Legislation Tracker: 2017 Long Session

2017 Long Session: Ratified

• HB 13: Class Size Requirement Changes
• HB 55: Apex/Cary/Police Assistance on School Grounds
• HB 135: Technical Changes to Courses of Study Statute
• HB 155: Modify Educator Licensure Requirements
• HB 159: Charter School TSERS Election
• HB 447: Lexington City Bd. of Ed./Change to Election
• HB 532: Modify UNC Laboratory Schools
• HB 704: Divide School Systems/Study Committee
• SB 55: School Bus Cameras/Civil Penalties
• SB 68: Bipartisan Bd of Elections and Ethics Enforce
• SB 78: Cost to Comply/Fed Ed Funds/PED Study
• SB 169: Teaching Excellence Bonus Expansion
• SB 253: Carteret Co. Bd. of Ed. Partisan Election
• SB 448: Professors in the Classroom

2017 Long Session: Met crossover deadline

• HB 6: Ed. Finance Reform Task Force/PED Report
• HB 24: Study Unfunded Liability/Retiree Health Fund
• HB 42: Rowan-Salisbury Bd. of Ed. Election Method
• HB 55: Apex/Cary/Police Assistance on School Grounds
• HB 87: ESSA Plan Submission
• HB 90: Eliminate NC Final Exam
• HB 97: Arts Education Requirement
• HB 106: School Calendar Flexibility/Cabarrus County
• HB 135: Technical Changes to Courses of Study Statute
• HB 155: Modify Educator Licensure Requirements
• HB 159: Charter School TSERS Election
• HB 174: Concealed Carry/Church School Prop
• HB 235: Teacher Mentor Qualifications
• HB 265: Partisan Elections/Certain School Boards
• HB 285: Suicide Prevention/Awareness School Personnel
• HB 293: Onslow Bd. Ed. Partisan/Swain Clarify Elect
• HB 302: DoDEA/Clinical Educators for Student Teaching
• HB 322: School Performance Grades
• HB 327: NC Board of Proprietary Schools
• HB 339: North Carolina Teaching Fellows
• HB 360: Harnett Co. Schools/Exam Window
• HB 375: School Cal. Flex./CC
• HB 389: School Calendar Flexibility Pilot Program
• HB 447: Lexington City Bd. of Ed./Change to Election
• HB 450: Future Ready Student Act of 2017
• HB 458: School Annual Report Card
• HB 482: County Comm. Role in School Bldg Acquisition
• HB 514: Permit Municipal Charter School/Certain Towns
• HB 520: Union Co. Bd. of Ed/Partisan Election
• HB 532: Modify UNC Laboratory Schools
• HB 534: Computer Coding Course Elective
• HB 540: Teachers & State Employees Pay Raise
• HB 556: Office of Early Childhood Education
• HB 600: School Construction Flexibility
• HB 610: Funds for NC Pre-K/Tier 3 Counties
• HB 634: Private Alternative Teacher Preparation
• HB 641: School Bus Safety Enhancement Act
• HB 644: Charter School Transportation Grant Program
• HB 646: ApprenticeshipNC
• HB 658: Early Literacy Initiative/Funds
• HB 670: Protect Educational Property
• HB 704: Divide School Systems/Study Committee
• HB 751: Career and College Ready/High School Grads
• HB 779: Charter School Changes
• HB 800: Various Changes to Charter School Laws
• HB 806: Student Notice/Charter School Closure/Restr
• HB 826: Modify Low-Performing School Definition
• HB 833: Driver Education Oversight
• HB 838: Supt. Public Instruction Support Staff
• HB 855: Teacher Appreciation
• HB 874: Year-Round School Pilot
• HB 876: CPR Training/School Bus Drivers
• HB 882: Financial Literacy Elective Course Pilot
• HB 884: Life Changing Experiences School Pilot
• HB 888: Prof. Teachers & Admins. Accountability Act
• HB 889: Extended-Year Teacher Contracts/Study
• HB 891: Free Breakfast and Lunch in K-12 Pub. Schools
• HB 892: Free Lunch for Some Students/Stop Lunch Shame
• HB 893: Healthy Foods in Our Schools
• HB 895: Pilot Program/Professional Teachers & Admins
• HB 897: Funds for Child Advocacy Centers
• HB 898: Digital Learning Plan/Programs/Funds
• HB 913: Reestablish NC High Risk Pool
• HB 917: Establish Bd of Postsecondary Ed. Credentials
• SB 15: Teachers/Isolated K-12 Schools
• SB 55: School Bus Cameras/Civil Penalties
