NC Education Code · Regulation
Title 16 — root / Chapter 06 — 16 NCAC 06C .0403
Plain English summary
This regulation governs how LEAs employ and compensate substitute teachers, administrators, and interim teachers in North Carolina. It outlines funding sources for substitute pay, conditions under which substitute costs are deducted from a regular teacher's salary, and rules for personal leave accrual and usage. It also addresses compensation for interim teachers who fill vacancies for varying durations during the school year.
Key requirements
- LEAs shall employ all substitutes deemed necessary for the efficient operation of the unit.
- The superintendent determines the need to employ a substitute for a non-teaching assistant principal, principal or supervisor.
- LEAs employ substitute teachers in units of half or whole days.
- A person who substitutes for a non-teaching assistant principal, principal or supervisor is paid from local funds.
- Unless required to be otherwise, a substitute for the regular teacher is paid from the same source of funds as the regular teacher is paid.
- Absences not covered in Rule .0404 require the appropriate amount of substitute teacher pay to be deducted from the regular teacher's salary.
- These absences include extended sick leave, personal leave and in-state meetings of no longer than 3 days or out-of-state meetings of no longer than 5 days, and not to exceed a total of 10 days within the school year, for professional responsibilities and attendance at professional meetings.
- The superintendent must approve these absences.
- Teachers earn personal leave at the rate of .20 days for full month of employment and may accumulate five personal leave days.
- Teachers may transfer these days between LEAs.
- A teacher who requests personal leave at least five days in advance of the date desired is not required to give a reason for the leave.
- No teacher may take personal leave on the first day teachers are required to report for the school year, required teacher workdays, the day before or the day after holidays or scheduled vacation days, except as approved by the principal.
- The LEA shall credit a teacher who has separated from service and is re-employed within 60 months from the date of separation with all personal leave, up to the five-day maximum, accumulated at the time of separation.
- The LEA may not advance personal leave beyond that which a teacher earns.
- Teachers may take personal leave in units of one-half or whole days.
- If the regular teacher vacates a teaching position during the school year, that teacher receives the regular compensation for the actual days employed during the current month, adjusted for overdrawn leave or unpaid longevity pay.
- For service of no more than 10 teaching days, the interim person is paid as a substitute.
- For service in excess of 10 teaching days, the interim person is paid on the basis of the person's certified salary rating.
Affected parties
- Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
- Superintendents
- Substitute teachers
- Regular classroom teachers
- Assistant principals
- Principals
- Supervisors
- Interim teachers
- Educational professional organization officers
- National Teacher of the Year recipients