GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 971
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The appropriations made in this act are for maximum amounts necessary to provide the services and accomplish the purposes described in the State Budget. Savings shall be effected where the total amounts appropriated are not required to perform these services and accomplish these purposes and, except as allowed by the Executive Budget Act or this act, the savings shall revert to the appropriate fund at the end of the biennium.
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An outline of the provisions of the act follows this section. The outline shows the heading "---CONTENTS/INDEX--" and it lists by general category the captions for the various sections and groups of sections that make up the act.
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(This outline is designed for reference only, and it in no way limits, defines, or prescribes the scope or application of the text of the act.) PART I---CURRENT OPERATIONS/GENERAL FUND
Sec. 2.
PART II---CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS/GENERAL FUND
Sec. 3.
PART III.---SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5.
Sec. 6.
Sec. 7.
Sec. 8.
PART I.---CURRENT OPERATIONS/GENERAL FUND
Sec. 2. The items and amounts appropriated from the General Fund for the 1984-85 fiscal year in the 1984-85 column of the schedule in Section 2 of Chapter 761 of the 1983 Session Laws are repealed, and appropriations from the General Fund for the maintenance of the State departments, institutions, and agencies, and for other purposes as enumerated are made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1985, according to the following schedule:
General Assembly $ 12,375,627
Judicial Department 90,825,560
Indigent Person's Attorney Fee 12,931,431
Department of The Governor
01. Office of The Governor 1,690,212
02. Office of Citizens Affairs 660,884
03. Office of State Budget and Management 3,135,647
04. Executive Residences 296,928
05. Medical Student Loans 997,704
06. Housing Finance Agency 4,000,000
07. N.C. Housing Commission 100,000
08. Special Appropriations 2,510,000
Total Department of The Governor 13,391,375
Lieutenant Governor's Office 320,142
Department of Secretary of State 1,253,659
Department of State Auditor 8,386,640
Department of State Treasurer 2,528,901
Department of Public Education
01. Program Administration and Support 20,375,818
02. Fiscal Administration and Support 1,585,834,471
Total Department of Public Education 1,606,210,289
Department of Justice 25,699,553
Department of Agriculture 24,103,615
Department of Labor 4,638,398
Department of Insurance 4,593,737
Department of Administration 34,138,334
Department of Transportation
01. Public Transportation 1,340,000
02. Aeronautics 3,516,571
03. Aid to Railroads 100,000
Total Department of Transportation 4,956,571
Department of Natural Resources and
Community Development 48,844,040
Department of Human Resources
01. Alcoholic Rehabilitation
Center - Black Mountain 2,551,215
02. Alcoholic Rehabilitation
Center - Butner 1,941,554
03. Alcoholic Rehabilitation
Center - Greenville 1,640,337
04. N.C. Special Care Center 3,090,033
05. Black Mountain Center 101,396
06. DHR - Administration and
Support Program 16,540,475
07. Schools for the Deaf 12,030,692
08. Governor Morehead School 3,589,865
09. Division of Health Services 58,463,048
10. Lenox Baker Hospital 534,019
11. Social Services 66,196,515
12. Medical Assistance 197,311,576
13. Social Services - State Aid
to Non-State Agencies 3,571,192
14. Division of Services for
the Blind 5,176,049
15. Division of Mental Health -
Administration 6,218,163
16. Division of Mental Health -
Community Based Programs 84,591,205
17. Wright School 1,021,592
18. Dorothea Dix Hospital 23,858,481
19. Broughton Hospital 21,347,620
20. Cherry Hospital 20,805,180
21. John Umstead Hospital 19,232,417
22. Western Carolina Center 3,111,577
23. O'Berry Center 2,857,407
24. Murdoch Center 15,157,326
25. Caswell Center 12,238,360
26. Division of Facility Services 6,499,199
27. Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation Services 17,601,578
28. Division of Youth Services 28,759,700
Total Department of Human
Resources 636,037,771
Department of Correction 179,826,663
Department of Commerce 20,681,157
Reserve for Microelectronics Center
of North Carolina 13,045,000
Department of Revenue 30,116,682
Department of Cultural Resources 25,363,599
Department of Crime Control and
Public Safety 11,480,231
University of North Carolina -
Board of Governors
01. General Administration 9,266,570
02. University Operations -
Lump Sum 39,623,999
03. Related Educational Programs 29,034,222
04. University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
