HB 1017 — Sound Basic Education for Every Child.

STATEWIDE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY Page 14 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 2.2.(a) The State Board of Education shall develop a plan for the creation ofa School Leadership AcademyAcademyto to provideinitial andandongoingsupportto ongoing support to theState's local school administrative units and school leaders.

SECTION 2.2.(b) By February 15, 2027, the State Board shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, the Fiscal Research Division, and the Office of State Budget and Management on its proposal for the School Leadership Academy, includingincludingthe the plan for implementation and an estimation of costs.

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(3) If a principal does not have a school growth score from anyanyof of the school years identified in this subsection, the most recent available growth scores, up to the fourth year, shall be used.

SECTION 2.3.(d) Beginning with the 2017-2018 fiscal year, in lieu of providing annual longevity payments to principals paid on the principal salary schedule, the amounts of those longevitylongevitypayments payments are included in the annual amounts under the principal salarysalaryschedule. schedule.

The salarysalarythe the principal received in the 2016-2017 fiscal year pursuant to Section 9.1 or Section 9.2 of S.L.

SECTION 2.3.(g) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department ofPublicInstructionforthe2026-2027fiscalyearthesumofthirtymillionfivehundredthousandofPublicInstructionforthe2026-2027fiscal yearthesumofthirtymillionfivehundredthousand Page 16 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 dollars ($30,500,000) in recurring funds to increase salaries for principals in accordance with this section.

For purposes of this section, an administrator with a one-year provisional assistant principal's certificateshall beconsideredequivalentbeconsidered toequivalentto anassistant principal.

The salarysalarythe the assistant principal received in the 2016-2017 fiscal year pursuant to Section 9.1 or Section 9.2 of S.L.

DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition Page 17 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 2 PLAN FOR SCHOOL-BASED ADMINISTRATOR GRANT PROGRAM SECTION 2.5.(a) No later than March 15, 2027, the State Board of Education shall develop and report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and the Fiscal Research Division a plan to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of incentive programs to encourage well-qualified principals and assistant principals to work in high-need schools.

Page 18 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Positions allocated for classroom teachers may be converted to dollar equivalents to contract for visiting international exchange teachers through a visiting international exchange teacher program approved by the State.

These positions shall be converted at the statewide average salary for classroom teachers,includingteachers,includingbenefits. benefits.

Theconvertedfundsshall beusedonlybeused toonlyto provide visitingvisitinginternational international exchangeteacherswith salaries commensuratewith their experience levels, to provide any State-approved bonuses, and to cover the costs associated with supporting visiting international exchange teachers within the local school administrative unit, including programming and related activities, background checks, medical coverage, and other program administration services in accordance with the federal regulations for the Exchange Visitor Program, 22 C.F.R.

These positions shall be converted at the minimum salary for the position on the "A" Teachers Salary Schedule." DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition Page 19 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 3.1.(b) This section applies beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

To derive the current expense appropriations per student that the county could be able to provide given the county's wealth and an average effortto fundpublicschools, multiplymultiplythe thecounty'scounty's wealthwealthas as apercentageof Stateaverage wealth by the State average current expense appropriations per student.

– The formula in this section is solely a basis for distribution of supplemental funding for low-wealth counties and is not intended to reflect anyanymeasure measure of the adequacyadequacyof of the educational program or funding for public schools.

The formula is also not intended to reflect any commitment bybythe the General AssemblyAssemblyto to appropriate anyanyadditional additional supplemental funds for low- wealth counties.counties.

FUNDING FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY STUDENTS Page 20 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 3.4.(a) The title of Article 32F of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:

(c) A countycountyin in which a local school administrative unit receives funds under this section shall use the funds to supplement local current expense funds and shall not supplant local current expense funds." SECTION 3.4.(c) Subsection (a) of Section 7.9 of S.L.

(b) Beginning with the 2026-2027 fiscal year, there is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department ofPublic Instruction forthefollowingforthefollowingfiscal fiscalyearsthefollowingamounts yearsthefollowing amounts to the teacher assistant allotment:

(d) Fundsappropriatedpursuanttosubsection(b)ofthissectionshallbeallocatedtolocal schooladministrativeunitstoincreasepositionsforteacherassistantsinthefollowingfiscalyearsschooladministrativeunitstoincreasepositionsforteacherassistantsinthefollowingfiscal years to the following statewide ratios of teacher assistants to students in kindergarten through grade three:

Fiscal Year Teacher Assistants 2026-2027 1:30 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition Page 21 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 2027-2028 and each subsequent fiscal year thereafter 1:27." 3 INCREASE FUNDING FOR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL SECTION 3.6.(a) G.S.

