HB 81: Increase Halifax Co. Bd. In November 2022, the NCSBA Delegate Assembly approved NCSBAs 2023-2024 Legislative Agenda, which will be used to guide the Associations advocacy efforts. Applicants will be notified of their selection on February 24, and the first meeting will be on March 7. All of EdNCs content is open source and free to republish. Another $26 million will go to an allotment to help districts provide one School Resource Officer for every high school. JROTC programs have benefitted so many students by not only teaching them leadership but providing them with real career opportunities. HB 142: Protect Our Students Act.-AB(primary sponsors: Representatives John Torbett, R-Gaston; Kristin Baker, R-Cabarrus; Jake Johnson, R-Polk; Keith Kidwell, R-Beaufort) had its first committee hearing this week when the House Education K-12 Committee approved the bill and referred it to the House Judiciary 2 Committee. See more on these education bills below and see the Bills Filed section for a list of education bills filed this week. These working groups will create recommendations on policies and/or rules necessary to implement a pilot program of the new teacher licensure/salary model. SUBSCRIBE:Apple Podcasts||Spotify||Stitcher||TuneIn||Google Podcasts. All full-time state employees, including teachers and principals, who were employed as of Dec. 1 will be getting $1,000 bonuses. Restores Masters Pay for classroom teachers with advanced degrees in the subjects they teach. Heres where NC students choose to go, Onslow school calendar shift could benefit military families, but change in state legislation needed to make it happen, Families Struggle as Pandemic Program Offering Free School Meals Ends, These 4 charts explain federal fiscal 2023 K-12 spending, A Warrior for Public Education on How to Rebuild After COVID-19 Learning Losses, Want to Take Learning Recovery Seriously? Grade Teacher Math Bonus (Section 8.8E) new in 2017-18 . The budget compromise includes an average 5% pay increase for teachers over two years, $2,800 in bonuses for teachers, and $100 million for local teacher supplements to help narrow the gap between districts with a hefty property tax base and those without. It is a project of the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative, which is supported by the Local Media Project, an initiative launched by the Solutions Journalism Network with support from the Knight Foundation to strengthen and reinvigorate local media ecosystems. Email or phone Password SB 72: Catawba/Newton-Conover/Hickory Bd of Ed Elect. In the meantime, five of those issue briefs are linked below. The Working Groups next meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday, January 31, and a comprehensive update will be given at the SBEs meeting next Wednesday, February 1. Each working group has a January and February meeting scheduled. 7208 Falls of Neuse Road To find out who represents you and obtain contact information, click here. HB 106: School Calendar Flexibility/Forsyth,WS,Stokes. Dr. Tomberlin stated, I think its very unfortunate that this may be construed as theres this massive increase in the number of vacancies across the state. The Union County Board of Education voted to rescind its decision to make August 9 the start date for the 2023-24 school year, news outlets reported. You can also access the issue briefs on the North Carolina School Boards Action Center website. To provide additional background information on each item in the Legislative Agenda, including NCSBAs position, the Governmental Relations team is publishing issue briefs, which are linked below. However, the bill was amended this week to drop one elective credit, rather than the science credit. Additionally, DPI is placing one Early Literacy Specialist in each of the States 115 school districts. Retired state employees and retired teachers will get a 4% cost-of-living bonus this year, a 1% increase over what would have happened without a 2022 budget. This bill requires the State Superintendent to study and evaluate school achievement scores and metrics and report back to the General Assembly by April 15, 2023. Dr. Tomberlin explained that this increase could be attributed to the methodology prescribed in law, which does not count retired teachers, long-term substitutes, interim teachers, and teachers with a permit to teach or provisional license as a permanent placement. Previously, those instructors were limited to retired military. WCNC's Brittany Van Voorhees and Chris Mulcahy are Emmy winners! House Select Committee on An Education System for North Carolinas Future. Our schools must be focused on serving students and parents., Berger continued, discussing student outcomes and funding. DPIs Portrait of a Graduate update: The Board heard two presentations on DPIs newly released State Portrait of a Graduate. