HB 26 — Education Omnibus.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2023 H 21 HOUSE BILL 26 Committee Substitute Favorable 1/31/23 Short Title:

Representatives Torbett, Blackwell, and Clampitt (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House January 30, 2023 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE EDUCATION LAWS.

Superintendent;

The Board of AdvisorsTrustees of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching shall advise the Superintendent in the exercise of these powers and duties.

The Executive Director shall submit a copy of the NCCAT annual report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chair of the State Board of Education at the time of issuance." *H26-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 SECTION 1.(b) G.S.Section 9.13(a) of S.L.

115C-296.6 reads as rewritten:

"§ 115C-296.6.

Composition of board of trustees;

advisors;

terms;

officers.

*H26-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 (a) The NCCAT Board of Trustees Advisors shall be composed of the following membership:

(1) Two ex officio members:

the Chairman Chair of the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction or their designees;designees.

(2) Two members appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;Senate.

(3) Two members appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

andRepresentatives.

(4) Eight members appointed by the Governor, one from each of the eight educational regions.

The appointing authorities shall give consideration to assuring, through Board membership, the statewide mission of NCCAT.

(b) Members of the NCCAT Board of Trustees Advisors shall serve four-year terms.

Members may serve two consecutive four-year terms.

The Board shall elect a new chair every two years from its membership.

The chair may serve two consecutive two-year terms as chair.

(c) The chief administrative officer of NCCAT shall be an executive director who shall be appointed by the NCCAT Board of Trustees.Superintendent of Public Instruction." SECTION 1.(c) Section 9.13(a) of S.L.

"SECTION9.13.(a) TheNorthCarolinaCenterfortheAdvancementofTeaching(NCCAT) istransferred fromtheBoardofGovernorsofTheUniversityofNorthCarolinatofromtheBoardofGovernorsofTheUniversityofNorthCarolinatotheStateBoard theStateBoard of Education.

Notwithstanding any provision of S.L.law to the contrary, the Department ofPublic Instruction shall usefundsprovided pursuant to S.L.2022-74 to enterintoanagreement with the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research at North Carolina State University to purchase attainment data from the National Student Clearinghouse and share the data annually with eligible and appropriate sectors, partners, and individuals as requested and approved by the Department.

2022-74 or the Committee ReportdescribedinSection43.2ofthatacttothecontrary,theonehundredsixtythousanddollars ($160,000) in recurring funds for the 2022-2023 fiscal year appropriated to the Department of Public Instruction to enter into an agreement with the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research at North Carolina State University shall instead be used to purchase attainment data from the National Student Clearinghouse and share the data annually with eligible and appropriate sectors, partners, and individuals as requested and approved by the Department.

STUDY AND EVALUATION OF SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT SCORES AND METRICS SECTION 4.(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall study (i) school achievement, growth, performanceachievement scores, and grades awarded pursuant to G.S.

Page 2 House Bill 26-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 The Superintendent shall report the results of the study to the House Committee on Education – K-12, the SenateCommitteeon Education/Higher Education,and theJoint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on or before April 15, 2023.

(1) Any efforts by the Department of Public Instruction to review the statewide model of evaluating school achievement, growth, performanceachievement scores, and grades.

(2) The differencesimpact betweenof the potential indicators andon the current school performance indicators.metrics and compliance with federal law.

(3) AnRecommendations analysisand ofsuggested whetherlegislation for the potentialGeneral indicatorsAssembly willto complyconsider withif federalthere law.are changes to the methodology behind awarding scores and grades pursuant to G.S.

(4)115C-83.15 Recommendedor legislative changes to school performance indicators,indicators scores,pursuant andto grades.G.S.

PART115C-83.16. V.

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