Title: S.L. 1975-781
Category: Introduced Bills

General Assembly of North Carolina	1975

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 781
SENATE BILL 699

AN ACT TO CALL UPON A QUALIFIED RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXAMINATION OR EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS.

Whereas, it is of vital importance to the future development of this State and the well-being of all its citizens that the children of this State be provided with competent instruction in the classroom; and
Whereas, it is self-evident that to achieve this end the teachers of this State must possess some minimum level of academic competence; and
Whereas, there are qualified scientific research organizations having the abilities and resources to develop an examination to assess the academic competence and preparation of prospective teachers; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The State Board of Education is hereby directed to prepare a request for proposals to be submitted to qualified scientific research organizations or institutions to develop an examination or examinations to ensure that teachers applying for certification have at least the minimum knowledge required to effectively teach in the public schools of the State. It is the legislative intent that such examination(s) shall be so designed that they can be administered at the initial certification level at degree granting institutions of higher education located within the State. The request for proposals is to set forth as clearly as possible the statement of work to be performed by the contractor.
Sec. 2.  The State Board of Education is further directed to submit the request for proposals to the Department of Administration for review, and subsequently to provide the request for proposals, along with an itemized estimate of the probable contract cost, to the Second Session (1976) of the 1975 General Assembly.
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1975.

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