A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to provide a salary supplement of twelve percent to nationally certified teachers in high school automotive programs.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  A teacher in a high school automotive program who is certified as an instructor by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) shall receive an annual salary supplement of twelve percent (12%), paid on a monthly basis, in addition to the compensation provided for a teacher with his or her level of academic preparation.
SECTION 1.(b)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for the provision of the salary supplement pursuant to this act that shall include a process by which a teacher may verify that:
(1)	The teacher is still employed by a local school administrative unit as a full‑time employee;
(2)	The required certification has been attained and has not lapsed; and
(3)	The teacher meets all the qualifications to work as a high school automotive teacher in this State.
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of nine hundred four thousand four hundred seventy‑four dollars ($904,474) for the 2009‑2010 fiscal year and the sum of nine hundred four thousand four hundred seventy‑four dollars ($904,474) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year to implement the provisions of this act.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.