North Carolina § 115C-269 - 30. Teacher assistants engaged in internships.

§ 115C-269. 30. Teacher assistants engaged in internships.

Program for Teacher Assistants. - The State Board shall adopt a program to facilitate the process by which teacher assistants may become teachers. Teacher assistants who participate in this program shall meet the following requirements: Be enrolled in a recognized EPP. Be employed in a North Carolina public school. Internship Assignments. - Local school administrative units are encouraged to assign teacher assistants to a different classroom during an internship than the classroom they are assigned to as a teacher assistant. To the extent possible, they may be assigned to another school within the same local school administrative unit. Salary and Benefits. - Teacher assistants shall continue to receive their salary and benefits while interning in the same local school administrative unit where they are employed as a teacher assistant. Consultation With Institutions of Higher Education. - The State Board shall consult with the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities in the development of the program. History (2017-189, s. 2(i); 2017-189, ss. 2(i), 6(n).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2016-94, s. 8.29, as amended by Session Laws 2017-189, s. 6(m), establishes a pilot program for the local boards of education of the Anson County, Franklin County, Moore County, Richmond County, and Scotland County school administrative units to provide tuition assistance awards to part-time or full-time teacher assistants working in those local school administrative units to pursue a college degree that will result in teacher licensure. Session Laws 2017-189, s. 7(a) made this section effective July 27, 2017, and applicable beginning with the 2017-2018 school year. Session Laws 2017-189, s. 6(n), was contingent upon Senate Bill 257, 2017 Regular Session, becoming law. Senate Bill 257 was enacted as Session Laws 2017-57. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2017-189, s. 6(n), effective July 27, 2017, substituted "program shall meet the following requirements" for "program" in subsection (a); substituted "Be" for "Shall be" in subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(2); and substituted "Teacher assistants shall" for "At the discretion of the local school administrative unit, teacher assistants may" in subsection (c).