---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probationary Teacher Appeals."
description: "Probationary Teacher Appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 962"
citation: "North Carolina SB 962 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. NESBITT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28cc2e63-d7c1-4e2f-9415-6485443e3c67"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S962&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ab3f3875330acbb83337ad608955538841584754022db573da4511bdbd7bbf3e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 962 (2009) — Probationary Teacher Appeals.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S962v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S962v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S962v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S962v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S962v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S962v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-326** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S962v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **90–26** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-07-24** Ch. SL 2009-326 `became-law`
- **2009-07-24** Signed By Gov. 7/24/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-13** Ratified
- **2009-07-09** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2009
- **2009-07-08** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2009
- **2009-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-23** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Education, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-05-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28cc2e63-d7c1-4e2f-9415-6485443e3c67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).