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Grad. To learn more, view our full privacy policy. Roy Cooper on Wednesday proposed a $27.3 billion spending plan for North Carolina's coming budget year, including. HB 30: Reduce Length of Granville Bd. The governor proposed average teacher raises of 10% over the next two years. All rights reserved. Click here for an official bill summary. The bill creates additional rights for parents regarding their childs education and lists numerous existing rights. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby administered the oath of office for the 120 State House members. by Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Click here for an article with more information on these Leandro updates. A department spokesman told WRAL News on Monday that a reserve fund has been held to provide additional funds.. The final three issue briefs will be included in next Fridays Legislative Update. The hold harmless provision ensures that districts dont receive less funding because of a drop in the student population. Dozens of bills were filed in both chambers, many of which concern education. State employees can expect their bonuses by the end of January, the State Board of Education clarified in a called meeting this week. Click here to access all meeting materials. On January 9, 2023, two parents from Union County filed a lawsuit in Superior Court against the Union County School Board alleging the Board adopted a school calendar in violation of State law. Governor Cooper released on Wednesday his 2022-23 State Budget Proposal, entitled Building on Success, which includes over half a billion dollars in proposed investments to education. The following are recent news articles, reports, and press releases on state and national education-related issues. The long session budget last year included an average 2.5% pay increase in the second year of the biennium, so the newly proposed pay increase replaces that. This week, the Wake County school board approved its own 2022 bonus for all staff members in the amount of $3,750. Sharpe worked with Senator Thom Tillis office to monitor the legislation as it progressed through both chambers of Congress. Our content must be republished in full. $10.25 million recurring and $250,000 nonrecurring for Early Intervention. Governmental Relations Research Specialist Minimal changes had been made since the November monthly meeting presentation, but Chair Davis said that more work will be done on the requests prior to the Boards vote for approval at the January 2023 monthly meeting. 6 Lawsuits that Could Shake Up How States Pay for Schools, States with Best & Worst Education (2023), HB 3: UNC Report on Computer Science Credit, HB 4: Increasing Engagement in STEM Grant Program, was argued before the US Supreme Court last week. All teachers will get a 1.3% bump in their base salary this year and again the following school year. Additionally, Senate Leader Berger re-appointed Senator Bill Rabon, R- Brunswick, to serve as Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee. In addition to HB 17 and HB 26, which are summarized below, see the Bills Filed section for a list of all education-related bills filed this week. The two appropriations committees are charged with developing the budget for public schools, community colleges, and the UNC System. HB 187 lists 13 concepts that are prohibited from being promoted in public schools, including: HB 187 also requires public school units to notify DPI and post to their website information about: The following are additional education-related bills that were filed this week. Legislators will then have a two-week break, and return to Raleigh on Wednesday, January 25 to begin their work. SB 49 creates additional rights for parents regarding their childs education and lists numerous existing rights. The budget allocates $100 million of the states portion of federal coronavirus relief funds for the bonuses. Read more about this under the State Revenue Forecast section. Also, if your school board adopts its own legislative agenda, please forward it to rhoward@ncsba.org. Many of those bills directly or indirectly impact K-12 education. Compensation. On this page, you'll find everything you need to know about salary and benefits for North Carolina teachers. The legislature is putting $32 million into the School Safety Grant program, including money for school safety training and safety equipment in schools. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Allowable edits to the content of the piece include changes to meet your publications style guide and references to dates (i.e. Bonuses will be paid in two installments, with the first half paid in November 2022 and the other half in April 2023. All local school calendar bills filed so far this session affect 38 school districts. The original headline of the article must be used. As Congress wraps up its business before the end of the year, theres an opportunity to help schools operating JROTC programs. The House and Senate Education Appropriations Committees held joint meetings on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings. Sign in to save [2022 - 2023] Gaston Elementary School Special Education Teacher (Signing Bonus $3K - $5K) at KIPP North Carolina Public Schools. The NEA projects that. The