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1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	H 1
4		-	HOUSE BILL 807
	3	+	H D
	4	+	HOUSE BILL DRH30338-MTa-71B
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5	6
6	7
7	8		Short Title: Strong Public Schools for a Strong NC. (Public)
8		-	Sponsors: Representatives von Haefen, Baker, Prather, and F. Jackson (Primary Sponsors).
9		-	For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10		-	Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
11		-	April 8, 2025
12		-	H807 -v-1
	9	+	Sponsors: Representative von Haefen.
	10	+	Referred to:
	11	+
	12	+	DRH30338 -MTa-71B
13	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
14	14		AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO RAISE SALARIES FOR TEACHER S, TO 2
15	15		PROVIDE FUNDS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, TO PROVIDE BREAKFAST 3
16	16		AND LUNCH IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT NO COST TO STUDENTS THROUGH AN 4
17	17		ALLOCATION BASED ON SCHOOL FOOD AUTHORITY EVALUATIONS , TO 5
18	18		PROVIDE FOR A ONE-TO-ONE DEVICE REFRESH FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND 6
19	19		TO REVISE THE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 7
20	20		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 8
21	21		9
22	22		PART I. RAISE TEACHER SALARIES 10
23	23		SECTION 1.(a) The following monthly teacher salary schedule shall apply for the 11
24	24		2025-2026 fiscal year to licensed personnel of the public schools who are classified as teachers. 12
25	25		The salary schedule is based on years of teaching experience. 13
26	26		2025-2026 Teacher Monthly Salary Schedule 14
27	27		Years of Experience "A" Teachers 15
28	28		0 $4,450 16
29	29		1 $4,530 17
30	30		2 $4,610 18
31	31		3 $4,690 19
32	32		4 $4,770 20
33	33		5 $4,850 21
34	34		6 $4,930 22
35	35		7 $5,010 23
36	36		8 $5,090 24
37	37		9 $5,170 25
38	38		10 $5,250 26
39	39		11 $5,330 27
40	40		12 $5,410 28
41	41		13 $5,490 29
42	42		14 $5,570 30
43	43		15-24 $5,588 31
44	44		25+ $5,795 32
45		-	SECTION 1.(b) Salary Supplements for Teachers Paid on This Salary Schedule. – 33 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
46		-	Page 2 House Bill 807-First Edition
47		-	(1) Licensed teachers who have NBPTS certification shall receive a salary 1
48		-	supplement each month of twelve percent (12%) of their monthly salary on 2
49		-	the "A" salary schedule. 3
50		-	(2) Licensed teachers who are classified as "M" teachers shall receive a salary 4
51		-	supplement each month of ten percent (10%) of their monthly salary on the 5
52		-	"A" salary schedule. 6
53		-	(3) Licensed teachers with licensure based on academic preparation at the 7
54		-	six-year degree level shall receive a salary supplement of one hundred 8
55		-	twenty-six dollars ($126.00) per month in addition to the supplement provided 9
56		-	to them as "M" teachers. 10
57		-	(4) Licensed teachers with licensure based on academic preparation at the 11
58		-	doctoral degree level shall receive a salary supplement of two hundred 12
59		-	fifty-three dollars ($253.00) per month in addition to the supplement provided 13
60		-	to them as "M" teachers. 14
61		-	(5) Certified school nurses shall receive a salary supplement each month of ten 15
62		-	percent (10%) of their monthly salary on the "A" salary schedule. 16
63		-	(6) School counselors who are licensed as counselors at the master's degree level 17
64		-	or higher shall receive a salary supplement of one hundred dollars ($100.00) 18
65		-	per month. 19
66		-	SECTION 1.(c) For school psychologists, school speech pathologists who are 20
67		-	licensed as speech pathologists at the master's degree level or higher, and school audiologists 21
68		-	who are licensed as audiologists at the master's degree level or higher, the following shall apply: 22
69		-	(1) The first step of the salary schedule shall be equivalent to the sixth step of the 23
70		-	"A" salary schedule. 24
71		-	(2) These employees shall receive the following salary supplements each month: 25
72		-	a. Ten percent (10%) of their monthly salary, excluding the supplement 26
73		-	provided pursuant to sub-subdivision b. of this subdivision. 27
74		-	b. Five hundred dollars ($500.00). 28
75		-	(3) These employees are eligible to receive salary supplements equivalent to those 29
76		-	of teachers for academic preparation at the six-year degree level or the 30
77		-	doctoral degree level. 31
78		-	(4) The twenty-sixth step of the salary schedule shall be seven and one-half 32
79		-	percent (7.5%) higher than the salary received by these same employees on 33
80		-	the twenty-fifth step of the salary schedule. 34
81		-	SECTION 1.(d) Beginning with the 2014-2015 fiscal year, in lieu of providing 35
82		-	annual longevity payments to teachers paid on the teacher salary schedule, the amounts of those 36
83		-	longevity payments are included in the monthly amounts under the teacher salary schedule. 37
84		-	SECTION 1.(e) A teacher compensated in accordance with this salary schedule for 38
85		-	the 2025-2026 school year shall receive an amount equal to the greater of the following: 39
86		-	(1) The applicable amount on the salary schedule for the applicable school year. 40
87		-	(2) For teachers who were eligible for longevity for the 2013-2014 school year, 41
88		-	the sum of the following: 42
89		-	a. The salary the teacher received in the 2013-2014 school year pursuant 43
90		-	to Section 35.11 of S.L. 2013-360. 44
91		-	b. The longevity that the teacher would have received under the longevity 45
92		-	system in effect for the 2013-2014 school year provided in Section 46
93		-	35.11 of S.L. 2013-360 based on the teacher's current years of service. 47
94		-	c. The annual bonus provided in Section 9.1(e) of S.L. 2014-100. 48
95		-	(3) For teachers who were not eligible for longevity for the 2013-2014 school 49
96		-	year, the sum of the salary and annual bonus the teacher received in the 50
97		-	2014-2015 school year pursuant to Section 9.1 of S.L. 2014-100. 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
98		-	House Bill 807-First Edition Page 3
99		-	SECTION 1.(f) As used in this section, the term "teacher" shall also include 1
100		-	instructional support personnel. 2
101		-	SECTION 1.(g) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 3
102		-	Public Instruction for the 2025-2026 fiscal year the sum of four hundred six million three hundred 4
103		-	thousand dollars ($406,300,000) in recurring funds to implement the teacher raises provided in 5
