GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

SESSION LAW 2011-334

SENATE BILL 339

AN ACT to require the state board of education to adopt a salary range for the delivery of driver education courses by public school employees.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C-215(d), as enacted by Section 28.37(a) of House Bill 200, Appropriations Act of 2011, reads as rewritten:

"(d)      The State Board of Education shall adopt a salary range for the delivery of driver education courses by driver education instructors who are public school employees and who do not hold teacher certificates.employees. The salary range shall be based on the driver education instructor's qualifications, certification, and licensure specific to driver education.

Driver education instructors who are public school employees and who hold teacher certificates shall be paid on the teacher salary schedule. A day of employment for driver education instructors who hold teacher certificates shall be the same number of hours required of all regular classroom teachers as established by the local board of education."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17^th day of June, 2011.

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved 11:35 a.m. this 27^th day of June, 2011