(a) Beginning with the 2026-2027 fiscal year, there is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department ofPublicof Public Instruction forthefollowingforthefollowingfiscal fiscalyearsthefollowingamounts yearsthefollowing amounts to the instructional support allotment:

Page 22 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (c) Funds appropriatedpursuant to subsection(a)ofthis section shall beallocatedto local school administrative units to increase instructional support personnel positions each fiscal year until the 2028-2029 fiscal year at the following position-to-student ratios:

2026-2027 Fiscal Year Maximum Superintendent I $11,049 Superintendent II $11,707 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition Page 23 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Superintendent III $12,410 Superintendent IV $13,156 Superintendent V $13,947 The local board of education shall determine the appropriate category and placement for the superintendent based on the average daily membership of the local school administrative unit and within funds appropriated bybythe the General Assembly for central office administrators and superintendents.

In the event a child with disabilities leaves the charter school and enrolls in a public school duringduringthe the first 60 school days in the school year, the charter school shall return a pro rata amount of funds allocated for that child to the State Board, and the State Board shall reallocate those funds to the local school administrative unit in which the public school is located.

In the event a Page 24 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 child with disabilities enrolls in a charter school duringduringthe the first 60school60 school days in theschoolthe school year, the State Board shall allocate to the charter school the pro rata amount of additional funds for children with disabilities.

… (b2) If a charter school uses funds provided in receives direct capital funds under subsection (b1) of this section to acquire or improve property, the amount provided bybythe the county shall be evidenced by a promissory note and secured by a deed of trust on the property acquired or improved bybythe the funds.

The countycountymaysubordinate may subordinate the deed of trust to other liens to facilitate the acquisition or improvement of the property secured by the deed of trust.

111-42(d), but also means any mechanical or electronic device dispensing items or something of value or entertainment or services for a fee, regardless of the method of activation, and regardless of the means of payment, whether by coin, currency, tokens, or other means." DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition Page 25 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 3.12.(d) G.S.

Procedureforresolution ofdisputebetween board ofeducationof education thegoverning body of a local school and a board of county commissioners.

(a) If the board of education governing bodybodyof of a local school determines that the amount of money appropriated to the local current expense fund, or the capital outlay fund, or both, by the board of county commissioners to a local school administrative unit or charter school is not sufficient to support a system of free public schools, then the chairman of the board of education governing body of the local school and the chairman of the board of county commissioners shall arrange a joint meeting of the two boards to be held within seven days after the day of the county commissioners' decision on the school appropriations.

The mediator shall not be compelled to testify or produce evidence concerning Page 26 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 statements made and conduct occurring in a mediation in any civil proceeding for any purpose, except disciplinary hearings before the State Bar or any agency established to enforce standards of conduct for mediators.

Reports bybymembers members of either working group to their respective boards shall be made in compliance with Article 33C of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes.

Unless both boards agree otherwise, or unless the boards have already resolved their dispute, themediation shall end no laterthanAugust 1.The mediatorshall have theauthoritytheauthorityto to determine that an impasse exists and to discontinue the mediation.

If both boards agree to continue the mediation beyond August 1, the board of county commissioners shall appropriate to the local school administrative unit for deposit in the local current expense fund or to a charter school a sum of moneymoneysufficient sufficient to equal the local contribution to this fund for the previous year.

DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition Page 27 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (b2) If agreement is not reached in mediation, and the amount to be appropriated has been calculated pursuant to subsection (b1) of this section to the local current expense fund for the prior two years, the sum to be appropriated for the budget year in dispute shall be calculated as follows:

Each installment shall be paid notlaterthan10daysafterthecloseofeachcalendarmonth.Whenrevenuehasbeenappropriated Page 28 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 to the local school administrative unit by the board of county commissioners from funds which carry specific restrictions binding upon the county as recipient, the board of commissioners must inform the local school administrative unit in writing of those restrictions." SECTION 3.12.(g) G.S.

–It– It is theintent oftheGeneral Assemblybythis section to provide, subject to a vote of the qualified voters of the State, for the issuance of four billion dollars($4,000,000,000)general obligationbonds oftheStateforthepurposeofprovidingoftheStateforthepurposeofprovidingfunds, funds, with any other available funds, for public school facilities through grants to counties for public school capital outlay projects, repairs, and renovations.

