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11 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
22 SESSION 2025
3-H 2
3+H 1
44 HOUSE BILL 56
5-Committee Substitute Favorable 3/18/25
5+
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77 Short Title: Publish Central Office Employment Information. (Public)
8-Sponsors:
9-Referred to:
8+Sponsors: Representatives Paré, Loftis, Zenger, and Tyson (Primary Sponsors).
9+For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10+Referred to: State and Local Government, if favorable, Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules,
11+Calendar, and Operations of the House
1012 February 5, 2025
11-*H56-v-2*
13+*H56-v-1*
1214 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
13-AN ACT TO REQUIRE LO CAL BOARDS OF EDUCAT ION TO PUBLISH TOTAL 2
15+AN ACT TO REQUIRE LO CAL BOARDS OF EDUCAT ION TO PUBLISH 2
1416 COMPENSATION AND POS ITION INFORMATION FO R CENTRAL OFFICE 3
1517 EMPLOYEES. 4
1618 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
1719 SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 115C-320 reads as rewritten: 6
1820 "§ 115C-320. Certain records open to inspection.Publication and inspection of certain 7
1921 records. 8
20-(a) Each local board of education shall maintain a record of each of its employees, 9
21-showing the following information with respect to each employee: 10
22-(1) Name. 11
23-(2) Age. 12
24-(3) Date of original employment or appointment. 13
25-(4) The terms of any contract by which the employee is employed whether written 14
26-or oral, past and current, to the extent that the board has the written contract 15
27-or a record of the oral contract in its possession. 16
28-(5) Current position. 17
29-(6) Title. 18
30-(7) Current salary.total compensation, as defined in sub-subdivision a. of 19
31-subdivision (1) of subsection (b1) of this section. 20
32-(8) Date and amount of each increase or decrease in salary total compensation, as 21
33-defined in sub-subdivision a. of subdivision (1) of subsection (b1) of this 22
34-section, with that local board of education. 23
35-(9) Date and type of each promotion, demotion, transfer, suspension, separation, 24
36-or other change in position classification with that local board of education. 25
37-(10) Date and general description of the reasons for each promotion with that local 26
38-board of education. 27
39-(11) Date and type of each dismissal, suspension, or demotion for disciplinary 28
40-reasons taken by the local board of education. If the disciplinary action was a 29
41-dismissal, a copy of the written notice of the final decision of the local board 30
42-education setting forth the specific acts or omissions that are the basis of the 31
43-dismissal. 32
44-(12) The office or station to which the employee is currently assigned. 33
45-(b) For the purposes of this section, the term "central office employees" refers to 34
46-superintendents, assistant superintendents, associate superintendents, directors/coordinators, 35
47-supervisors, finance officers, all personnel categorized as central office employees by the 36 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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49-Department of Public Instruction or the local school administrative unit, and any permanent 1
50-employee of the local school administrative unit or employee of a third-party contractor with the 2
51-local school administrative unit that is not assigned to a school campus. The term "salary" 3
52-includes pay, benefits, incentives, supplements, bonuses, and deferred and all other forms of 4
53-compensation paid by the employing entity. 5
22+(a) For purposes of this section, the term "central office employees" refers to 9
23+superintendents, assistant superintendents, associate superintendents, directors/coordinators, 10
24+supervisors, finance officers, all personnel categorized as central office employees by the 11
25+Department of Public Instruction or the local school administrative unit, and any permanent 12
26+employee of the local school administrative unit or employee of a third-party contractor with the 13
27+local school administrative unit that is not assigned to a school campus. 14
28+(a)(a1) Each local board of education shall maintain a record of each of its employees, 15
29+showing the following information with respect to each employee: 16
30+(1) Name. 17
31+(2) Age. 18
32+(3) Date of original employment or appointment. 19
33+(4) The terms of any contract by which the employee is employed whether written 20
34+or oral, past and current, to the extent that the board has the written contract 21
35+or a record of the oral contract in its possession. 22
36+(5) Current position. 23
37+(6) Title. 24
38+(7) Current salary.compensation, including salary supplements, bonuses, 25
39+reimbursements, and allowances. 26
40+(8) Date and amount of each increase or decrease in salary compensation with 27
