North Carolina HB 1143: Modify Tax on Marijuana Products.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 1143
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/19/26

Short Title: Principal Fellows & Admin. Intern. Stipends. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
May 4, 2026
*H1143-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE PRINCIPAL FELLOWS PROGRAM 2
AND TO CODIFY ADMINISTRATIVE INTERNSHIP STIPENDS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
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PART I. MODIFY ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS FOR THE PRINCIPAL FELLOWS 6
PROGRAM 7
SECTION 1. Article 5C of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes reads as rewritten: 8
"Article 5C. 9
"North Carolina Principal Fellows Program. 10
"§ 116-74.41. North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission established; membership. 11
(a) There is established the North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission. The 12
Commission shall exercise its powers and duties independently in its administration of the North 13
Carolina Principal Fellows Program in accordance with this Article. The Director of the Program 14
shall staff the Commission in accordance with G.S. 116-74.49. The State Education Assistance 15
Authority as created in G.S. 116-203 shall be is responsible for awarding grants upon selection 16
of the recipients by the Commission in accordance with G.S. 116-74.46 and G.S. 116-74.46A 17
and executing agreements for forgivable scholarship loans, cancelling through service, 18
collecting, and otherwise enforcing the agreements under G.S. 116-74.48. 19
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"§ 116-74.41A. Definitions. 21
For the purposes of this Article, the following definitions apply: 22
(1) Authority or SEAA. – The State Education Assistance Authority as created in 23
G.S. 116-203. 24
(2) Commission. – The North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission. 25
(2a) Developmental grant. – A grant awarded to an eligible entity pursuant to 26
G.S. 116-74.46A. 27
(3) Eligible entity. – A for-profit or nonprofit organization or an institution of 28
higher education that has an evidence-based plan for preparing school leaders 29
who implement school leadership practices linked to increased student 30
achievement. 31
(4) High-need local school administrative unit. – A local school administrative 32
unit with the majority of its schools deemed to be high-need schools as defined 33
in subdivision (5) of this subsection. 34
(5) High-need school. – A public school that meets one or more of the following 35
criteria: 36

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a. Is a school identified under Part A of Title I of the Elementary and 1
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. 2
b. Is a persistently low-achieving school, as identified by the Department 3
of Public Instruction for purposes of federal accountability. 4
c. A middle school containing any of grades five through eight that feeds 5
into a high school with less than a seventy-five percent (75%) 6
four-year cohort graduation rate. 7
d. A high school with less than a seventy-five percent (75%) four-year 8
cohort graduation rate. 9
(6) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(x), effective July 1, 2021. 10
(7) Principal. – The highest administrative official in a public school building 11
with primary responsibility for the instructional leadership, talent 12
management, and organizational development of the school. 13
(7a) Principal Fellows grant. – A grant awarded to an eligible entity pursuant to 14
G.S. 116-74.46. 15
(8) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(x), effective July 1, 2021. 16
(9) Program. – The North Carolina Principal Fellows Program established 17
pursuant to G.S. 116-74.44. 18
(9a) Program participant. – An individual enrolled at an eligible entity that has 19
been awarded a Principal Fellows grant. 20
(10) Public school. – An elementary or secondary school located in North Carolina 21
that is operated by a local board of education, charter school board of 22
directors, regional school board of directors, chancellor for a University of 23
North Carolina laboratory school, an innovative school operator, or the United 24
States government. 25
(11) School leader. – An individual employed in a school leadership role, including 26
principal or assistant principal roles. 27
(12) Student achievement. – At the whole school level, after three years of leading 28
a school, consistent and methodologically sound measures of: 29
a. Student academic achievement. 30
b. Aggregated individual student academic growth. 31
c. Additional outcomes, such as high school graduation rates, the 32
percentage of students taking advanced-level coursework, or the 33
percentage of students who obtain a career-related credential through 34
a national business certification exam. 35
(13) Trust Fund. – The North Carolina Principal Fellows Trust Fund established 36
pursuant to G.S. 116-74.41B. 37
"§ 116-74.41B. The North Carolina Principal Fellows Trust Fund. 38
(a) Trust Fund Established. – The North Carolina Principal Fellows Trust Fund shall be 39
an institutional trust fund established