following is the Consortium of State School Boards Associations (COSSBA) most recent federal education report. One of the next steps of statewide implementation of the Portrait is creating a rubric that will measure how the seven competencies are guiding the work of schools. CORRECTION:A previous version of this article stated that recent federal legislation would have made reduced-price school lunch meals free. Following approval by the Senate Rules Committee, SB 49 will be sent to the Senate floor for a vote. Copyright 2023 Market Realist. Click here to access the final report, which includes these additional findings/recommendations: Chair Torbett said this is the beginning of a long course of building a better education system in the State. This follows Superior Court Judge Michael Robinsons November 30, 2022, letter to Chief Justice Newby requesting the case be reassigned to another judge because of Robinsons workload and demands on his docket as a Business Court Judge. DPIs Testing and Accountability Working Group met on December 12 and continued its work of creating recommendations for redesigning the States school accountability model. Roy Cooper since 2018. The money for this is non-recurring. Regarding students who enrolled in summer 2021 programs, the study found that enrollees were less likely to repeat failed courses. K-3 literacy data: State Superintendent Catherine Truitt presented K-3 literacy data from the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, which shows improvement at each grade level. Click here to access NCSBAs Legislative Agenda. The legislation contains important education-related items including: Title 1 increases of $850 million to a total of $18.39 billion, assisting more than half the nations public schools. This data was presented in December at a meeting of the Child Fatality Task Force, and we included data points in our December 16, 2022, Legislative Update. North Carolina state employees are expected to receive an early Christmas gift in the form of a bonus from the recently passed state budget. Bill to Elect SBE Members and Make State Superintendent SBE Chair. Click here for the Portrait FAQ and click here for the Portrait webpage. A lock icon or https:// means youve safely connected to the official website. The Senate would give teachers an average of 3% raises over two years. The new budget ups the funding on that plan to $170 million total. Dr. Andrew Sioberg, DPIs Director of Educator Preparation, said this decline in enrollment will have a moderate impact on employment in the 2023-24 school year, with higher enrollment rates during COVID years mitigating some of that impact. The new budget increases that by another 5% for a total increase of 9% in 2022-23. A comprehensive presentation of the Working Groups recommendations is expected to be given at the SBE meeting next Wednesday, February 1. On Monday, myFutureNC held a forum on The State of Educational Attainment in North Carolina. Click here for the presentation, which includes legislative changes needed for pilot implementation on slides 21-31. Click here for a list of these local bills. Governor Roy Coopers Teacher Advisory Commission held a meeting on Tuesday, January 24, which included: Updates from the Governors office mainly concerned Leandro and the Governors plans to continue supporting full implementation of the Leandro Comprehensive Remedial Plan. The current model calculates school grades based on 80% student achievement and 20% student growth. North Carolina, South Carolina, and beyond with . If the school does not address the issues outlined above, the State Board could revoke its charter. Additionally, lawmakers are giving public schools $15 million for the School Resource Officer Grant program, focusing the money on elementary and middle schools. After giving the school a year to remedy these issues, DPI said it saw little to no progress, calling the issues systemic.. NC School Boards Association Democrats in each chamber filed a bill titled Parents and Students Bill of Rights. Click here for the presentation, which includes more about the goals of the working groups and lists of working group members. SB 52 says that an administering organization of high school interscholastic athletics is subject to the provisions of the open meetings law. Beginning teachers will now start out at $37,000 instead of the slightly more than $35,000 they previously got. Outlines How Schools Can Use Federal Funds to Sustain Tech Programs. HB 8: Computer Science Grad Requirement (primary sponsors: Representatives Erin Par, R-Wake; John Torbett, R-Gaston; Hugh Blackwell, R-Burke; Jon Hardister, R-Guilford) had its second committee hearing this week when the House State Government Committee approved the bill. The budget taken up by lawmakers this week does not include a hold harmless for 2022-23. It provides. Requirement. Director of Governmental Relations Click here for the presentation that includes more YRBS data (slides 15-35), as well as data from the 2021 Healthy Active Children Policy Report (slides 3-11). State legislators