SB 123 — Geo Iso Sch/Transp Eff Buff/Currituck Cty Sch.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2019 S 12 SENATE BILL 123 House Committee Substitute Favorable 7/16/19 Short Title:

PortabilityGeo ofIso Leave/CharterSch/Transp Schools.Eff Buff/Currituck Cty Sch.

Senator Sanderson (Primary Sponsor).

Rules and Operations of the Senate February 25, 2019 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ALLOWREVISE SICKTHE LEAVEGEOGRAPHICALLY TOISOLATED BESCHOOLS TRANSFERREDFORMULA BETWEENREGARDING ATHE CHARTERALLOCATION SCHOOLOF ANDTEACHERS AFOR LOCALCURRITUCK SCHOOLCOUNTY; ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT.

TO INCREASE THE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY BUDGET RATING FOR CURRITUCK COUNTY SCHOOLS;

AND TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP DRAFT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR AUDITING PUBLIC SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND MEMBERSHIP DATA.

SECTIONPART 1.I.

REVISE THE GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED SCHOOLS FORMULA REGARDING THE ALLOCATION OF TEACHERS FOR CURRITUCK COUNTY SECTION 1.(a) G.S.

115C-12(8)115C-301(g1) reads as rewritten:

"(8)"(g1) PowerNotwithstanding any other provision of this section, the State Board of Education shall allot additional classroom teachers to Makeschools Provisionscontaining forgrades Sickkindergarten Leavethrough 12 when consolidation is not feasible due to the geographic isolation of the school and the school meets at least one of the following criteria for Substitutegeographic Teachers.isolation:

–(1) The Boardschool shallcontains providegrades forkindergarten sickthrough leave12 withand payis forlocated allin publica local school employeesadministrative unit in accordancewhich with the provisionsaverage ofdaily thismembership Chapteris andless shallthan promulgate1.5 rulesper andsquare regulationsmile. providing for necessary substitutes on account of sick leave and other teacher absences.

Rules(2) providingThe forschool sickcontains leavegrades shallkindergarten allowthrough sick12 leaveand tois belocated transferredin between a charterlocal school andadministrative unit for a localcounty schoolcontaining administrativemore unit.than 150,000 acres of national forest owned by the federal government and managed by the United States Forest Service pursuant to G.S.

Leave104-5. to be accepted by a local school administrative unit must not result in leave being accrued at a greater rate than the rate set by the Board.

(3) The minimumschool payforcontains agrades substitutekindergarten teacherthrough whofive, holdsis located in a teachinglocal certificateschool shalladministrative beunit sixty-fivefor percenta (65%)county containing all or a portion of at least one national wildlife refuge owned by the dailypayratefederal ofgovernment anand entry-levelmanaged teacherby withthe anUnited "A"States certificate.Fish and Wildlife Service pursuant to G.S.

The104-10, minimumand payis foronly aaccessible substituteto teacherthe whomajorityof doesthe notlocal holdschool aadministrative teachingunit, certificatewhile shallremaining bein fiftypercent (50%) of the dailylocal payrateschool ofadministrative anunit, entry-levelby teacherferry. with an "A" certificate.

The payState forBoard noncertifiedshall substitutesallot teachers to geographically isolated schools pursuant to this subsection on the basis of one classroom teacher per grade level and shall notallot exceedteachers to the payremainder of certifiedthe substitutes.local school administrative unit in accordance with the formulas for the regular classroom teacher allotment." SECTION 1.(b) This section becomes effective July 1, 2019, and applies only to Currituck County Schools.

Local*S123-v-2* boardsGeneral mayAssembly useOf StateNorth fundsCarolina allocatedSession for2019 substitutePART teachersII. to hire full-time substitute teachers.

IfINCREASE aTHE teacherTRANSPORTATION assistantEFFICIENCY actsBUDGET asRATING aFOR substituteCURRITUCK teacher,COUNTY theSCHOOLS salarySECTION 2.(a) For purposes of calculating the teachertransportation assistantefficiency budget rating for a local school administrative unit, the dayDepartment of Public Instruction shall beinclude an assumption that the sametransportation asefficiency budget rating is at least 15 percentage points higher than the dailyactual salarytransportation ofefficiency anbudget entry-levelrating teachercalculated withby anthe "A"Department certificate."for SECTIONthat 2.local school administrative unit.

G.S.SECTION 2.(b) This section becomes effective July 1, 2019, and applies only to Currituck County Schools.

115C-218.90(a)PART isIII. amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(6)REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP DRAFT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR AUDITING PUBLIC SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND MEMBERSHIP DATA SECTION 3.(a) Based on a review of all available data, the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Charter schoolSchool employeesAdvisory Board, shall bedevelop eligibledraft policies and procedures for auditing the transferfollowing ofinformation sickat leaveall aspublicschools, providedincludingschools underparticipatingin G.S.thevirtual charterschool pilot program established by Section 8.35 of S.L.

115C-12(8)."2014-100, SECTIONas 3.amended by Section 8.13 of S.L.

This2016-94 act is effective when it becomes law and appliesSection to7.13 individualsof employedS.L. by a local school administrative unit or a charter school on or after that date.

*S123-v-1*2018-5:

(1) Average daily membership at public schools, as reported in the Principal's Monthly Report provided to the Department of Public Instruction by each school.

(2) Compliance with the minimum instruction requirements of 185 days or 1,025 hours.

(3) Compliance with compulsory attendance enforcement requirements provided in G.S.

115C-378.

SECTION 3.(b) The State Board of Education shall report on these draft policies and procedures, as well as any legislative recommendations, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by March 15, 2020.

PART IV.

EFFECTIVE DATE SECTION 4.

Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year.

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