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or any financial institution or other similar provider of a credit facility agreement, which provider may be located within or without the United States of America, such agreement providing for prompt payment of all or any part of the principal or purchase price (whether at maturity, presentment or tender for purchase, redemption, or acceleration), redemption premium, if any, and interest on any bonds or notes payable on demand or tender bybythe the owner, in consideration of the State agreeing to repay the provider of the credit facility agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions of such agreement.

A provision providing for such adjustment based upon a percentage or percentages of a LIBOR rate, a prime rate, or base rate, which percentage or percentages maymayvaryor vary or be applied for different periods of time;

Construction, acquisition, and installation of technologytechnologyinfrastructure infrastructure for a public school building.

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Any additional monies that may be received by means of a grant or grants from the United States of America or any agency or department thereof or from any other source to aid in financing the cost of public school capital outlayoutlayprojects projects authorizedbythis sectionmaybeplacedsectionmaybeplacedbytheState by theState Treasurer in the Education Bonds Fund or in a separate account or fund and shall be disbursed, to the extent permitted by the terms of the grant or grants, without regard to limitations imposed by this section.

– The proceeds of education bonds and notes, including premium thereon, if any, except the proceeds of bonds, the issuance of which has been anticipated by bond anticipation notes or the proceeds of refunding bonds or notes, shall be placed by the State Treasurer in a special fund to be designated "Education Bonds Fund," which may include such appropriate special accounts therein as maymaybe be determined bybythe the State Treasurer and shall be disbursed as provided in this section.

Any additional monies that may be received by means of a grant or grants from the United States of America or any agency or department thereof or from anyanyother other source for deposit to the Education Bonds Fund may be placed in the Education Bonds Fund or in a separate account or fund and shall be disbursed, to the extent permitted by the terms of the grant or grants, without regard to any limitations imposed by this section.

DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition Page 31 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Monies in the Education Bonds Fund or any separate account established under this section may be invested from time to time by the State Treasurer in the same manner permitted for investment of monies belonging to the State or held in the State treasury, except with respect to grant money to the extent otherwise directed by the terms of the grant.

– The State Treasurer or the State Treasurer's designee is hereby authorized and directed to set up a comprehensive system of tracking the proceeds of the education bonds and notes, including premium thereon, if any, to the extent necessary to enable the State Treasurer or the State Treasurer's designee to properlyproperlyaccount account for the use of such proceeds for compliance with applicable requirements of the federal tax law or otherwise.

"[ ] FOR [ ] AGAINST Page 32 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 The issuance of four billion dollars ($4,000,000,000) State of North Carolina Education Bonds constituting general obligation bonds of the State secured by a pledge of the faith and credit and taxing power of the State for the purpose of providing funds, with any other available funds, to fund capital improvements, construction of new facilities, and the renovation and rehabilitation of existing facilities for the State's kindergarten through grade 12 public education system." If a majority of those voting on a bond question in the election vote in favor of the issuance of the bonds described in the question, those bonds may be issued as provided in this section.

– Bonds or notes may bear such date or dates, may be serial or term bonds or notes, or any combination thereof, may mature in such amounts and at such time or times, not exceeding 40 years from their date or dates, may be payable at such place or places, either within or without the United States of America, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, may bear interest at such rate or rates, which may vary from time to time, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the State or otherwise as may be provided by the State, at such price or prices, including a price less than the face amount of the bonds or notes, and under such terms and conditions, all as maymaybe be determined by the State Treasurer by and with the consent of the Council of State.

If bonds or notes bear the facsimile signatures of the Governor and the State Treasurer, the bonds or notes shall also bear a manual signature, which may be that of a bond registrar, trustee, payingpayingagent, agent, ordesignatedassistant oftheStateTreasurer.Should anyofficer whose signature or facsimile signature appears on bonds or notes cease to be such officer before the delivery of the bonds or notes, the signature or facsimile signature shall nevertheless have the same validity for all purposes as if the officer had remained in office until delivery, and bonds or notes may bearthefacsimilesignatures ofpersonswhoat the actualtimeoftheexecutionactual timeoftheexecution of the bonds or notes shall be the proper officers to sign any bond or note, although at the date of the bond or note such persons may not have been such officers.

provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prohibit theStateTreasurerfrom proceeding,proceeding,with with respect to theissuance and form of the bonds or notes, under the provisions of Chapter 159E of the DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition Page 33 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 General Statutes, the Registered Public Obligations Act, as well as under this section.