104		-	this section. 6
105		-	7
106		-	PART II. FUNDS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABIL ITIES 8
107		-	SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 115C-111.05 reads as rewritten: 9
108		-	"§ 115C-111.05. Funding for children with disabilities. 10
109		-	To the extent funds are made available for this purpose, the State Board shall allocate funds 11
110		-	for children with disabilities to each local school administrative unit on a per child basis. Each 12
111		-	local school administrative unit shall receive funds for the lesser of (i) all children who are 13
112		-	identified as children with disabilities or (ii) thirteen percent (13%) of its allocated average daily 14
113		-	membership in the local school administrative unit for the current school year.year on the basis 15
114		-	of the reported cost of the services provided." 16
115		-	SECTION 2.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 17
116		-	Public Instruction the sum of eighty-nine million four hundred thousand dollars ($89,400,000) 18
117		-	in recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and one hundred nine million two hundred 19
118		-	thousand dollars ($109,200,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to 20
119		-	implement the plan for weighted funding for children with disabilities on the basis of the reported 21
120		-	cost of services provided developed by the Department of Public Instruction pursuant to Section 22
121		-	7.7 of S.L. 2023-134. The Department shall begin distributing funds for children with disabilities 23
122		-	based on this model beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. The nonrecurring funds 24
123		-	appropriated to the Department by this section shall not revert but shall remain available until the 25
124		-	end of the 2027-2028 fiscal year. 26
	45	+	SECTION 1.(b) Salary Supplements for Teachers Paid on This Salary Schedule. – 33
	46	+	(1) Licensed teachers who have NBPTS certification shall receive a salary 34
	47	+	supplement each month of twelve percent (12%) of their monthly salary on 35
	48	+	the "A" salary schedule. 36
	49	+	H.B. 807
	50	+	Apr 7, 2025
	51	+	HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	52	+	Page 2 DRH30338-MTa-71B
	53	+	(2) Licensed teachers who are classified as "M" teachers shall receive a salary 1
	54	+	supplement each month of ten percent (10%) of their monthly salary on the 2
	55	+	"A" salary schedule. 3
	56	+	(3) Licensed teachers with licensure based on academic preparation at the 4
	57	+	six-year degree level shall receive a salary supplement of one hundred 5
	58	+	twenty-six dollars ($126.00) per month in addition to the supplement provided 6
	59	+	to them as "M" teachers. 7
	60	+	(4) Licensed teachers with licensure based on academic preparation at the 8
	61	+	doctoral degree level shall receive a salary supplement of two hundred 9
	62	+	fifty-three dollars ($253.00) per month in addition to the supplement provided 10
	63	+	to them as "M" teachers. 11
	64	+	(5) Certified school nurses shall receive a salary supplement each month of ten 12
	65	+	percent (10%) of their monthly salary on the "A" salary schedule. 13
	66	+	(6) School counselors who are licensed as counselors at the master's degree level 14
	67	+	or higher shall receive a salary supplement of one hundred dollars ($100.00) 15
	68	+	per month. 16
	69	+	SECTION 1.(c) For school psychologists, school speech pathologists who are 17
	70	+	licensed as speech pathologists at the master's degree level or higher, and school audiologists 18
	71	+	who are licensed as audiologists at the master's degree level or higher, the following shall apply: 19
	72	+	(1) The first step of the salary schedule shall be equivalent to the sixth step of the 20
	73	+	"A" salary schedule. 21
	74	+	(2) These employees shall receive the following salary supplements each month: 22
	75	+	a. Ten percent (10%) of their monthly salary, excluding the supplement 23
	76	+	provided pursuant to sub-subdivision b. of this subdivision. 24
	77	+	b. Five hundred dollars ($500.00). 25
	78	+	(3) These employees are eligible to receive salary supplements equivalent to those 26
	79	+	of teachers for academic preparation at the six-year degree level or the 27
	80	+	doctoral degree level. 28
	81	+	(4) The twenty-sixth step of the salary schedule shall be seven and one-half 29
	82	+	percent (7.5%) higher than the salary received by these same employees on 30
	83	+	the twenty-fifth step of the salary schedule. 31
	84	+	SECTION 1.(d) Beginning with the 2014-2015 fiscal year, in lieu of providing 32
	85	+	annual longevity payments to teachers paid on the teacher salary schedule, the amounts of those 33
	86	+	longevity payments are included in the monthly amounts under the teacher salary schedule. 34
	87	+	SECTION 1.(e) A teacher compensated in accordance with this salary schedule for 35
	88	+	the 2025-2026 school year shall receive an amount equal to the greater of the following: 36
	89	+	(1) The applicable amount on the salary schedule for the applicable school year. 37
	90	+	(2) For teachers who were eligible for longevity for the 2013-2014 school year, 38
	91	+	the sum of the following: 39
	92	+	a. The salary the teacher received in the 2013-2014 school year pursuant 40
	93	+	to Section 35.11 of S.L. 2013-360. 41
	94	+	b. The longevity that the teacher would have received under the longevity 42
	95	+	system in effect for the 2013-2014 school year provided in Section 43
	96	+	35.11 of S.L. 2013-360 based on the teacher's current years of service. 44
	97	+	c. The annual bonus provided in Section 9.1(e) of S.L. 2014-100. 45
	98	+	(3) For teachers who were not eligible for longevity for the 2013-2014 school 46
	99	+	year, the sum of the salary and annual bonus the teacher received in the 47
	100	+	2014-2015 school year pursuant to Section 9.1 of S.L. 2014-100. 48
	101	+	SECTION 1.(f) As used in this section, the term "teacher" shall also include 49
	102	+	instructional support personnel. 50 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	103	+	DRH30338-MTa-71B Page 3
	104	+	SECTION 1.(g) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 1
	105	+	Public Instruction for the 2025-2026 fiscal year the sum of four hundred six million three hundred 2
	106	+	thousand dollars ($406,300,000) in recurring funds to implement the teacher raises provided in 3
	107	+	this section. 4
	108	+	5
	109	+	PART II. FUNDS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES 6