41+that local board of education. 28
42+(9) Date and type of each promotion, demotion, transfer, suspension, separation, 29
43+or other change in position classification with that local board of education. 30
44+(10) Date and general description of the reasons for each promotion with that local 31
45+board of education. 32
46+(11) Date and type of each dismissal, suspension, or demotion for disciplinary 33
47+reasons taken by the local board of education. If the disciplinary action was a 34 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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49+dismissal, a copy of the written notice of the final decision of the local board 1
50+education setting forth the specific acts or omissions that are the basis of the 2
51+dismissal. 3
52+(12) The office or station to which the employee is currently assigned. 4
53+… 5
5454 (b1) No later than August 15, 2025, and annually thereafter, each local board of education 6
5555 shall publish and maintain on its website all of the following information: 7
5656 (1) For each central office employee: 8
5757 a. Total compensation from all funding sources, including at least the 9
5858 following: 10
5959 1. Salary. 11
60-2. Reimbursements and allowances, including reimbursements 12
61-and allowances related to travel. 13
62-b. Position title. 14
63-c. Position description. 15
64-d. The date the position was created. 16
65-e. The department, unit, or office of the local school administrative unit 17
66-in which the position is located. 18
67-(2) The title of each central office employee position in the local school 19
68-administrative unit and the number of positions associated with that title. 20
69-(3) For each department, unit, or office of the local school administrative unit: 21
70-a. The number of central office employees located in that department, 22
71-unit, or office. 23
72-b. The number of central office employees for each position title. 24
73-(c) Subject only to rules and regulations for the safekeeping of records adopted by the 25
74-local board of education, every person having custody of the records shall permit them to be 26
75-inspected and examined and copies made by any person during regular business hours. The name 27
76-of a participant in the Address Confidentiality Program established pursuant to Chapter 15C of 28
77-the General Statutes shall not be open to inspection and shall be redacted from any record released 29
78-pursuant to this section. Any person who is denied access to any record for the purpose of 30
79-inspecting, examining or copying the record shall have a right to compel compliance with the 31
80-provisions of this section by application to a court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of 32
81-mandamus or other appropriate relief." 33
82-SECTION 1.(b) The title of Article 21A of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes 34
83-reads as rewritten: 35
84-"Article 21A. 36
85-"Privacy of Employee Personnel Records." 37
86-SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 38
60+2. Salary supplements and bonuses. 12
61+3. Reimbursements and allowances, including reimbursements 13
62+and allowances related to travel. 14
63+b. Position title. 15
64+c. Position description. 16
65+d. The date the position was created. 17
66+e. The department, unit, or office of the local school administrative unit 18
67+in which the position is located. 19
68+(2) The title of each central office employee position in the local school 20
69+administrative unit and the number of positions associated with that title. 21
70+(3) For each department, unit, or office of the local school administrative unit: 22
71+a. The number of central office employees located in that department, 23
72+unit, or office. 24
73+b. The number of central office employees for each position title. 25
74+(c) Subject only to rules and regulations for the safekeeping of records adopted by the 26
75+local board of education, every person having custody of the records shall permit them to be 27
76+inspected and examined and copies made by any person during regular business hours. The name 28
77+of a participant in the Address Confidentiality Program established pursuant to Chapter 15C of 29
78+the General Statutes shall not be open to inspection and shall be redacted from any record released 30
79+pursuant to this section. Any person who is denied access to any record for the purpose of 31
80+inspecting, examining or copying the record shall have a right to compel compliance with the 32
81+provisions of this section by application to a court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of 33
82+mandamus or other appropriate relief." 34
83+SECTION 1.(b) The title of Article 21A of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes 35
84+reads as rewritten: 36
85+"Article 21A. 37
86+"Privacy of Employee Personnel Records." 38
87+SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 39