– Subject to the consent of the Council of State, the State Treasurer shall determine the manner in which bonds or notes shall be offered for sale, whether at public or private sale, whether within or without the United States of America, and whether by publishing notices in certain newspapers and financial journals, mailing notices, inviting bids by correspondence, negotiating contracts of purchase, or otherwise, and the State Treasurer is authorized to sell bonds or notes at one time or from time to time at such rate or rates of interest, which maymayvary vary from time to time, and at such price or prices, including a price less than the face amount of the bonds or the notes, as the State Treasurer may determine.

Funds provided by the General Assembly for the payment of interest on or principal of bonds shall be used in paying the interest on or principal of anyanynotes notes and anyanyrenewals renewals thereof, the proceeds of which shall have been used in paying interest on or principal of the bonds.

– ByByand and with the consent of the Council of State, the State Treasurer is authorized to issue and sell refunding bonds and notes pursuant to the provisions of the State Refunding Bond Act for the purpose of refunding bonds or notes issued pursuant to this section.

all insurance companies, trust companies, investment Page 34 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 companies, banks, savings banks, savings andloanassociations, credit unions, pension or retirement funds, other financial institutions engaged in business in the State;

Bonds and notes are hereby made securities that may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any officer or agency of the State or political subdivision of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds, notes, or obligations of the State or anyanypolitical political subdivision of the State is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.

In addition to the State's right to amend any provision of this section to the extent it does not impair any contractual right of a bond owner, the State expresslyexpresslyreserves reserves theright to amendanyprovisionofthisamendanyprovision ofthis sectionwith respect to the making and repayment of loans, the disposition of any repayments of loans,and anyinterceptprovisionsrelatingtothefailureofalocalgovernmentanyinterceptprovisionsrelatingtothefailureofalocal government unit to repay a loan, the bonds not being secured in any respect by loans, any repayments thereof, or any intercept provisions with respect thereto.

(4) Bear interest at a rate or rates that maymayvaryfor vary for such period or periods of time, all as may be provided in the proceedings providing for the issuance of the bonds or notes, including, without limitation, such variations as may be permitted pursuant to a par formula;

If the aggregate principal amount repayable by the State under a credit facility agreement is in excess of the aggregate principal amount of bonds or notes secured by the credit facility agreement, whether as a result of the inclusion in the credit facility agreement of a provision for the payment of interest for a limited period of time or the payment of a redemption premium or for any other reason, then the amount of authorized but unissued bonds or notes during the term of such credit facilityfacilityagreement agreement shall not be less than the amount of such excess, unless the payment of such excess is otherwise provided for by agreement of the State executed by the State Treasurer.

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– If anyanyprovision provision of this section or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the section that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application and, to this end, the provisions of this section are declared to be severable.

–TheStateTreasurermayauthorize,–TheStateTreasurermayauthorize,execute, execute, obtain, or otherwise provide for bond issuance, investment contracts, credit and liquidity facilities, interest rate swap agreements and other derivative products, and any other related instruments and matters the State Treasurer determines to be desirable in connection with the issuance of bonds and notes.

Page 36 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 3.13.(n) Any funds from the Education Bond expended for school technology for public schools shall be reported to the State Board of Education and shall be creditedagainstthejudgmentinN.C.Sch.Bds.Ass'n.v.Moore,No.98-CVS-14159(N.C.Super.

The DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition Page 37 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Department shall report the Department's recommendations to implement such a model to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by March 15, 2027.

The school achievement score shall account for eightyeightyfifty-one fifty-one percent (80%), (51%), and the school growth score shall account for twenty forty-nine percent (20%) (49%) of the total sum.

There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of nineteen million dollars ($19,000,000) in recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be used to continue to implement the District and Regional Support model developed bybythe the State Board of Education to support the improvement of low-performing and high-poverty schools.

Implementation shall (i) provide support in needed content areas and instructional and leadership coaching and (ii) include direct, comprehensive, and progressive Page 38 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 turnaround assistance to the State's chronically low-performing schools and low-performing districts.

The school-based coordinator shall assess local needs and assets and organizetheintegrationofsocial,academic,organizetheintegration andof healthsupportssocial, academic,andhealth supports in coordination with school support personnel.

