5/13/2021
The Daily Bulletin: 2021-05-13 | Legislative Reporting Service
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The Daily Bulletin: 2021-05-13
PUBLIC/HOUSE BILLS
H 946 (2021) SOUND BASIC EDUCATION FOR EVERY CHILD. Filed May 1 1 202 1, AN ACT TO ADDRESS CRITICAL NEEDS IN
PUBLIC EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A SOUND, BASIC EDUCATION TO EVERY CHILD IN THE
STATE.
Part I.
Appropriates $200,000 in recurring funds from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) for two
additional positions for the Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission to increase the Commission's
capacity to coordinate efforts to recruit, prepare, retain, and support the State’s teaching workforce.
Requires the State Board of Education (State Board) to develop a plan for implementing a teacher licensure and compensation
reform model designed to meet the specified objectives. Requires the plan to. at least: ( 1 ) offer early, inclusive, and clear
pathways into the profession; (2) reward excellence and advancement among teachers; and (3) encourage retention in the
profession. Requires the State Board to provide plan details and recommended legislative changes to the specified NCGA
committee and division and the Office of State Budget and Management by March 1 5, 2022. Appropriates $50,000 for 2021-
22 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction to develop the plan.
Requires the State Board, in consultation with UNC System Office, to identify the resources and structures that educator
preparation programs at UNC constituent institutions need in order to increase capacity in educator preparation programs to
recruit, prepare, support, and graduate annually (1 ) at least 5.000 in-State trained teachers annually; and (2) more educators of
color. Requires the State Board to report on the findings to the specified NCGA committee, division, and the Office of State
Budget and Management by March 15, 2022. Appropriates $25,000 for 202 1-22 from the General Fund to DPI to conduct this
study.
Appropriates $880,000 in recurring funds for 2021-22 from the General Fund to DPI for the TeachNC centralized online
teacher recruitment tool to improve the recruitment process and to support a TeachNC Administrator position.
Appropriates S2 million in recurring funds for 2021-22 from the General Fund to DPI to support the Grow-Your-Own and 2+2
teacher recruitment education programs.
Requires the State Board to develop a plan to implement and fund a statewide system or entity to coordinate, enhance, and
evaluate efforts to recruit, place, and retain teacher candidates and beginning teachers between institutions of higher education
and local school administrative units. Sets out issues the study is to focus on. Requires the State Board to submit plan details
and recommended legislation to the specified NCGA committee and division and the Office of State Budget and Management
by March 15, 2023. Appropriates $25,000 for 2022-23 from the General Fund to DPI to support the development of the plan.
Removes the term STEM from the definitions under GS 1 16-209.60, which defines terms for use in Part 3 of Article 23 ofGS
Chapter 116, which governs the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program (Program). No longer limits the Program to
providing loans to individuals interested in preparing to teach in the State's public schools in STEM or special education
licensure areas, instead opening it more broadly to those preparing to teach in the State's public schools. Makes changes
throughout the Part by removing references to "STEM" and "special education." Requires specified amounts be transferred
from the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program Trust Fund to the UNC System Office instead of General Administration.
Requires Program recruitment efforts to include identifying and encouraging students of color and students who may not
otherwise consider a teaching career to enter the program. Requires the recruitment activities to include a strategy that attracts
a diverse pool of applicants. Removes the cap on the number of participating institutions and specifies that the diverse
selection of participating programs is to include minority-serving institutions. Adds the requirement that the Program provide
planning, training, and ongoing support for Program leaders and recipients, including training on culturally responsive
teaching, teaching students with disabilities, and trauma-informed teaching. Pushes back the date of the annual reporting to
January 1. 2022. Applies beginning with the 2022-23 academic year. Appropriates $1 million in recurring funds for 2021-22
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