	110	+	SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 115C-111.05 reads as rewritten: 7
	111	+	"§ 115C-111.05. Funding for children with disabilities. 8
	112	+	To the extent funds are made available for this purpose, the State Board shall allocate funds 9
	113	+	for children with disabilities to each local school administrative unit on a per child basis. Each 10
	114	+	local school administrative unit shall receive funds for the lesser of (i) all children who are 11
	115	+	identified as children with disabilities or (ii) thirteen percent (13%) of its allocated average daily 12
	116	+	membership in the local school administrative unit for the current school year.year on the basis 13
	117	+	of the reported cost of the services provided." 14
	118	+	SECTION 2.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 15
	119	+	Public Instruction the sum of eighty-nine million four hundred thousand dollars ($89,400,000) 16
	120	+	in recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and one hundred nine million two hundred 17
	121	+	thousand dollars ($109,200,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to 18
	122	+	implement the plan for weighted funding for children with disabilities on the basis of the reported 19
	123	+	cost of services provided developed by the Department of Public Instruction pursuant to Section 20
	124	+	7.7 of S.L. 2023-134. The Department shall begin distributing funds for children with disabilities 21
	125	+	based on this model beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. The nonrecurring funds 22
	126	+	appropriated to the Department by this section shall not revert but shall remain available until the 23
	127	+	end of the 2027-2028 fiscal year. 24
	128	+	25
	129	+	PART III. PROVIDE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT NO COST 26
	130	+	TO STUDENTS THROUGH AN ALLOCATION BASED ON SCHOOL FOOD 27
	131	+	AUTHORITY EVALUATIONS 28
	132	+	SECTION 3.(a) G.S. 115C-263 reads as rewritten: 29
	133	+	"§ 115C-263. School nutrition services. 30
	134	+	(a) As a part of the function of the public school system, local boards of education public 31
	135	+	school units shall have a school food authority to provide to the extent practicable school nutrition 32
	136	+	services in the schools under their jurisdiction. The school food authority shall offer students two 33
	137	+	meals per day, breakfast and lunch, at no cost to the student. All school nutrition services made 34
	138	+	available under this authority shall be provided in accordance with federal guidelines established 35
	139	+	by the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. 36
	140	+	(b) The To the extent that funds are made available for the purpose, the State Board of 37
	141	+	Education shall allocate funds to school food authorities at public school units for the purpose of 38
	142	+	providing healthy nutrition services at no cost to students. In issuing the allocation, the Board 39
	143	+	shall do the following: 40
	144	+	(1) Determine the amount to allocate to each school food authority based on an 41
	145	+	evaluation of the authority's nutrition services. The Board shall develop the 42
	146	+	method and criteria for the evaluation, which, at a minimum, shall account for 43
	147	+	the following: 44
	148	+	a. The size of the schools served by the school food authority as 45
	149	+	determined by Average Daily Membership. 46
	150	+	b. The number of students that are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch 47
	151	+	and the estimated receipts from the National School Lunch Program. 48
	152	+	c. The funds actually expended in the prior year, which may be waived 49
	153	+	if the school food authority was not in operation in the year prior. 50 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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	155	+	d. The extent to which the nutrition services promote health and wellness 1
	156	+	by providing food that is of high quality and nutrient content. 2
	157	+	e. The extent to which the school food authority uses locally sourced 3
	158	+	food and products. 4
	159	+	f. Any other information the Board deems relevant to the cost and 5
	160	+	operation of the nutrition services. 6
	161	+	(2) Ensure the funds are distributed on a fair and equitable basis. 7
	162	+	(3) Issue the allocation at the beginning of each fiscal year, except that the Board 8
	163	+	may reserve for future allocation a reasonable amount, not to exceed ten 9
	164	+	percent (10%) of the total funds available for providing nutrition services. 10
	165	+	(c) The State Board of Education may adopt rules regulating the provision of school 11
	166	+	nutrition that impose additional restrictions that are not inconsistent with the federal guidelines. 12
	167	+	(d) Funds allocated pursuant to this section shall supplement and not supplant funds from 13
	168	+	any other source provided for the same purpose." 14
	169	+	SECTION 3.(b) G.S. 115C-264(a) reads as rewritten: 15
	170	+	"(a) Local boards of education operating school nutrition programs shall participate in the 16
	171	+	federal National School Lunch Program established by the federal government. and, if eligible, 17
	172	+	the Community Eligibility Provision Program. School nutrition programs shall be under the 18
	173	+	jurisdiction of the Division of School Nutrition of the Department of Public Instruction." 19
	174	+	SECTION 3.(c) G.S. 115C-150.14 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 20
	175	+	"(a1) A school governed by this Article shall provide school nutrition services in 21
	176	+	accordance with G.S. 115C-263 and G.S. 115C-264." 22
	177	+	SECTION 3.(d) G.S. 115C-218.75 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 23
	178	+	"(p) A charter school shall provide school nutrition services in accordance with 24
	179	+	G.S. 115C-263 and G.S. 115C-264." 25
	180	+	SECTION 3.(e) G.S. 115C-238.72(b) reads as rewritten: 26
	181	+	"(b) Food Nutrition Service. – The local school administrative unit identified by resolution 27
	182	+	shall provide, to the extent practicable, school food provide school nutrition services to the 28
	183	+	regional school. school in accordance with G.S. 115C-263 and G.S. 115C-264. For purposes of 29
	184	+	federal funding through the National School Lunch Program or other federally supported food 30
	185	+	nutrition service programs, the local school administrative unit identified by resolution shall be 31
	186	+	permitted to include eligible students enrolled in the regional school. Other participating units 32
