North Carolina 2025 Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 26 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 1130 — Re-Professionalizing the Teaching Profession.

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This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced April 29, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

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  • 27 sponsors

    3 primary, 24 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (26 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

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The recent changes to House Bill 1130 enhance support for teachers pursuing National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification. The bill now specifies that teachers can receive up to three days of paid leave and that the state will lend them the participation fee for the certification program, provided they meet certain criteria, such as having three years of teaching experience in North Carolina public schools. These updates aim to encourage more teachers to pursue professional development, which can lead to better educational outcomes for students.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA H.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 1130 Short Title:
1130 Apr 29, 2026 SESSION 2025 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK H D HOUSE BILL DRH10614-MTa-173 Short Title:Re-Professionalizing the Teaching Profession.
Re-Professionalizing the Teaching Profession.
Representative Cook.
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.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE LAWS AFFECTING THE EMPLOYMENT, LICENSURE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS IN SETTING THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 30, 2026 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE LAWS AFFECTING THE EMPLOYMENT, LICENSURE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS IN SETTING THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.
– It is the goal of the State to provide opportunities and incentives for good teachersto become excellent teachersandto retain them in theteaching profession;
– It is the goal of the State to provide opportunities and incentives for good teachersto become excellent teachersandto retainthemin theteachingprofession;
… (c) Payment of the NBPTS Participation Fee;
… *H1130-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (c) Payment of the NBPTS Participation Fee;
– The State State Education Assistance Authority shall lend teachers the participation fee and shall provide fee, and teachers *DRH10614-MTa-173* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 shall receive up to three days of approved paid leave to all teachers participating for participation in the NBPTS program who:if the teachers meet all of the following criteria:
– The State State Education Assistance Authority shall lend teachers the participation fee and shall provide fee, and teachers shall receive up to three days of approved paid leave to all teachers participating for participation in the NBPTS program who:if the teachers meet all of the following criteria:
(1) Have completed three full years of teaching in a North Carolina public school;
(1) Have completed three full years of teachingin a North Carolina public school;
The Alternatively, the State Education Assistance Authority may forgive the loan upon the death of the teacher or upon an injury deemed to leave the teacher totally and permanently disabled.
The Alternatively, the State Education Assistance Authoritymay forgive the loan upon the death of the teacher or upon an injury deemed to leave the teacher totally and permanently disabled.
The State Board shall adopt policies and guidelines to implement the remainder of this section." SECTION 2.(c) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of one million one hundred forty thousand dollars ($1,140,000) in recurring funds beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year to provide forgivable loans to teachers for thecost oftheparticipation fee for National Board forProfessional Teaching Standards(NBPTS) certification pursuant to G.S.
The State Board shall adopt policies and guidelines to implement the remainder of this section." SECTION 2.(c) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of one million one hundred forty thousand dollars ($1,140,000) in recurring funds beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year to provide forgivable loans to teachers for thecost oftheparticipation fee for National Board forProfessional TeachingStandards(NBPTS) certification pursuant to G.S.
2026-2027 Teacher Monthly Salary Schedule Years of Experience "A" Teachers 0 $6,000 1 $6,110 2 $6,220 3 $6,329 4 $6,439 5 $6,549 6 $6,691 7 $6,824 Page 2 DRH10614-MTa-173 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 8 $6,956 9 $7,089 10 $7,222 11 $7,354 12 $7,487 13 $7,619 14 $7,752 15 $7,885 16 $8,030 17 $8,178 18 $8,328 19 $8,482 20 $8,638 21 $8,797 22 $8,958 23 $9,123 24 $9,291 25 $9,462 26 $9,636 27 $9,813 28 $9,994 29 $10,178 30+ $10,365 SECTION 3.(b) Salary Supplements for Teachers Paid on This Salary Schedule.
2026-2027 Teacher Monthly Salary Schedule Years of Experience "A" Teachers 0 $6,000 1 $6,110 2 $6,220 3 $6,329 4 $6,439 5 $6,549 Page 2 House Bill 1130-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 6 $6,691 7 $6,824 8 $6,956 9 $7,089 10 $7,222 11 $7,354 12 $7,487 13 $7,619 14 $7,752 15 $7,885 16 $8,030 17 $8,178 18 $8,328 19 $8,482 20 $8,638 21 $8,797 22 $8,958 23 $9,123 24 $9,291 25 $9,462 26 $9,636 27 $9,813 28 $9,994 29 $10,178 30+ $10,365 SECTION 3.(b) Salary Supplements for Teachers Paid on This Salary Schedule.
(3) Licensed teachers with licensure based on academic preparation at the six-year degree level shall receive a salary supplement of one hundred twenty-six dollars($126.00)permonthin addition to thesupplement provided to them as "M" teachers.
(3) Licensed teachers with licensure based on academic preparation at the six-year degree level shall receive a salary supplement of one hundred twenty-six dollars($126.00)permonthin addition to thesupplementprovided to them as "M" teachers.
a.
House Bill 1130-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 a.
DRH10614-MTa-173 Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 b.
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(b) Program.