a. Academic Affairs 78,304,348
b. Division of Health Affairs 55,950,061
c. Area Health Education Centers 20,575,128
05. North Carolina State
University at Raleigh
a. Academic Affairs 90,575,889
b. Agricultural Research Service 21,183,752
c. Agricultural Extension Service 16,435,256
06. University of North Carolina
at Greensboro 30,976,513
07. University of North Carolina
at Charlotte 25,907,291
08. University of North Carolina
at Asheville 6,156,591
09. University of North Carolina
at Wilmington 14,588,419
10. East Carolina University 63,524,266
11. North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical State
University 19,740,401
12. Western Carolina University 19,484,767
13. Appalachian State University 28,205,044
14. Pembroke State University 7,022,145
15. Winston-Salem State University 8,846,171
16. Elizabeth City State University 6,775,401
17. Fayetteville State University 8,340,643
18. North Carolina Central
University 16,933,753
19. North Carolina School of
the Arts 4,833,173
20. North Carolina Memorial
Hospital 23,136,236
21. North Carolina Science and
Math High School 3,618,353
Total University of North Carolina 649,038,392
Department of Community Colleges 225,739,083
State Board of Elections 231,440
Board of Contract Appeals 87,000
Contingency and Emergency 1,125,000
Reserve for Salary Adjustments 500,000
Reserve for Computer Rate Increase 200,000
Reserve for Electronic Data
Processing Equipment 2,000,000
Reserve for University Biotechnology
Programs 910,000
Reserve for Cost-of-Living
Salary Increase 462,671,000
Reserve for Cost-of-Living Increase
for Retirees 9,083,100
Reserve for Cost-of-Living Increase-
Local Government Employees 7,905,600
Reserve-Hospital-Medical Benefits,
Retirees 18,458,000
Reserve for Pay Equity Study 650,000
Reserve for Museum of History 500,000
Reserve for the McCain Prison
Medical Center 4,400,000
Debt Service - Interest 35,377,250
Debt Service - Redemption 40,700,000
GRAND TOTAL CURRENT OPERATIONS-
GENERAL FUND $4,271,324,840
PART II.---CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS/GENERAL FUND
Sec. 3. The items and amounts appropriated for the 1984-85 fiscal year from the General Fund in the schedule in Section 4 of Chapter 757 of the 1983 Session Laws are reenacted, and additional appropriations are made from the General Fund for use by State institutions, departments and agencies to provide for capital improvement projects according to the following schedule:
Capital Improvements 1984-85
Community Colleges
01. Reserve for Construction $ 20,000,000
University of North Carolina (Total) 59,470,000
a. School of Science and Mathematics/
Construction of Dormitory, Resident
Advisor Apartments, and Infirmary 4,400,000
b. NCSU
1. Cattle Research Facility/Butner 1,900,000
2. Turf Grass Research Laboratory 50,000
3. Addition to D. H. Hill Library 9,159,000
4. Fletcher Research Station 360,000
c. UNC-Asheville/Classroom Building 6,175,000
d. Pembroke State/University Center Total 6,242,000
Receipts 2,300,000
Appropriation 3,942,000
e. East Carolina/Classroom Building 14,635,000
f. UNC-Wilmington/Library Addition 7,611,000
g. Appalachian State/Industrial Arts
Building Addition 4,128,000
h. Memorial Hospital/NMR Facility 800,000
i. Board of Governors
1. Western Carolina/Reserve for
Jackson County Board of Education for
Vacating Camp Lab Building 5,000,000
2. Reserve for Advance Planning 1,310,000
Human Resources (Total) 1,420,000
01. Caswell/Chapel Construction 250,000
02. O'Berry/Chapel Construction 250,000
03. Western Carolina/Chapel Construction 250,000
04. Juvenile Evaluation Center/Grading 20,000
05. Dobbs School/Addition to Vocational
Education Facility 650,000
Justice
01. SBI/Storage Building 34,000
Correction
01. Harnett Youth Center/Chapel
Construction 50,000
Agriculture (Total) 787,500
01. Raleigh Farmers' Market/Construction
of Farmers' Shed 67,500
02. Mountain Research Station/Waynesville
Facility Development 145,000
03. Metrology Lab-Raleigh/Reserve for
Bid Override on Construction 275,000
04. Horticultural Crops Research Station-
Sampson County/
Sweet Potato Facility 200,000
Natural Resources and Community Development
(Total) 2,989,000
01. Wayne County/Park Development 100,000
02. Reserve for Civil Works
Projects 2,074,000
03. Reserve for Watershed Projects 815,000
Administration
01. Purchase of Amoco Building for the
State Computer Center 7,700,000
Office of State Budget and Management
(Total) 17,645,000
01. Reserve for Statewide Repairs
and Renovations 15,000,000
02. Reserve for World War I, World
War II, Korean War and
Vietnam War Memorials 600,000
03. Reserve for Biotechnology
Research Facilities 2,045,000
GRAND TOTAL-GENERAL FUND 110,095,500