	187	+	shall not include students enrolled in the regional school for purposes of federally supported food 33
	188	+	nutrition service programs." 34
	189	+	SECTION 3.(f) G.S. 116-239.8(b)(4)c. reads as rewritten: 35
	190	+	"c. Food Nutrition services. – The laboratory school shall strive to ensure 36
	191	+	that one hundred percent (100%) muscadine grape juice is made 37
	192	+	available to students as a part of the school's nutrition program or 38
	193	+	through the operation of the school's vending facilities. Laboratory 39
	194	+	schools shall provide school nutrition services in accordance with 40
	195	+	G.S. 115C-263 and G.S. 115C-264. Upon request, the local school 41
	196	+	administrative unit in which the laboratory school is located shall 42
	197	+	administer the National School Lunch Program for the laboratory 43
	198	+	school in accordance with G.S. 115C-264.school." 44
	199	+	SECTION 3.(g) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 45
	200	+	Public Instruction the sum of one hundred forty-four million dollars ($144,000,000) in recurring 46
	201	+	funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide nutrition services to students in public school units 47
	202	+	at no cost to the students in accordance with this section. Should this appropriation not be 48
	203	+	sufficient to fulfill the provisions of this section for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the State Board of 49
	204	+	Education may use funds appropriated to State Aid for Public Schools for this purpose. 50 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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	206	+	SECTION 3.(h) The State Board of Education has authority to adopt temporary rules 1
	207	+	to enact the provisions of this section until such a time as permanent rules can be adopted. 2
	208	+	SECTION 3.(i) This section becomes effective July 1, 2025, and applies beginning 3
	209	+	with the 2025-2026 school year. 4
	210	+	5
	211	+	PART IV. PROVIDE FOR A ONE-TO-ONE DEVICE REFRESH 6
	212	+	SECTION 4.(a) Part 3A of Article 8 of Chapter 115C is amended by adding a new 7
	213	+	section to read: 8
	214	+	"§ 115C-102.10. Device refresh and replacement program. 9
	215	+	(a) The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule standards for a one-to-one electronic 10
	216	+	device refresh and replacement program. The purpose of this program shall be to provide schools 11
	217	+	funds to update or replace electronic devices used directly by students and teachers for 12
	218	+	instruction. At a minimum, the standards shall include: 13
	219	+	(1) A statewide schedule for routine replacement of electronic devices, based on 14
	220	+	the average operating lifecycle of the devices most commonly used. 15
	221	+	(2) A description of the lack or impairment of functionality a device must have in 16
	222	+	order to be eligible for replacement, including how functionality will be 17
	223	+	verified. 18
	224	+	(3) Instructions on how to dispose of devices no longer in use, including whether 19
	225	+	those devices should be sold or recycled. 20
	226	+	(b) Local school administrative units shall administer the one-to-one electronic device 21
	227	+	refresh and replacement program in accordance with the standards set by the State Board." 22
	228	+	SECTION 4.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 23
	229	+	Public Instruction the sum of one hundred fifty-two million six hundred twenty thousand dollars 24
	230	+	($152,620,000) in recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year for the Department to establish 25
	231	+	the one-to-one device refresh program, as enacted by this act. 26
125	232		27
126		-	PART III. PROVIDE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT NO COST 28
127		-	TO STUDENTS THROUGH AN ALLOCATION BASED ON SCHOOL FOOD 29
128		-	AUTHORITY EVALUATIONS 30
129		-	SECTION 3.(a) G.S. 115C-263 reads as rewritten: 31
130		-	"§ 115C-263. School nutrition services. 32
131		-	(a) As a part of the function of the public school system, local boards of education public 33
132		-	school units shall have a school food authority to provide to the extent practicable school nutrition 34
133		-	services in the schools under their jurisdiction. The school food authority shall offer students two 35
134		-	meals per day, breakfast and lunch, at no cost to the student. All school nutrition services made 36
135		-	available under this authority shall be provided in accordance with federal guidelines established 37
136		-	by the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. 38
137		-	(b) The To the extent that funds are made available for the purpose, the State Board of 39
138		-	Education shall allocate funds to school food authorities at public school units for the purpose of 40
139		-	providing healthy nutrition services at no cost to students. In issuing the allocation, the Board 41
140		-	shall do the following: 42
141		-	(1) Determine the amount to allocate to each school food authority based on an 43
142		-	evaluation of the authority's nutrition services. The Board shall develop the 44
143		-	method and criteria for the evaluation, which, at a minimum, shall account for 45
144		-	the following: 46
145		-	a. The size of the schools served by the school food authority as 47
146		-	determined by Average Daily Membership. 48
147		-	b. The number of students that are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch 49
148		-	and the estimated receipts from the National School Lunch Program. 50 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
149		-	Page 4 House Bill 807-First Edition
150		-	c. The funds actually expended in the prior year, which may be waived 1
151		-	if the school food authority was not in operation in the year prior. 2
152		-	d. The extent to which the nutrition services promote health and wellness 3
153		-	by providing food that is of high quality and nutrient content. 4
154		-	e. The extent to which the school food authority uses locally sourced 5
155		-	food and products. 6
156		-	f. Any other information the Board deems relevant to the cost and 7
157		-	operation of the nutrition services. 8
158		-	(2) Ensure the funds are distributed on a fair and equitable basis. 9
159		-	(3) Issue the allocation at the beginning of each fiscal year, except that the Board 10
160		-	may reserve for future allocation a reasonable amount, not to exceed ten 11
161		-	percent (10%) of the total funds available for providing nutrition services. 12
162		-	(c) The State Board of Education may adopt rules regulating the provision of school 13
