GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	2
SENATE BILL 139
Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 3/21/01

Short Title:	Local Flex. Regarding Charter Sch. Teachers.	()	
Sponsors:	     	
Referred to:	     	
February 14, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMIT LOCAL FLEXIBILITY WITH REGARD TO THE REHIRING OF TEACHERS WHO LEAVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TEACH IN CHARTER SCHOOLS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑238.29F(e)(3) is repealed.
SECTION 2.    Section 1 of this act does not apply to an extended leave of absence granted under G.S. 115C‑238.29F(e)(3) before the effective date of this act.  Section 1 also does not apply to a request for a leave of absence or a request to extend or renew a leave of absence if the request is submitted in compliance with the time requirements of G.S. 115C‑238.29F(e)(3) and the request is submitted before the effective date of this act.  However, a local board of education is not required to grant an extended leave of absence or a request to extend or renew an extended leave of absence made on or after the effective date of this act.
SECTION 3.  A teacher who has been granted an extended leave of absence under G.S. 115C‑238.29F(e)(3) and who had career status under G.S. 115C‑325 prior to receiving the extended leave of absence may return to a public school in the local school administrative unit with career status at the end of the leave of absence or upon the end of employment at the charter school if an appropriate position is available.  If an appropriate position is not available, the teacher's name shall be placed on a list of available teachers and that teacher shall have priority on all positions for which that teacher is qualified in accordance with G.S. 115C‑325(e)(2).
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.