NCGA Summary of 2019 Education Legislation Compiled by The NC Department of Public instruction
SL 2019-71: (SB 219) Modify Teacher Licensing Requirements -Makes various changes to statutes regarding the testing for the initial professional teacher (IPL) licensure; creates one-year extension for IPL for certain teachers; creates a limited teaching license for out-of-state teachers; authorizes local boards of education to determine commensurate pay level; and reduce the lifetime teaching license requirement from 50 to 30 years. BILL SUMMARY
SL 2019-110: (SB 399) Rehire High-Need Teachers – Permits retired teachers to return to work in certain high-needs schools without adversely impacting their retirement benefits. BILL SUMMARY
SL 2019-154: (HB 362) 15-Point Scale For School Performance Grades – Adopts a fifteen-point scale in the determination of school performance grades, requires SBE to adopt emergency rules in preparation for permanent rule making, and directs SBE to study the reporting methods used for school accountability purposes on the NC annual school report cards. BILL SUMMARY
SL 2019-212: (SB 621) Testing Reduction Act of 2019 – Reduces testing administered to students in public schools and makes various technical and clarifying changes related to education laws. BILL SUMMARY
SL 2019-222: (HB 75) School Safety Funds, Programs, and Reports – An act to appropriate funds for school safety, require an annual report on school resource officers, establish certain school safety grants programs, require the development of a recommended school mental health crisis response program, require annual reports on school mental health support personnel. BILL SUMMARY
SL 2019-247: (HB 377) Teacher Step Act – An act to ensure teachers, instructional support personnel, and assistant principals receive salary increases based on years of experience, to authorize salary supplements for highly qualified NC teaching graduates, and, consistent with HB 966 to appropriate funds to provide legislatively mandated salary increases for principals. BILL SUMMARY