Title: S.L. 1975-686
Category: Introduced Bills

General Assembly of North Carolina	1975

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 686
SENATE BILL 701

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 115-153 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF REGULAR AND PROBATIONARY CERTIFICATES FOR TEACHERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The first paragraph of G.S. 115-153 is hereby amended by adding the following to the end thereof:
"An applicant for certification making the required minimum score, and meeting such other requirements as may be established by the State Board, shall be issued a regular certificate. An initial applicant for certification failing to meet the required present minimum score, but meeting such other requirements as may be established by the State Board, shall be issued a probationary certificate, upon the same terms and conditions as regularly certificated personnel with comparable experience, which shall be effective for a period of two years. Any person previously denied certification because of failure to make the present minimum required score, but meeting such other requirements as may be established by the State Board, upon application to the State Board shall be issued a probationary certificate, upon the same terms and conditions as regularly certificated personnel with comparable experience, which shall be effective for a period of two years. The classroom performance of a holder of a probationary certificate, particularly from the standpoint of knowledge of subject matter and the principles and methods of education, shall be regularly and systemically evaluated during the probationary period. Upon completion of the probationary period, the State Board shall review the classroom performance of the probationary teacher and determine whether the teacher has demonstrated that degree of knowledge of subject matter and the principles and methods of education necessary to teach in the public schools of this State. If the teacher has demonstrated sufficient academic competence, the State Board shall issue a regular certificate; if not the probationary certificate shall expire and such teacher shall not be eligible for employment in a teaching position in the public schools. The State Board is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to enact rules and regulations and establish procedures to carry out the purposes of this act."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification and shall expire July 1, 1977.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of June, 1975.

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