The school-based coordinator shall also assess the school's access to technical assistanceand professional supporttosupport effectivelyto planandeffectivelyplan and implement thecommunitythecommunityschool school model orotherevidence-basedmodel.No laterthan JulyJuly15ofeach 15 ofeach school year that a school participates in the Program, the school-based coordinator shall submit to the Department of Public Instruction a request for funds for goods or services beneficial to meeting the goals of the communitycommunityschool school model or other evidence-based model for the following school year.

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If funds provided for the purpose are insufficient, theDepartment shall distributeavailablefundspro ratarataon on thebasis ofaveragedailymembership.

Page 40 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (c) No later than January 1 of each year, the Department shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee at least the following information:

(2) GraduallyGraduallyincrease increase the number of eligible children able to be served in the NC Pre-K program with the goal of reaching at least seventy-five percent (75%) of eligible children in each county by the end of the 2027-2028 fiscal year.

DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition Page 41 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (1) The number of students participating in the pilot program.

SECTION 6.1.(d) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (Division), the sum of forty-eight million four hundred thousand dollars ($48,400,000) in recurring funds forthe2026-2027 fiscalyeartofiscal yearto providetransportationtoallparticipantsenrolledintheNCPre-K program.

SECTION 6.2.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (Division), the sum of seventy-eight million seven hundred thousand dollars ($78,700,000) in recurring fundsforthe2026-2027 fiscal yearto expandtheFamilyexpandtheFamilyConnects Connects universal homevisitinghomevisitingmodel model to local agencies statewide that choose to implement the program for their community through local health departments or local Smart Start partnerships.

FamilyFamilyConnects Connects is an evidence-based model that provides one to three home visits from a registered nurse to all families who have newborns and live in a defined service area.

SECTION 6.2.(c) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (Division), the sum of fortyfortymillion million dollars ($40,000,000) in recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to conduct a pilot program of a State model for high-quality early learning programs for eligible children from birth to 3 years of age, for 1,000 children each year, with the intent to expand the program to additional locations.

– There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child and Family Well-Being, Early Intervention Section, the sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to provide funds for the North Carolina Page 42 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Infant-Toddler Program, a program that provides support and services for families and their children, from birth to 3 years of age, who have special needs.

TheDivision of PublicHealthshall solicit publicinput andandfeedback feedback on the plan developed pursuant to this subdivision.

The Early Intervention Section maymayuse use up to five percent (5%) of these allocated funds to conduct a public awareness campaign regarding expansion of eligibility for the NC Infant and Toddler Program, to increase efforts to identify children eligible to receive services under this expanded program, and to create partnerships with family support agencies.

– There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition Page 43 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 of Child Development and Early Education, the sum of thirty-two million dollars ($32,000,000) in recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to increase funding for and expand participation statewide in the Child Care WAGE$ program and the Infant-Toddler Educator AWARD$ program, both of which provide salary supplements for early childhood educators.

– There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (Division), the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to expand and improve the North Carolina EarlyEarlyChildhood Childhood Integrated Data System (NC ECIDS) and the North Carolina Early Childhood Action plan data dashboards to track child outcomes and provide access to State data for State and local users and researchers with the goal of connecting this data to the NC Longitudinal Data System (NCLDS).

There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and EarlyEarlyEducation Education (Division), the Page 44 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to incrementally scale up the Pre-K to K Transitions program to serve all districts.

There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and EarlyEarlyEducation Education (Division), the sum of three hundred twenty thousand dollars ($320,000) in recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to provide ongoing support and technical assistance for establishing local collaborative family engagement plans for birth through third grade.

Notwithstanding the required opening and closing dates under this subsection, a local board of education may align the calendar of schools in the local school administrative unit with the calendar of a community college serving the city or county in which the unit is located." DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition Page 45 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 7.2.(b) This section is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

– Due to the effectiveness of the innovative model operated bybyCAC CAC and the potential for significantlysignificantlyimpacting impacting the highest-need students as described in subsection (a) of this section, the sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) in recurring funds is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be provided to CAC for the purpose of expanding the placement of college advisers in accordance with the requirements of this section.

There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year for a Career and Postsecondary Planning Director position in the Department's career and technical education division to focus on career planning in grades five Page 46 DRH10571-MTa-148House Bill 1017-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 through 12.

There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to fund additional costs for all economically disadvantaged students enrolled in the Career and College Promise Transfer PathwayPathwayProgram, Program, including at least the full costs of textbooks, transportation, meals on college campuses, fees, and technology.

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