SECTION .0400 – SALARIES AND BENEFITS

16 NCAC 06C .0401         Definitions

As used in this Section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)           "Career employee" is defined in G.S. 115C-325(a)(1a).

(2)           "Creditable service" is defined in G.S. 135-1(8).

(3)           "Disability benefits" means benefits received under Chapter 135, Article 6 of the General Statutes.

(4)           "Full-time employee" means a person employed by a local board of education for the number of hours per week that the local board considers full-time for the position in which the person is employed, but no less than 30 hours per week.

(5)           "Immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, half-sibling, step-sibling, or dependent living in the employee's household. The term applies to any such relationship whether by blood, adoption, or marriage.

(6)           "Instructional personnel" includes any of the following:

(a)           Teachers, as defined in Item (13) of this Rule;

(b)           Student services personnel, as classified by 16 NCAC 06C .0306.

(7)           "Interim employee" means a person employed temporarily to replace an employee who is on leave without pay but is expected to return to work.

(8)           "Part-time employee" means a person employed for at least 20 hours per week but fewer than the number of hours per week of a full-time employee in the same position classification.

(9)           "Permanent employee" means a person who is employed by a local board of education either:

(a)           In a permanent position; or

(b)           To replace one or more permanent employees who are on a leave of absence or to fill a vacancy until a qualified permanent employee is hired, provided the employee is employed for at least six full consecutive months.

A permanent employee shall not lose permanent status during any period of temporary or interim assignment to another position in the same local school administrative unit, provided the local board of education anticipates returning the employee to a permanent position.

(10)         "Retirement" is defined in G.S. 135-1(20).

(11)         "School year" means either:

(a)           For a year-round school, as defined in G.S. 115-84.2(f)(5), a calendar year beginning on July 1 of one year and ending on June 30 of the following year.

(b)           For a traditional school with a summer break, the time between the opening and closing date for the local school administrative unit, as established by the local board of education pursuant to G.S. 115C-84.2.

(12)         "Substitute employee" or "substitute" means a person employed to fulfill the duties of a permanent employee on a temporary basis while the permanent employee is on paid leave.

(13)         "Teacher" means a permanent employee of a local board of education:

(a)           Whose major responsibility is classroom teaching; and

(b)           Who holds a current professional educator license.

(14)         "Temporary employee" means a person who is employed to fill a vacancy and is either:

(a)           Working fewer than 20 hours per week; or

(b)           Employed for fewer than six full consecutive months.

(15)         "Workers' compensation" means compensation received under Chapter 97, Article 1 of the General Statutes.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 115C-272; 115C-285; 115C-302.1; 115C-316;

Eff. July 1, 1986;

Amended Eff. July 1, 1994; October 1, 1993; December 1, 1991; March 1, 1990;

Temporary Amendment Eff. November 15, 1995;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2001;

Readopted Eff. July 1, 2026.