Page 4 House Bill 1130-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (b) Program.
The purpose of the Program is to support teacher retention by allowing eligible teachers to take Page 4 DRH10614-MTa-173 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 sabbaticals from theircurrent teaching positions andserve as substituteteachers in othersubjects, other schools located in the local school administrative unit, or both, while continuing to receive their salaries as full-time teachers.
The purpose of the Program is to support teacher retention by allowing eligible teachers to take sabbaticals from theircurrent teachingpositions andserve as substituteteachers in othersubjects, other schools located in the local school administrative unit, or both, while continuing to receive their salaries as full-time teachers.
(3) The number of teachers in the prior school year who took sabbaticals and remained employed as teachersin theparticipating local school administrative units in the following year." DRH10614-MTa-173 Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 4.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year the sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) in recurring funds to provide grants to local school administrative units to permit teachers to take one-year sabbaticals as substitute teachers under the Exploratory Sabbatical Grant Program for Teachers established pursuant to G.S.
House Bill 1130-First Edition Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (3) The number of teachers in the prior school year who took sabbaticals and remained employed as teachersin theparticipatinglocal school administrative units in the following year." SECTION 4.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year the sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) in recurring funds to provide grants to local school administrative units to permit teachers to take one-year sabbaticals as substitute teachers under the Exploratory Sabbatical Grant Program for Teachers established pursuant to G.S.
9 PART V.
PART V.
… (b) A public school unit in a county that has received a good cause waiver, as provided in G.S.
… Page 6 House Bill 1130-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (b) A public school unit in a county that has received a good cause waiver, as provided in G.S.
115C-84.2(d), for the school year may use up to 15 remote instruction days or 90 remote instruction hours when schools are unable to open due to severe weather conditions, energy shortages, power failures, or other emergency situations and may use that time towards the Page 6 DRH10614-MTa-173 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 required instructional days or hours for the school calendar.
115C-84.2(d), for the school year may use up to 15 remote instruction days or 90 remote instruction hours when schools are unable to open due to severe weather conditions, energy shortages, power failures, or other emergency situations and may use that time towards the required instructional days or hours for the school calendar.
School improvement teams shall use the Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS) or a compatible and comparable system approved by the State Board of Education to (i) analyze student data and identify root causes for problems, (ii) determine actions to address them, and (iii) appropriately place students in courses such as AlgebraI.Schoolimprovementplansshallcontainclear,unambiguoustargets,explicitindicators and actual measures, and expeditious time frames for meeting the measurement standards.
School improvement teams shall use the Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS) or a compatible and comparable system approved by the State Board of Education to (i) analyze student data and identify root causes for problems, (ii) determine actions to address them, and (iii) appropriately place students in courses such as Algebra I.Schoolimprovementplansshallcontainclear,unambiguoustargets,explicitindicators and actual measures, and expeditious time frames for meeting the measurement standards.
(1) Shall include a plan for the use of staff development funds that may be made availableto the school by thelocal boardof educationto implement theschool improvement plan.
(1) Shall include a plan for the use of staff development funds that may be made availableto the school bythelocal boardof educationto implement theschool improvement plan.
(2) Shall includeaplanto address school safety anddiscipline concerns;concerns.
House Bill 1130-First Edition Page 7 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (2) Shall includeaplanto address school safetyanddiscipline concerns;concerns.
DRH10614-MTa-173 Page 7 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (4) Shall include a plan that specifies the effective instructional practices and methods to be used to improve the academic performance of students identified as at risk of academic failure or at risk of dropping out of school;
(4) Shall include a plan that specifies the effective instructional practices and methods to be used to improve the academic performance of students identified as at risk of academic failure or at risk of dropping out of school;
The duty-free instructional planning time shall be provided to the maximum extent that (i) the safety and proper supervision of children may allow during regular student contact hours and (ii) insofar as funds are provided for this purpose by the General Assembly.
The duty-free instructional planning time shall be provided to the maximum extent that (i)the safetyand proper supervision of children may allow during regular student contact hours and (ii) insofar as funds are provided for this purpose by the General Assembly.
Principals shall not unfairly burden a given teacher by making that teacher give up his or her duty-free instructional planning time on an ongoing, regular basis without the consent of the teacher." PART VII.
Principals shall not unfairlyburden a given teacher by making that teacher give up his or her duty-free instructional planning time on an ongoing, regular basis without the consent of the teacher." PART VII.
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The bill repeals existing provisions for education-based salary supplements and creates a new system for teacher salary schedules and certification incentives.