163		-	nutrition that impose additional restrictions that are not inconsistent with the federal guidelines. 14
164		-	(d) Funds allocated pursuant to this section shall supplement and not supplant funds from 15
165		-	any other source provided for the same purpose." 16
166		-	SECTION 3.(b) G.S. 115C-264(a) reads as rewritten: 17
167		-	"(a) Local boards of education operating school nutrition programs shall participate in the 18
168		-	federal National School Lunch Program established by the federal government. and, if eligible, 19
169		-	the Community Eligibility Provision Program. School nutrition programs shall be under the 20
170		-	jurisdiction of the Division of School Nutrition of the Department of Public Instruction." 21
171		-	SECTION 3.(c) G.S. 115C-150.14 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 22
172		-	"(a1) A school governed by this Article shall provide school nutrition services in 23
173		-	accordance with G.S. 115C-263 and G.S. 115C-264." 24
174		-	SECTION 3.(d) G.S. 115C-218.75 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 25
175		-	"(p) A charter school shall provide school nutrition services in accordance with 26
176		-	G.S. 115C-263 and G.S. 115C-264." 27
177		-	SECTION 3.(e) G.S. 115C-238.72(b) reads as rewritten: 28
178		-	"(b) Food Nutrition Service. – The local school administrative unit identified by resolution 29
179		-	shall provide, to the extent practicable, school food provide school nutrition services to the 30
180		-	regional school. school in accordance with G.S. 115C-263 and G.S. 115C-264. For purposes of 31
181		-	federal funding through the National School Lunch Program or other federally supported food 32
182		-	nutrition service programs, the local school administrative unit identified by resolution shall be 33
183		-	permitted to include eligible students enrolled in the regional school. Other participating units 34
184		-	shall not include students enrolled in the regional school for purposes of federally supported food 35
185		-	nutrition service programs." 36
186		-	SECTION 3.(f) G.S. 116-239.8(b)(4)c. reads as rewritten: 37
187		-	"c. Food Nutrition services. – The laboratory school shall strive to ensure 38
188		-	that one hundred percent (100%) muscadine grape juice is made 39
189		-	available to students as a part of the school's nutrition program or 40
190		-	through the operation of the school's vending facilities. Laboratory 41
191		-	schools shall provide school nutrition services in accordance with 42
192		-	G.S. 115C-263 and G.S. 115C-264. Upon request, the local school 43
193		-	administrative unit in which the laboratory school is located shall 44
194		-	administer the National School Lunch Program for the laboratory 45
195		-	school in accordance with G.S. 115C-264.school." 46
196		-	SECTION 3.(g) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 47
197		-	Public Instruction the sum of one hundred forty-four million dollars ($144,000,000) in recurring 48
198		-	funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to provide nutrition services to students in public school units 49
199		-	at no cost to the students in accordance with this section. Should this appropriation not be 50 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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201		-	sufficient to fulfill the provisions of this section for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the State Board of 1
202		-	Education may use funds appropriated to State Aid for Public Schools for this purpose. 2
203		-	SECTION 3.(h) The State Board of Education has authority to adopt temporary rules 3
204		-	to enact the provisions of this section until such a time as permanent rules can be adopted. 4
205		-	SECTION 3.(i) This section becomes effective July 1, 2025, and applies beginning 5
206		-	with the 2025-2026 school year. 6
207		-	7
208		-	PART IV. PROVIDE FOR A ONE-TO-ONE DEVICE REFRESH 8
209		-	SECTION 4.(a) Part 3A of Article 8 of Chapter 115C is amended by adding a new 9
210		-	section to read: 10
211		-	"§ 115C-102.10. Device refresh and replacement program. 11
212		-	(a) The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule standards for a one-to-one electronic 12
213		-	device refresh and replacement program. The purpose of this program shall be to provide schools 13
214		-	funds to update or replace electronic devices used directly by students and teachers for 14
215		-	instruction. At a minimum, the standards shall include: 15
216		-	(1) A statewide schedule for routine replacement of electronic devices, based on 16
217		-	the average operating lifecycle of the devices most commonly used. 17
218		-	(2) A description of the lack or impairment of functionality a device must have in 18
219		-	order to be eligible for replacement, including how functionality will be 19
220		-	verified. 20
221		-	(3) Instructions on how to dispose of devices no longer in use, including whether 21
222		-	those devices should be sold or recycled. 22
223		-	(b) Local school administrative units shall administer the one-to-one electronic device 23
224		-	refresh and replacement program in accordance with the standards set by the State Board." 24
225		-	SECTION 4.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 25
226		-	Public Instruction the sum of one hundred fifty-two million six hundred twenty thousand dollars 26
227		-	($152,620,000) in recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year for the Department to establish 27
228		-	the one-to-one device refresh program, as enacted by this act. 28
229		-	29
230		-	PART V. REVISE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP P ROGRAM 30
231		-	SECTION 5.(a) Beginning with the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the State Education 31
232		-	Assistance Authority shall not award any scholarship grant funds under Part 2A of Article 39 of 32
233		-	Chapter 115C of the General Statutes to new persons who did not receive scholarship grant funds 33
234		-	in the prior school year. It is the intent of the General Assembly to eliminate the program for 34
235		-	awarding scholarship grants under Part 2A of Article 39 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes 35
236		-	beginning in the 2036-2037 school year or once all current recipients become ineligible for the 36
237		-	receipt of scholarship grants. 37
238		-	SECTION 5.(b) G.S. 115C-562.1 reads as rewritten: 38
239		-	"§ 115C-562.1. Definitions. 39
240		-	The following definitions apply in this Part: 40
