North Carolina Virtual Public School teachers may keep their jobs this fall if bill passes

RALEIGH -- North Carolina lawmakers have come up with a potential solution to halt the temporary layoff of 220 teachers at the state’s virtual public school.

A bill moved through a House committee on Monday with an amendment that would allow instructors with the North Carolina Virtual Public School to be exempt from the 12-month maximum limit for temporary appointments.

The school’s payroll is handled by Temporary Solutions, which requires teachers to take a 31-day break in service, which means they would have to take this fall semester off, The News & Observer previously reported.

Also, the amendment states that the Department of Public Instruction and State Board of Education would develop a plan for contracting and payment of those instructors in compliance with the law starting with the 2020 spring semester. That plan is due by Oct. 15.

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