• SB 78: Cost to Comply/Fed Ed Funds/PED Study
• SB 169: Teaching Excellence Bonus Expansion
• SB 234: SBA Pay/Needs-Based Pub. Sch. Capital Fund
• SB 253: Carteret Co. Bd. of Ed. Partisan Election
• SB 343: Increase Teacher Supplement/Electronic Notice
• SB 423: Life Changing Experiences School Pilot
• SB 439: Funds/Eliminate NC Pre-K Waitlist Statewide
• SB 447: Turning TAs Into Teachers
• SB 448: Professors in the Classroom
• SB 449: Early Ed Articulation Agreement
• SB 462: UNC/UTEACH Program
• SB 466: CIHS Funds
• SB 476: Tuition Grants for NCSSM Graduates
• SB 517: North Carolina New Teacher Support Act
• SB 519: NCGRADE
• SB 531: School Boards Can't Sue Counties
• SB 558: School Road Improvement Grant Program
• SB 598: Future Teachers of North Carolina
• SB 603: Exceptional Educ. for Exceptional Children
• SB 637: Small Farms to Healthier Schools Initiative
• SB 662: Charter School Transportation Grant Program

2017 Long Session: Introduced

• HB 6: Ed. Finance Reform Task Force/PED Report
• HB 13: Class Size Requirement Changes
• HB 20: School Calendar Flexibility/Alamance County
• HB 23: Teachers/Isolated K-12 Schools
• HB 24: Study Unfunded Liability/Retiree Health Fund
• HB 40: High School Dropout Age Pilot/McDowell County
• HB 41: School Calendar Flex./Rowan County
• HB 42: Rowan-Salisbury Bd. of Ed. Election Method
• HB 47: School Calendar Flex./Certain School Systems
• HB 49: GLOW Charter School in State Health Plan
• HB 50: School Calendar Flex./Stanly County
• HB 51: School Calendar Flex./Montgomery County
• HB 53: School Calendar Modification
• HB 55: Apex/Cary/Police Assistance on School Grounds
• HB 60: School Calendar Flex./Certain School Systems
• HB 68: BRIGHT Futures Act
• HB 72: School Bus Cameras/Civil Penalties
• HB 77: School Calendar Flex./Johnston County
• HB 79: School Calendar Flex./Gaston County Schools
• HB 85: Funds for Educational Training Centers
• HB 87: ESSA Plan Submission
• HB 90: Eliminate NC Final Exam
• HB 93: School Calendar Flex./Certain School Systems
• HB 97: Arts Education Requirement
• HB 106: School Calendar Flexibility/Cabarrus County
• HB 108: School Calendar Flex./Mecklenburg County
• HB 112: School Calendar Flex./Forsyth County
• HB 116: Student Safety in Athletics
• HB 117: Protect Students in Schools
• HB 121: School Calendar Flex./Certain School Systems
• HB 126: Conduct and Discipline for Magistrates
• HB 133: Elect the State Board of Education
• HB 135: Technical Changes to Courses of Study Statute
• HB 136: Lower Compulsory Attendance Age From 7 to 6
• HB 155: Modify Educator Licensure Requirements
• HB 159: Charter School TSERS Election
• HB 166: School Calendar Flexibility/Cleveland County
• HB 167: School Calendar Flex./Franklin County
• HB 170: Pilot/Sports for Students With Disabilities
• HB 174: Concealed Carry/Church School Prop
• HB 188: School Calendar Flex./Certain Systems
• HB 202: School Calendar Flex./Rutherford County
• HB 203: School Calendar Flex./Watauga County
• HB 204: School-Justice Partnership/Training SROs
• HB 209: School Calendar Flex./Certain School Systems
• HB 210: School Calendar Flexibility/Guilford County
• HB 213: School Calendar Flexibility/Wake County
• HB 231: School Calendar Flex./Martin County
• HB 234: School Calendar Flex./Caldwell County
• HB 235: Teacher Mentor Qualifications
• HB 253: School Calendar Flex./Certain School Systems
• HB 254: Surplus Computers for Low-Income Students
• HB 265: Partisan Elections/Certain School Boards
• HB 269: School Calendar Flex./Person County
• HB 273: Charter Schools in State Health Plan
• HB 281: Sch. Cal. Modification/Hoke County Schools
• HB 285: Suicide Prevention/Awareness School Personnel
• HB 286: School Calendar Flex./Cumberland County