241		-	… 41
242		-	(3a) Eligible student. – A student residing in North Carolina who has not yet 42
243		-	received a high school diploma and who meets all of the following 43
244		-	requirements: 44
245		-	a. Is eligible to attend a North Carolina public school pursuant to Article 45
246		-	25 of this Chapter. A child who is the age of 4 on or before April 16 is 46
247		-	eligible to attend the following school year if the principal, or 47
248		-	equivalent, of the school in which the child seeks to enroll finds that 48
249		-	the student meets the requirements established by the Authority 49
250		-	pursuant to G.S. 115C-562.2(d) and those findings are submitted to the 50
251		-	Authority. 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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253		-	b. Has not been enrolled in a postsecondary institution as a full-time 1
254		-	student taking at least 12 hours of academic credit. 2
255		-	c. Has not been placed in a nonpublic school or facility by a public 3
256		-	agency at public expense. 4
257		-	d. Received a scholarship grant for the school year prior to the school 5
258		-	year for which the student is applying. 6
259		-	e. Resides in a household with an income level between the amount 7
260		-	required for the student to qualify for the federal free or reduced-price 8
261		-	lunch program and not in excess of two hundred percent (200%) of 9
262		-	that amount. 10
263		-	…." 11
264		-	SECTION 5.(c) G.S. 115C-562.2 reads as rewritten: 12
265		-	"§ 115C-562.2. Scholarship grants. 13
266		-	(a) The Authority shall make available no later than February 1 annually applications to 14
267		-	eligible students for the award of scholarship grants to attend any nonpublic school on a full- or 15
268		-	part-time basis. Information about scholarship grants and the application process shall be made 16
269		-	available on the Authority's Web site. website. Beginning March 15, the Authority shall begin 17
270		-	awarding scholarship grants to students who have applied by March 1 in the following 18
271		-	order:March 1. 19
272		-	(1) Eligible students who received a scholarship grant for the school year prior to 20
273		-	the school year for which the students are applying. 21
274		-	(2) Eligible students qualifying for a scholarship grant in the amount provided 22
275		-	under subdivision (1) of subsection (b2) of this section. 23
276		-	(3) Eligible students qualifying for a scholarship grant in the amount provided 24
277		-	under subdivision (2) of subsection (b2) of this section. 25
278		-	(4) Eligible students qualifying for a scholarship grant in the amount provided 26
279		-	under subdivision (3) of subsection (b2) of this section. 27
280		-	(5) All other students. 28
281		-	… 29
282		-	(b2) Scholarship grants shall be awarded to eligible students as follows: 30
283		-	(1) For students residing in households with an income level not in excess of the 31
284		-	amount required for the student to qualify for the federal free or reduced-price 32
285		-	lunch program, per year per eligible student, an amount of up to one hundred 33
286		-	percent (100%) of the average State per pupil allocation for average daily 34
287		-	membership in the prior fiscal year. 35
288		-	(2) For students residing in households with an income level between the amount 36
289		-	required for the student to qualify for the federal free or reduced-price lunch 37
290		-	program and not in excess of two hundred percent (200%) of that amount, per 38
291		-	year per eligible student, an amount of up to ninety percent (90%) of the 39
292		-	average State per pupil allocation for average daily membership in the prior 40
293		-	fiscal year. 41
294		-	(3) For students residing in households with an income level of between two 42
295		-	hundred percent (200%) of the amount required for the student to qualify for 43
296		-	the federal free or reduced-price lunch program and not in excess of four 44
297		-	hundred fifty percent (450%) of that amount, per year per eligible student, an 45
298		-	amount of up to sixty percent (60%) of the average State per pupil allocation 46
299		-	for average daily membership in the prior fiscal year. 47
300		-	(4) For all students, per year per eligible student, an amount of up to forty-five 48
301		-	percent (45%) of the average State per pupil allocation for average daily 49
302		-	membership in the prior fiscal year, unless the student qualifies for a higher 50
303		-	amount under this subsection. 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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305		-	(b3) Tuition and fees for a nonpublic school may include tuition and fees for books, 1
306		-	transportation, equipment, or other items required by the nonpublic school. 2
307		-	(b4) No scholarship grant shall exceed, per year per eligible student, an amount equal to 3
308		-	one hundred percent (100%) of the average State per pupil allocation for average daily 4
309		-	membership in the prior fiscal year, and no scholarship grant shall exceed the required tuition 5
310		-	and fees for the nonpublic school the eligible student will attend. 6
311		-	(b5) In addition to the amount of the scholarship grant, for any student receiving a 7
312		-	scholarship grant in grades three, eight, or 11, the Authority shall provide to the nonpublic school 8
313		-	an amount equal to the cost of the nationally standardized test required to be administered as 9
314		-	provided in G.S. 115C-562.5. 10
315		-	…." 11
316		-	SECTION 5.(d) G.S. 115C-562.8 reads as rewritten: 12
317		-	"§ 115C-562.8. The Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve. 13
318		-	… 14
319		-	(b) The General Assembly finds that, due to the critical need in this State to provide 15
320		-	opportunity for school choice for North Carolina students, it is imperative that the State provide 16
321		-	an increase of funds for 15 years to the Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve. Therefore, 17
322		-	there There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Reserve the following amounts for each 18
323		-	fiscal year to be used for the purposes set forth in this section: 19
324		-	Fiscal Year Appropriation 20
325		-	… 21
326		-	2027-2028 $700,000,000$193,664,793 22
327		-	2028-2029 $725,000,000$168,730,451 23
328		-	2029-2030 $750,000,000$147,006,405 24
329		-	2030-2031 $775,000,000$128,079,330 25
330		-	2031-2032 $800,000,000$111,589,117 26
331		-	2032-2033 $97,222,018 27
332		-	2033-2034 $84,704,683 28