PART III.---SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 4. (a) The State Board of Education shall develop a career growth program for teachers designed to give teachers increasing responsibility, recognition and pay as they gain experience and professional ability. The program shall provide a series of salary classifications based on an individual's initiative and desire to increase his professional abilities and his success in doing so. The program shall provide for annual methods of examination of teachers with peer participation in the review, opportunities to correct deficiencies, and dismissal of teachers who after ample opportunities cannot or will not perform. Peers participating in the review shall not live in the same local school administrative unit as the teacher reviewed. The State Board shall devise methods and instruments of evaluation that will determine what levels of performance, effort and ability and what accomplishments warrant different salary classifications and at what point failure to rehire a nontenured teacher or dismissal or demotion of a tenured teacher is appropriate.
The State Board of Education shall also develop a career growth program for principals and other certified school administrators designed to give principals and other school administrators clear opportunities for advancement, recognition and increased pay if they demonstrate high effectiveness as instructional leaders and school managers. The program shall provide a series of salary classifications based on an individual's initiative and desire to increase his professional abilities and his success in doing so. The program shall provide for annual examinations by other administrators and the people he supervises, opportunities to correct deficiencies, and dismissal or reassignment of employees who after ample opportunity cannot or will not perform. The State Board shall devise methods and instruments of evaluation that will determine what levels of performance, effort and ability and what accomplishments warrant different salary classifications and at what point dismissal or reassignment of a principal or other administrator is appropriate.
(b) The State Board of Education shall submit to the Education Policy Council, on or before November 1, 1984, a preliminary report on the career growth pilot programs it has developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. No later than five days after the convening date of the 1985 General Assembly, the State Board shall submit a report for the approval of the General Assembly on the career growth pilot programs it has developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House, the Majority Leader of the Senate and the Chairmen of the Base and Expansion Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House.
(c) The General Assembly finds that it is essential to attract and retain the best people in teaching and in school administration. A system that is perceived to offer low wages, lifetime contracts, little real evaluation and no extra pay for outstanding performance cannot do that; therefore, the General Assembly directs the State Board of Education to implement the programs it develops, as approved by the General Assembly, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section by July 1, 1986. Any statutes that would prevent the State Board from doing so are repealed to the extent they conflict with this section. It is the intent of the General Assembly to make all future salary increments to teachers and principals and other certified school administrators an integral part of the career growth programs; therefore, no funds for annual increments, cost-of-living increases, or other salary increments for teachers shall be appropriated for certificated personnel of the public schools until these pilot career development programs are implemented.
Sec. 5. The provisions of the Executive Budget Act, Chapter 143, Article 1, of the General Statutes, are reenacted and shall remain in full force and effect and are incorporated in this act by reference.
Sec. 6. Except where expressly repealed or amended by this act, the provisions of Chapters 757 and 761 of the 1983 Session Laws as amended remain in effect.
Sec. 7. Notwithstanding any modifications by this act in the amounts appropriated, except where expressly repealed or amended, the limitations and directions for the 1983-85 fiscal biennium or for the 1984-85 fiscal year in Chapters 757 and 761 of 1983 Session Laws as amended that applied to appropriations to particular agencies or for particular purposes apply to the newly enacted appropriations of this act for those same particular purposes.
Sec. 8. Except as otherwise provided by this act, this act shall become effective July 1, 1984.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1984.