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North Carolina House Bill H912 Compare Versions

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1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	H 1
4		-	HOUSE BILL 912
	3	+	H D
	4	+	HOUSE BILL DRH10416-MCa-188
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7	8		Short Title: The Hometown Opp. for Mentoring Educators Act. (Public)
8		-	Sponsors: Representatives Winslow, Paré, Willis, and Biggs (Primary Sponsors).
9		-	For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10		-	Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
11		-	April 14, 2025
12		-	H912 -v-1
	9	+	Sponsors: Representative Winslow.
	10	+	Referred to:
	11	+
	12	+	DRH10416 -MCa-188
13	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
14	14		AN ACT TO CREATE THE HOMETOWN TEACHER GRANT PROGRAM, CALLED THE 2
15	15		H.O.M.E. (HOMETOWN OPPORTUNITIES FOR MENTORING EDUCATORS) ACT. 3
16	16		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
17	17		SECTION 1. Article 17D of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by 5
18	18		adding a new section to read: 6
19	19		"§ 115C-269.33. Hometown Teacher Grant Program. 7
20	20		(a) Definitions. – The following definitions shall apply in this section: 8
21	21		(1) Eligible student. – A student of a local school administrative unit who either 9
22	22		attended school for five years at a school in, or graduated from a high school 10
23	23		in, the local school administrative unit. 11
24	24		(2) Eligible teacher. – An eligible student who agrees to remain employed as a 12
25	25		teacher in a school in the same local school administrative unit where qualified 13
26	26		as an eligible student. 14
27	27		(3) Program. – The Hometown Teacher Grant Program. 15
28	28		(b) Program Established; Participation. – The Department shall establish the Hometown 16
29	29		Teacher Grant Program. The purpose of the Program is to provide grants to local school 17
30	30		administrative units to award funds for salary supplements for eligible teachers. The Department 18
31	31		shall establish criteria for participation in the Program. The Department shall adopt standards to 19
32	32		ensure that only eligible teachers receive an award of funds under the Program. Local school 20
33	33		administrative units shall submit to the Department a list identifying the number of eligible 21
34	34		teachers participating in the Program each year pursuant to a process to be established by the 22
35	35		Department. 23
36	36		(c) Agreement; Award. – To the extent funds are available for the Program, funds shall 24
37	37		be awarded to an eligible teacher who enters into an agreement to remain employed as required 25
38	38		by this section. Eligible teachers shall receive a salary supplement each month in the amount of 26
39	39		five hundred dollars ($500.00) as long as the eligible teacher remains in compliance with the 27
40	40		agreement. 28
41	41		(d) Promotion. – Local boards of education receiving grants under the Program shall 29
42	42		make efforts to promote the Program to high school students. 30
43	43		(e) Report to the General Assembly. – The Department shall report no later than May 15, 31
44	44		2026, and annually thereafter while funds are awarded under the Program, to the Joint Legislative 32
45	45		Education Oversight Committee regarding the Program, including at least the following 33
46	46		information: 34
47		-	(1) Funds awarded under the Program, including the following: 35 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48		-	Page 2 House Bill 912-First Edition
49		-	a. Demographic information regarding eligible teachers. 1
50		-	b. Number of award recipients by local school administrative unit. 2
51		-	(2) Placement rates, including the number of eligible teachers who have been 3
52		-	employed in the same local school administrative unit in which they were 4
53		-	eligible students. 5
54		-	(3) Recommendations to improve the Program and increase the number of 6
55		-	teachers in North Carolina." 7
56		-	SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 8
57		-	Public Instruction the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in recurring funds for each fiscal 9
58		-	year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium for administration of the Program enacted by Section 1 of 10
59		-	this act. 11
60		-	SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025, and applies to eligible teachers 12
61		-	entering agreements to participate in a program established in this act on or after that date. 13
	47	+	(1) Funds awarded under the Program, including the following: 35
	48	+	a. Demographic information regarding eligible teachers. 36
	49	+	H.B. 912
	50	+	Apr 10, 2025
	51	+	HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	52	+	Page 2 DRH10416-MCa-188
	53	+	b. Number of award recipients by local school administrative unit. 1
	54	+	(2) Placement rates, including the number of eligible teachers who have been 2
	55	+	employed in the same local school administrative unit in which they were 3
	56	+	eligible students. 4
	57	+	(3) Recommendations to improve the Program and increase the number of 5
	58	+	teachers in North Carolina." 6
	59	+	SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 7
	60	+	Public Instruction the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in recurring funds for each fiscal 8
	61	+	year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium for administration of the Program enacted by Section 1 of 9
	62	+	this act. 10
	63	+	SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025, and applies to eligible teachers 11
	64	+	entering agreements to participate in a program established in this act on or after that date. 12