Bill Text: NC S1364 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

North Carolina Senate Bill 1364 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Teacher Assistant Salary Schedule

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-25 - Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget [S1364 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2010-S1364-Amended.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

S 1

SENATE BILL 1364*

Short Title: Teacher Assistant Salary Schedule.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Foriest.
Referred to:	Appropriations/Base Budget.

May 25, 2010

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NEW SALARY SCHEDULE FOR NONCERTIFIED PERSONNEL OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a) Effective July 1, 2010, the following salary schedule shall be applicable to noncertified personnel of the public schools who are classified as teacher assistants:

10‑Month Salary Schedule

2010‑2011

Steps High School Associate Degree Bachelor's

Diploma or Hours Equivalent Degree

0 $19,126 $21,039 $24,194

1 19,700 21,670 24,920

2 20,291 22,320 25,668

3 20,899 22,989 26,438

4 21,526 23,679 27,231

5 22,172 24,390 28,048

6 22,837 25,121 28,889

7 23,523 25,875 29,756

8 24,228 26,651 30,649

9 24,955 27,451 31,568

10 25,704 28,274 32,515

SECTION 1.(b) For the 2010‑2011 school year, teacher assistants shall be placed on the salary schedule on the basis of years of experience as follows:

Years of Experience Step on the 2010‑2011

as a Teacher Assistant Salary Schedule

0‑3 0

4‑5 1

6‑7 2

8‑10 3

11‑13 4

14‑16 5

17‑19 6

20‑22 7

23‑25 8

26‑28 9

29‑30 10

No teacher assistant's salary shall be reduced as a result of placement on the salary schedule, and no teacher assistant shall receive less than a seven hundred fifty dollar ($750.00) salary increase as a result of placement on the salary schedule for the 2010‑2011 school year.

Any teacher assistant currently being paid higher than years of experience earned shall be held harmless until his or her salary is commensurate with years of experience.

SECTION 1.(c) The State Board of Education shall adopt criteria to determine and collect current work experience credit. All work experience as a teacher assistant in any public school within the State or in another state shall be used in determining total work experience credit. The State Board of Education shall determine the amount and to what degree other comparable work experience counts towards teacher assistant work experience credit.

SECTION 1.(d) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules necessary to implement this act.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of twenty‑three million two hundred eight thousand seven hundred dollars ($23,208,700) for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year to implement the provisions of this act.

SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2010.