  • G.S. 115C-302.10

    § 115C-302.10. Qualifications for certain education-based salary supplements.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, only the following teachers and instructional support personnel shall be paid on the "M" salary schedule or receive a salary supplement for academic preparation at the six-year degree level or at the doctoral degree level:(1) Certified school nurses and instructional support personnel in positions for which a master's degree is required for licensure.(2) Teachers and instructional support personnel who were paid on that salary schedule or received that salary supplement prior to the 2014-2015 school year.(3) Teachers and instructional support personnel who (i) complete a degree at the master's, six-year, or doctoral degree level for which they completed at least one course prior to August 1, 2013, and (ii) would have qualified for the salary supplement pursuant to State Board of Education policy TCP-A-006, as it was in effect on June 30, 2013.

    The existing qualifications for education-based salary supplements are entirely eliminated.

  • G.S. 115C-296.2A

    § 115C-296.2A. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification participation fee grant program.(a) [Establishment of Grant Program. -] Notwithstanding G.S. 115C-296.2, to the extent the General Assembly provides funds for this purpose, the Department of Public Instruction shall establish a grant program for qualifying public schools to improve teacher quality and mitigate learning loss by reimbursing teachers for the cost of the participation fee for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification.

    The program for reimbursing teachers for participation fees in the NBPTS certification process is repealed.

  • G.S. 115C-296.2

    …lending teachers the participation fee, and paying a significant salary differential to teachers who attain national certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). → providing a forgivable loan to teachers for the participation fee, and paying a significant salary differential to teachers who attain national certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS).

    The method of providing support for NBPTS certification fees is changed from lending to providing forgivable loans.

  • G.S. 115C-296.2

    A teacher shall repay the application fee to the State Education Assistance Authority within three years. → the teacher shall repay the application fee to the State Education Assistance Authority within eight years.

    The repayment period for the application fee for NBPTS certification is extended from three years to eight years.

Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

  2. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1130?
HB 1130 is sponsored by Phil Rubin (Democratic), James Roberson (Democratic), Amos L. Quick, III (Democratic), Renée A. Price (Democratic), Garland E. Pierce (Democratic), Marcia Morey (Democratic), Jordan Lopez (Democratic), Tim Longest (Democratic), Carolyn G. Logan (Democratic), Brandon Lofton (Democratic), Monika Johnson-Hostler (Democratic), Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Allison A. Dahle (Democratic), Bryan Cohn (Democratic), Tracy Clark (Democratic), Deb Butler (Democratic), Terry M. Brown Jr. (Democratic), Kanika Brown (Democratic), Gloristine Brown (Democratic), Cynthia Ball (Democratic), Eric Ager (Democratic), Rodney D. Pierce (Democratic), Lindsey Prather (Democratic), Amanda P. Cook (Democratic), Beth Helfrich (Democratic), Neal Jackson (Republican), and Julie von Haefen (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 1130?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced April 29, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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