• HB 291: School Calendar Flex./Certain School Systems
• HB 293: Onslow Bd. Ed. Partisan/Swain Clarify Elect
• HB 296: School Calendar Flexibility/Moore County
• HB 301: School Calendar Flex./Certain School Systems
• HB 302: DoDEA/Clinical Educators for Student Teaching
• HB 305: School Boards Can't Sue Counties
• HB 313: School Calendar Flex./Durham Public Schools
• HB 314: School Calendar Flex./Orange County
• HB 318: School Calendar Flex./Yadkin County
• HB 322: School Performance Grades
• HB 327: NC Board of Proprietary Schools
• HB 329: Home School Education Tax Credit
• HB 336: Ltd. License/Drive to School Event Past 9:00
• HB 339: North Carolina Teaching Fellows
• HB 346: School Calendar Flex./Iredell County
• HB 359: CC/High School Enrollment in CTE Courses
• HB 360: Harnett Co. Schools/Exam Window
• HB 372: School Cal. Flex./Warren County
• HB 375: School Cal. Flex./CC
• HB 377: School Cal. Flex./Chatham County
• HB 389: School Calendar Flexibility Pilot Program
• HB 417: Actually Get Rid of Common Core Act
• HB 419: School Cal. Flex./Certain Systems
• HB 430: School Calendar Flex./Certain Systems
• HB 432: Increase Teacher Supplement/Electronic Notice
• HB 447: Lexington City Bd. of Ed./Change to Election
• HB 450: Future Ready Student Act of 2017
• HB 458: School Annual Report Card
• HB 482: County Comm. Role in School Bldg Acquisition
• HB 514: Permit Municipal Charter School/Certain Towns
• HB 520: Union Co. Bd. of Ed/Partisan Election
• HB 521: School Calendar Flex./Union County
• HB 523: School Calendar Flex./Lincoln County
• HB 532: Modify UNC Laboratory Schools
• HB 534: Computer Coding Course Elective
• HB 540: Teachers & State Employees Pay Raise
• HB 553: Lane Departure Driver Education Curric./Study.
• HB 554: Fines and Forfeitures/Payment to Schools
• HB 556: Office of Early Childhood Education
• HB 570: K-12 Academic Freedom
• HB 600: School Construction Flexibility
• HB 610: Funds for NC Pre-K/Tier 3 Counties
• HB 612: Comprehensive Firearm Ed. Elective/Schools
• HB 634: Private Alternative Teacher Preparation
• HB 638: Public School Const. Grants & Lottery Changes
• HB 641: School Bus Safety Enhancement Act
• HB 644: Charter School Transportation Grant Program
• HB 646: ApprenticeshipNC
• HB 658: Early Literacy Initiative/Funds
• HB 670: Protect Educational Property
• HB 678: Opp. Scholarships/Accredited Schools Only
• HB 681: Teacher Licensure/Military Spouses
• HB 704: Divide School Systems/Study Committee
• HB 730: Ninth Grade Academy Pilot/Funds
• HB 751: Career and College Ready/High School Grads
• HB 779: Charter School Changes
• HB 800: Various Changes to Charter School Laws
• HB 806: Student Notice/Charter School Closure/Restr
• HB 826: Modify Low-Performing School Definition
• HB 833: Driver Education Oversight
• HB 837: Outdoor Learning Center Pilot/Funds
• HB 838: Supt. Public Instruction Support Staff
• HB 839: School Cal. Flex./Low-Performing Districts
• HB 840: Earned AP, IB, CTE, & 3rd Grade Bonuses
• HB 841: Testing Transparency
• HB 845: NC Healthy Schools
• HB 848: School Energy Savings Act of 2017
• HB 855: Teacher Appreciation
• HB 866: Public School Building Bond Act of 2017
• HB 868: Innovation Early College HS/CIHS Funds
• HB 874: Year-Round School Pilot
• HB 876: CPR Training/School Bus Drivers
• HB 882: Financial Literacy Elective Course Pilot
• HB 884: Life Changing Experiences School Pilot
• HB 888: Prof. Teachers & Admins. Accountability Act
• HB 889: Extended-Year Teacher Contracts/Study
• HB 891: Free Breakfast and Lunch in K-12 Pub. Schools
• HB 892: Free Lunch for Some Students/Stop Lunch Shame
• HB 893: Healthy Foods in Our Schools
• HB 895: Pilot Program/Professional Teachers & Admins
• HB 897: Funds for Child Advocacy Centers
• HB 898: Digital Learning Plan/Programs/Funds
