North Carolina HB 1130: Invest in a Sound Basic Education.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 1130

Short Title: Re-Professionalizing the Teaching Profession. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Cook, von Haefen, Prather, and R. Pierce (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 30, 2026
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE LAWS AFFECTING THE 2
EMPLOYMENT, LICENSURE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL 3
TEACHERS AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO LOCAL SCHOOL 4
ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS IN SETTING THE SCHOOL CALENDAR. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
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PART I. REINSTATE EDUCATION-BASED SALARY SUPPLEMENTS FOR 8
TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL 9
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 115C-302.10 is repealed. 10
SECTION 1.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 2025-2026 11
fiscal year, State Board of Education policy TCP-A-006, as it was in effect on June 30, 2013, 12
shall be used to determine (i) whether teachers and instructional support personnel are paid on 13
the "M" salary schedule and (ii) whether they receive a salary supplement for academic 14
preparation at the six-year or doctoral degree level. 15
SECTION 1.(c) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 16
Public Instruction the sum of eight million dollars ($8,000,000) in recurring funds for the 17
2026-2027 fiscal year to reinstate education-based salary supplements for teachers and 18
instructional support personnel in accordance with this act. 19
SECTION 1.(d) This act becomes effective July 1, 2026. 20
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PART II. NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS 22
LOAN PROGRAM AND FUNDS 23
SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 115C-296.2A is repealed. 24
SECTION 2.(b) G.S. 115C-296.2 reads as rewritten: 25
"§ 115C-296.2. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification. 26
(a) State Policy. – It is the goal of the State to provide opportunities and incentives for 27
good teachers to become excellent teachers and to retain them in the teaching profession; to attain 28
this goal, the State shall support the efforts of teachers to achieve national certification by 29
providing approved paid leave time for teachers participating in the process, lending providing a 30
forgivable loan to teachers for the participation fee, and paying a significant salary differential to 31
teachers who attain national certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching 32
Standards (NBPTS). 33
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General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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(c) Payment of the NBPTS Participation Fee; Paid Leave. – The State State Education 1
Assistance Authority shall lend teachers the participation fee and shall provide fee, and teachers 2
shall receive up to three days of approved paid leave to all teachers participating for participation 3
in the NBPTS program who:if the teachers meet all of the following criteria: 4
(1) Have completed three full years of teaching in a North Carolina public school; 5
andschool. 6
(2) Have (i) not previously received State funds for participating in any 7
certification area in the NBPTS program, (ii) repaid any State funds 8
previously received for the NBPTS certification process, or (iii) received a 9
waiver of repayment from the State Board of Education. 10
Teachers participating in the program shall take paid leave only with the approval of their 11
supervisors. 12
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(d1) Forgiveness and Repayment of the Application Fee. – A The State Education 14
Assistance Authority shall forgive the loan of the application fee if the teacher attains NBPTS 15
certification within five years of applying for NBPTS certification. If the teacher does not attain 16
NBPTS certification within five years, the teacher shall repay the application fee to the State 17
Education Assistance Authority within three years. eight years of applying for NBPTS 18
certification. The commencement of cash repayment shall begin 12 months following the 19
disbursement of the loan funds. The Alternatively, the State Education Assistance Authority may 20
forgive the loan upon the death of the teacher or upon an injury deemed to leave the teacher 21
totally and permanently disabled. 22
All funds appropriated to, or otherwise received by, the Authority to provide loans to teachers 23
pursuant to this section, all funds received as repayment of loans, and all interest earned on these 24
funds shall be placed in a trust fund. This fund shall be used only for loans made pursuant to this 25
section and administrative costs of the Authority. 26
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(f) Rules. – The State Education Assistance Authority shall adopt rules and guidelines 28
regarding the loan loan, forgiveness, and repayment of the NBPTS application fee. To the extent 29
funds provided for forgivable loans for the NBPTS application fee are insufficient to award 30
forgivable loans to