333		-	2034-2035 $73,798,955 29
334		-	2035-2036 $64,297,340 30
335		-	For the 2032-2033 2036-2037 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, there is appropriated 31
336		-	from the General Fund to the Reserve the sum of eight hundred twenty-five million dollars 32
337		-	($825,000,000) to be used for the purposes set forth in this section. no funds shall be appropriated 33
338		-	from the General Fund to the Reserve, and it is the intention of the General Assembly to sunset 34
339		-	this award of scholarship funds pursuant to this Part. When developing the base budget, as 35
340		-	defined by G.S. 143C-1-1, for each fiscal year specified in this subsection, subsection until the 36
341		-	2036-2037 fiscal year, the Director of the Budget shall include the appropriated amount specified 37
342		-	in this subsection for that fiscal year. 38
343		-	…." 39
344		-	SECTION 5.(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, funds 40
345		-	appropriated for the award of opportunity scholarship grants pursuant to Part 2A of Article 39 of 41
346		-	Chapter 115C of the General Statutes are reduced as follows: 42
347		-	(1) Of the recurring funds appropriated to the Board of Governors of The 43
348		-	University of North Carolina for the opportunity scholarship program 44
349		-	pursuant to S.L. 2021-180, by the sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) 45
350		-	for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. 46
351		-	(2) Of the funds appropriated to the Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve 47
352		-	for the 2024-2025 fiscal year and allocated from the Reserve for the award of 48
353		-	scholarship grants in the 2025-2026 fiscal year, by the sum of two hundred 49
354		-	seventy-seven million one hundred sixty-five thousand four hundred 50 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
355		-	Page 8 House Bill 807-First Edition
356		-	fifty-nine dollars ($277,165,459) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 1
357		-	fiscal year. 2
358		-	(3) Of the funds appropriated to the Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve, 3
359		-	as follows: 4
360		-	a. By the sum of three hundred sixty-nine million eight hundred 5
361		-	sixty-seven thousand nine hundred six dollars ($369,867,906) in 6
362		-	recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. 7
363		-	b. By the sum of an additional eighty-two million eight hundred 8
364		-	forty-eight thousand two hundred fifty-seven dollars ($82,848,257) in 9
365		-	recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. 10
366		-	SECTION 5.(f) This section applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. 11
367		-	12
368		-	PART VI. EFFECTIVE DATE 13
369		-	SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided, this act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 14
	233	+	PART V. REVISE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 28
	234	+	SECTION 5.(a) Beginning with the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the State Education 29
	235	+	Assistance Authority shall not award any scholarship grant funds under Part 2A of Article 39 of 30
	236	+	Chapter 115C of the General Statutes to new persons who did not receive scholarship grant funds 31
	237	+	in the prior school year. It is the intent of the General Assembly to eliminate the program for 32
	238	+	awarding scholarship grants under Part 2A of Article 39 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes 33
	239	+	beginning in the 2036-2037 school year or once all current recipients become ineligible for the 34
	240	+	receipt of scholarship grants. 35
	241	+	SECTION 5.(b) G.S. 115C-562.1 reads as rewritten: 36
	242	+	"§ 115C-562.1. Definitions. 37
	243	+	The following definitions apply in this Part: 38
	244	+	… 39
	245	+	(3a) Eligible student. – A student residing in North Carolina who has not yet 40
	246	+	received a high school diploma and who meets all of the following 41
	247	+	requirements: 42
	248	+	a. Is eligible to attend a North Carolina public school pursuant to Article 43
	249	+	25 of this Chapter. A child who is the age of 4 on or before April 16 is 44
	250	+	eligible to attend the following school year if the principal, or 45
	251	+	equivalent, of the school in which the child seeks to enroll finds that 46
	252	+	the student meets the requirements established by the Authority 47
	253	+	pursuant to G.S. 115C-562.2(d) and those findings are submitted to the 48
	254	+	Authority. 49
	255	+	b. Has not been enrolled in a postsecondary institution as a full-time 50
	256	+	student taking at least 12 hours of academic credit. 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	257	+	Page 6 DRH30338-MTa-71B
	258	+	c. Has not been placed in a nonpublic school or facility by a public 1
	259	+	agency at public expense. 2
	260	+	d. Received a scholarship grant for the school year prior to the school 3
	261	+	year for which the student is applying. 4
	262	+	e. Resides in a household with an income level between the amount 5
	263	+	required for the student to qualify for the federal free or reduced-price 6
	264	+	lunch program and not in excess of two hundred percent (200%) of 7
	265	+	that amount. 8
	266	+	…." 9
	267	+	SECTION 5.(c) G.S. 115C-562.2 reads as rewritten: 10
	268	+	"§ 115C-562.2. Scholarship grants. 11
	269	+	(a) The Authority shall make available no later than February 1 annually applications to 12
	270	+	eligible students for the award of scholarship grants to attend any nonpublic school on a full- or 13
	271	+	part-time basis. Information about scholarship grants and the application process shall be made 14
	272	+	available on the Authority's Web site. website. Beginning March 15, the Authority shall begin 15
	273	+	awarding scholarship grants to students who have applied by March 1 in the following 16
	274	+	order:March 1. 17
	275	+	(1) Eligible students who received a scholarship grant for the school year prior to 18
	276	+	the school year for which the students are applying. 19
	277	+	(2) Eligible students qualifying for a scholarship grant in the amount provided 20
	278	+	under subdivision (1) of subsection (b2) of this section. 21
	279	+	(3) Eligible students qualifying for a scholarship grant in the amount provided 22
	280	+	under subdivision (2) of subsection (b2) of this section. 23
	281	+	(4) Eligible students qualifying for a scholarship grant in the amount provided 24
	282	+	under subdivision (3) of subsection (b2) of this section. 25
	283	+	(5) All other students. 26
	284	+	… 27
