A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify eligibility for extended teacher contracts.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑325.3(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Length of Contract. – A contract between the local board of education and a teacher who has been employed by the local board of education for less than three years shall be for a term of one school year. A contract or renewal of contract between the local board of education and a teacher shall be for a term of one, two, or four school years, if all of the following apply:
(1)	The teacher has been employed by the local board of education as a teacher for three or more consecutive years immediately preceding the effective date of the contract.
(2)	The teacher worked for at least 120 days as a teacher in a full‑time, permanent position in each consecutive year.
(3)	Days the teacher did not actually work because he or she was on leave shall not count toward the 120 days. If the teacher did not work 120 days in a year solely because he or she was on sick leave, disability leave, or leave taken in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the year shall not be considered a break in service and any previous consecutive years worked shall be consecutive to the following year."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to contracts executed on or after that date.