§ 115C‑303. Withholding of salary.
(a) No teacher shall be placed on the payroll of a local schooladministrative unit unless he holds a certificate as required by law, andunless a copy of the teacher's contract has been filed with the superintendent.No teacher may be paid more than he is due under the local school salaryschedule in force in the local school administrative unit. Substitute andinterim teachers shall be paid under rules of the State Board of Education.
(b) The board of education may withhold the salary of anyteacher who delays or refuses to render such reports as are required by law,but when the reports are delivered in accordance with law, the salary shall bepaid forthwith. (1955, c. 1372,art. 6, ss. 11, 13; 1975, c. 437, ss. 8, 9; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1985 (Reg.Sess., 1986), c. 975, s. 19.)