	285	+	(b2) Scholarship grants shall be awarded to eligible students as follows: 28
	286	+	(1) For students residing in households with an income level not in excess of the 29
	287	+	amount required for the student to qualify for the federal free or reduced-price 30
	288	+	lunch program, per year per eligible student, an amount of up to one hundred 31
	289	+	percent (100%) of the average State per pupil allocation for average daily 32
	290	+	membership in the prior fiscal year. 33
	291	+	(2) For students residing in households with an income level between the amount 34
	292	+	required for the student to qualify for the federal free or reduced-price lunch 35
	293	+	program and not in excess of two hundred percent (200%) of that amount, per 36
	294	+	year per eligible student, an amount of up to ninety percent (90%) of the 37
	295	+	average State per pupil allocation for average daily membership in the prior 38
	296	+	fiscal year. 39
	297	+	(3) For students residing in households with an income level of between two 40
	298	+	hundred percent (200%) of the amount required for the student to qualify for 41
	299	+	the federal free or reduced-price lunch program and not in excess of four 42
	300	+	hundred fifty percent (450%) of that amount, per year per eligible student, an 43
	301	+	amount of up to sixty percent (60%) of the average State per pupil allocation 44
	302	+	for average daily membership in the prior fiscal year. 45
	303	+	(4) For all students, per year per eligible student, an amount of up to forty-five 46
	304	+	percent (45%) of the average State per pupil allocation for average daily 47
	305	+	membership in the prior fiscal year, unless the student qualifies for a higher 48
	306	+	amount under this subsection. 49
	307	+	(b3) Tuition and fees for a nonpublic school may include tuition and fees for books, 50
	308	+	transportation, equipment, or other items required by the nonpublic school. 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	309	+	DRH30338-MTa-71B Page 7
	310	+	(b4) No scholarship grant shall exceed, per year per eligible student, an amount equal to 1
	311	+	one hundred percent (100%) of the average State per pupil allocation for average daily 2
	312	+	membership in the prior fiscal year, and no scholarship grant shall exceed the required tuition 3
	313	+	and fees for the nonpublic school the eligible student will attend. 4
	314	+	(b5) In addition to the amount of the scholarship grant, for any student receiving a 5
	315	+	scholarship grant in grades three, eight, or 11, the Authority shall provide to the nonpublic school 6
	316	+	an amount equal to the cost of the nationally standardized test required to be administered as 7
	317	+	provided in G.S. 115C-562.5. 8
	318	+	…." 9
	319	+	SECTION 5.(d) G.S. 115C-562.8 reads as rewritten: 10
	320	+	"§ 115C-562.8. The Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve. 11
	321	+	… 12
	322	+	(b) The General Assembly finds that, due to the critical need in this State to provide 13
	323	+	opportunity for school choice for North Carolina students, it is imperative that the State provide 14
	324	+	an increase of funds for 15 years to the Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve. Therefore, 15
	325	+	there There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Reserve the following amounts for each 16
	326	+	fiscal year to be used for the purposes set forth in this section: 17
	327	+	Fiscal Year Appropriation 18
	328	+	… 19
	329	+	2027-2028 $700,000,000$193,664,793 20
	330	+	2028-2029 $725,000,000$168,730,451 21
	331	+	2029-2030 $750,000,000$147,006,405 22
	332	+	2030-2031 $775,000,000$128,079,330 23
	333	+	2031-2032 $800,000,000$111,589,117 24
	334	+	2032-2033 $97,222,018 25
	335	+	2033-2034 $84,704,683 26
	336	+	2034-2035 $73,798,955 27
	337	+	2035-2036 $64,297,340 28
	338	+	For the 2032-2033 2036-2037 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, there is appropriated 29
	339	+	from the General Fund to the Reserve the sum of eight hundred twenty-five million dollars 30
	340	+	($825,000,000) to be used for the purposes set forth in this section. no funds shall be appropriated 31
	341	+	from the General Fund to the Reserve, and it is the intention of the General Assembly to sunset 32
	342	+	this award of scholarship funds pursuant to this Part. When developing the base budget, as 33
	343	+	defined by G.S. 143C-1-1, for each fiscal year specified in this subsection, subsection until the 34
	344	+	2036-2037 fiscal year, the Director of the Budget shall include the appropriated amount specified 35
	345	+	in this subsection for that fiscal year. 36
	346	+	…." 37
	347	+	SECTION 5.(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, funds 38
	348	+	appropriated for the award of opportunity scholarship grants pursuant to Part 2A of Article 39 of 39
	349	+	Chapter 115C of the General Statutes are reduced as follows: 40
	350	+	(1) Of the recurring funds appropriated to the Board of Governors of The 41
	351	+	University of North Carolina for the opportunity scholarship program 42
	352	+	pursuant to S.L. 2021-180, by the sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) 43
	353	+	for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. 44
	354	+	(2) Of the funds appropriated to the Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve 45
	355	+	for the 2024-2025 fiscal year and allocated from the Reserve for the award of 46
	356	+	scholarship grants in the 2025-2026 fiscal year, by the sum of two hundred 47
	357	+	seventy-seven million one hundred sixty-five thousand four hundred 48
	358	+	fifty-nine dollars ($277,165,459) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 49
	359	+	fiscal year. 50 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	360	+	Page 8 DRH30338-MTa-71B
	361	+	(3) Of the funds appropriated to the Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve, 1
	362	+	as follows: 2
	363	+	a. By the sum of three hundred sixty-nine million eight hundred 3
	364	+	sixty-seven thousand nine hundred six dollars ($369,867,906) in 4
	365	+	recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. 5
	366	+	b. By the sum of an additional eighty-two million eight hundred 6
	367	+	forty-eight thousand two hundred fifty-seven dollars ($82,848,257) in 7
	368	+	recurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. 8
	369	+	SECTION 5.(f) This section applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. 9
	370	+	10
	371	+	PART VI. EFFECTIVE DATE 11
	372	+	SECTION 6. Except as otherwise provided, this act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 12