[§302A-633.5]  School personnel engaged in
instructional work, other than teachers and educational officers.  (a)  The
board of education shall appoint teaching assistants, educational assistants,
bilingual/bicultural school-home assistants, school psychologists,
psychological examiners, speech pathologists, athletic health care trainers,
alternative school work/study assistants, alternative school
educational/supportive services specialists, and alternative school project
coordinators as may be required to carry out the purposes of this chapter.  The
board, in consultation with the department of human resources development,
shall prescribe the duties and qualifications for positions, adopt
classification systems, classify and fix the compensation of positions
accordingly, provide a classification appeals procedure, and establish
probationary and other requirements for tenure that protects employees from
being disciplined without proper cause.



(b)  Employees in positions under subsection
(a) shall be board of education appointees exempt from chapter 76, but the
application of section 89-6 with respect to collective bargaining coverage and
the employer for purposes of collective bargaining shall not be affected. 
Except for rights or benefits specifically conditioned upon membership in the
civil service, the wages, hours, benefits, and other terms and conditions of
employment for these employees in existence on July 1, 2002 shall remain in
effect, but may be changed as provided in chapter 89 or 89C, as applicable. 
Any employee who is a member of the civil service on July 1, 2002 shall be
granted tenure by the board of education without the necessity of meeting any
probationary or other requirements for tenure that the board of education
establishes. [L 2000, c 253, §125]



 



Revision Note



 



  "July 1, 2002" substituted for "the effective
date of this Act".