Chapter. The term "teacher" includes teachers as defined in G.S. 115C-325(a)(6) who are employed to teach in permanent positions, who work not less than 20 hours or more than 30 hours per week, and who are employed in low-performing schools or are employed to teach in the teacher's area of certification provided the State Board of Education has determined there is a shortage of certified teachers in that subject area."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.