NC teachers could stop paying $50 for a sub on personal days -- if they give a reason

[TexasTowelie]

North Carolina teachers are a step closer to not having to pay for a substitute to cover their classes when they take a personal day.

Currently, teachers who use personal leave on days when classes are in session are charged $50 to help schools cover the cost of finding a substitute teacher. But the state House unanimously passed legislation on Thursday that waives the “required substitute deduction” for teachers if they provide a reason to their principal for taking personal leave.

“This bill creates an avenue for teachers to be able to utilize their personal leave benefit without being docked $50 a day from their pay,” Rep. Jeffrey Elmore, a Wilkes County Republican and the bill’s primary sponsor, said Thursday.

But if House Bill 362 becomes law, teachers who don’t provide a reason would be charged the full cost of hiring a substitute, which could be more than $100 a day. The bill now goes to the Senate.

Read more: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article251193889.html
(Raleigh News & Observer)

Is "I had a hangover" considered a valid reason?

[Scrivener7]

1. In what other profession do you have to pay to take a personal day?

That is one crap union, if there even is a union.

[CRK7376]

2. I'm toast!

2 years more is all I will give NC as a teacher. I love working with the high school kids, talking about history, but this crap and all the other BS is killing our profession plus all the big bucks we earn.....additional admin stuff post your lesson plans by 8:00am Mondays, post your weekly Parent contacts, post your PLT notes weekly and now the State wants us to post Lesson Plan and Resource Materials.....plus post grades in the gradebook every week , somewhere along the way find time to tutor or coach and kiss the wife and kids once a week....maybe get some sleep and not worry about getting covid.....Yeah Thanks NC......