• HB 913: Reestablish NC High Risk Pool
• HB 917: Establish Bd of Postsecondary Ed. Credentials
• SB 9: Ed. Finance Reform Task Force/PED Report
• SB 15: Teachers/Isolated K-12 Schools
• SB 22: Study Unfunded Liability/Retiree Health Fund
• SB 39: Charter Schools/CIHSs
• SB 48: Clinical Educators for Student Teaching
• SB 55: School Bus Cameras/Civil Penalties
• SB 56: School Calendar Flexibility/Certain Systems
• SB 61: Ltd. License/Driving to School Past 9:00
• SB 65: BRIGHT Futures Act
• SB 68: Bipartisan Bd of Elections and Ethics Enforce
• SB 78: Cost to Comply/Fed Ed Funds/PED Study
• SB 101: School Calendar Flex./Person County
• SB 110: School Calendar Flex./Certain School Systems
• SB 147: Reenact School Sales Tax Holiday
• SB 149: Modify School Performance Grades
• SB 159: Access to Sports/Extracurr. for All Students
• SB 169: Teaching Excellence Bonus Expansion
• SB 194: School Calendar Flex./Caldwell County
• SB 195: School Calendar Flex./Watauga County
• SB 201: School Calendar Flexibility/Certain Systems
• SB 211: Charter Schools/Higher Ed
• SB 215: Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Calendar Pilot
• SB 221: School Calendar Flexibility/Guilford County
• SB 226: School Calendar Flex./Certain School Systems
• SB 227: School Cal. Flex./Certain Systems
• SB 233: Permit Align School/Comm. College Calendar
• SB 234: SBA Pay/Needs-Based Pub. Sch. Capital Fund
• SB 237: School Calendar Flex./Caswell County
• SB 248: NC Board of Proprietary Schools
• SB 252: North Carolina Teaching Fellows
• SB 253: Carteret Co. Bd. of Ed. Partisan Election
• SB 254: Access to Sports/Extracurr. Certain Students
• SB 262: School Calendar Flex./Certain School Systems
• SB 316: Suicide Prevention/Awareness School Personnel
• SB 318: School Calendar Flexibility/PED Report
• SB 321: School Calendar Flexibility/PED Report
• SB 343: Increase Teacher Supplement/Electronic Notice
• SB 365: School Buses/Allow Use of Blue Lights
• SB 380: Encourage High Schoolers to Attend CCs
• SB 390: Pilot/Sports for Students With Disabilities
• SB 408: NC Truth in Education
• SB 418: Dyslexia Kindergarten Screening
• SB 423: Life Changing Experiences School Pilot
• SB 439: Funds/Eliminate NC Pre-K Waitlist Statewide
• SB 443: TA Tuition/Teachers Pilot/Funds for Books
• SB 447: Turning TAs Into Teachers
• SB 448: Professors in the Classroom
• SB 449: Early Ed Articulation Agreement
• SB 461: Modify UNC Laboratory Schools
• SB 462: UNC/UTEACH Program
• SB 466: CIHS Funds
• SB 473: Class Size Reporting/Principal
• SB 476: Tuition Grants for NCSSM Graduates
• SB 482: Charter Schools in the Workplace
• SB 483: NC Comprehensive School Accountability
• SB 490: Portability of Leave/Charter Schools
• SB 504: Educational Property Definition/Firearms
• SB 511: School Construction Flexibility
• SB 515: NC Skills Gap Study
• SB 517: North Carolina New Teacher Support Act
• SB 519: NCGRADE
• SB 527: Require Physical Education
• SB 531: School Boards Can't Sue Counties
• SB 541: Teacher Compensation/Exceed Max. Class Size
• SB 542: Public School Building Bond Act of 2017
• SB 558: School Road Improvement Grant Program
• SB 562: Local Funds for Charter Schools
• SB 586: Require U.S. Civics Test in High Schools
• SB 598: Future Teachers of North Carolina
• SB 599: Excellent Educators for Every Classroom
• SB 603: Exceptional Educ. for Exceptional Children
• SB 623: School Bus Flexibility
• SB 637: Small Farms to Healthier Schools Initiative
• SB 647: JLEOC Study/ESSA/School Report Card
• SB 652: Increase Access to Higher Education
• SB 658: Charter School Funds
• SB 661: Sch. Dist. Hold Harmless/Hurricane Matthew
• SB 662: Charter School Transportation Grant Program
• SB 664: Restore Ed.-Based Salary Supplements
• SB 674: Sch. Dist. Hold Harmless/Hurricane Matthew