North Carolina SB 147: Teacher License Reciprocity.

Status: Passed 1st Reading (as of 2025-02-25)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2025 · Bill: SB 147

Subjects: BOARDS; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF; EMPLOYMENT; INTERSTATE COOPERATION; LICENSING & CERTIFICATION; OCCUPATIONS; PUBLIC; STATE EMPLOYEES; TEACHERS; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

Sponsors: Hanig, Alexander, Brinson, Burgin, Hise, Jones, McInnis, Moffitt, Waddell

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 147

Short Title: Teacher License Reciprocity. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Hanig and Moffitt (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
February 25, 2025
*S147-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM REQUIRING AN 2
OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANT FOR A CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL TEACHING 3
LICENSE TO COMPLETE AN EXAMINATION AS A CONDITION OF LICENSURE. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-270.25 reads as rewritten: 6
"§ 115C-270.25. Out-of-state license applicants. 7
(a) The State Board of Education shall grant a CPL to an applicant who is a teacher 8
licensed in another state with substantially similar licensure requirements who and has at least 9
three years of teaching experience and is in good standing with the other state. 10
(b) The State Board of Education shall not require an out-of-state license applicant to 11
complete or have completed any type of standardized examination as a condition of receiving a 12
CPL pursuant to subsection (a) of this section." 13
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to out-of-state 14
license applications submitted on or after that date. 15

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