The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has made considerable progress in removing barriers that tended to preclude women and minority group members from competing for jobs on an equal basis. However, there remains a need to identify and remove those discriminatory practices that may still exist in the department's employment procedures. This document presents the department's affirmative action plan. The introduction includes the equal employment opportunity/affirmative action policy, the sexual harassment policy/plan, plans for policy dissemination, program responsibilities, an analysis of employment distribution by race and sex, goals and timetables, sample affirmative-action programs, and procedures for program evaluation. Appendices contain a definition of terms, an equal employment opportunity form, an exit interview form, an employee evaluation form, a list of recruitment sources, guidelines for recruitment and employment, and other employment forms. (LMI)