have yet to act on . During the meeting, DPI staff explained that some indicators were collapsed to provide more aligned metrics, and some indicators were removed because they had minimal agreeance (e.g., discipline and per-pupil expenditures) and because they had little to no valid and reliable measurements (see slides 6-12). If this cash admission requirement would cause a potential burden on your school district, please email Rebekah Howard at rhoward@ncsba.org with more information. As of September 30, 2022, $5 million in recurring funds for a school psychologist internship program, $10 million in recurring funds for masters level pay for school social workers, $100 million in recurring funds for a school nurse and school social worker application program to help tier one and tier two districts hire those personnel, $5 million in recurring funds to eliminate student co-pay for reduced-price meals, Continuation of non-recurring General Assembly initiatives, Needs-Based Capital Grants totaled more than $800 million over the past two fiscal years, School Safety Grants totaled $41.7 million in FY 2022-23, These grants support students in crisis, school safety training, and school safety equipment, 49% of students reported feeling good about themselves, compared to 60% in 2019, 43% of students reported feeling sad or hopeless, compared to 36% in 2019, 34% of students reported being physically active at least one hour per day, compared to 38% in 2019, 30% of females reported they seriously considered suicide, compared to 14% of males, 21% of gay, lesbian, or bisexual students reported they attempted suicide during the past year, compared to 6% of heterosexual students, 42% of students reported their teachers really care about them and give them encouragement, compared to 51% in 2019, 60% of students reported there is at least one teacher or adult in their school they can talk to if they have a problem, On November 4, 2022, the State Supreme Court. As a reminder, this model would pay teachers based on performance, effectiveness, and years of experience, rather than exclusively on years of experience. Teachers in North Carolina could get as much as $2,800 in bonuses. Last year, lawmakers put a 2.5% pay increase into place for community college personnel. Assistant Director of Governmental Relations by Anna Pogarcic, EducationNC December 16, 2021, This and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.. This plan ups that match to $4 for every $1. The data also shows that NC students had higher percentages of growth compared to other states using the same assessment. Here is how that breaks down: Raises Bill to Require Acceptance of Cash for Admission to High School Athletic Events. Board Chair Eric Davis explained that this approved motion precedes a motion for a formal legislative ask. Sign-On and Retention Bonus Policy The Sign-On and Retention Bonus Policy approved at the April 14, 2022 State Human Resources Commission and effective June 1, 2022, replaces the Sign-On Bonus Policy. For a list of House education committee assignments, click here. Concerning education, Berger stated, We must continue to demand world-class educational opportunities for our students. DPIs Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC) met on Thursday, January 12, and reviewed the next steps for the Commissions working groups. Proposed NC Senate budget includes provision limiting governor's power during State of Emergency Roy Cooper since 2018. Requests include the following: Additionally, the Board approved a motion requesting support from the General Assembly and Governor for full implementation of the Leandro Comprehensive Remedial Plan (see next section for most recent Leandro updates), approval of the Boards 2023 budget requests, and approval of pilot implementation of the new teacher licensure/salary model once dollar amounts are provided (see below for most recent update). NCSBA is the professional organization that represents local boards of education in North Carolina. Also, there is no additional funding associated with the requirements of the bill. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Average 5% pay raise for teachers, $100 million for most counties for teacher supplements. For a more detailed analysis of the education-related items in the omnibus spending bill, click, All students should receive a high-quality standard education, NC should continue to increase educator pay, allow educators to focus on instructional duties, and provide educators with growth and advancement opportunities, Chair Torbett noted he is watching the teacher pay/licensure work of the Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC) and SBE, All children deserve a safe place to learn free from distraction, The NC student assessment system should be designed to generate useful data to help ensure students post-secondary success, DPI should conduct a statewide survey to determine what schools are implementing regarding competency-based education, The State should move toward a service level model rather than a disability category model to ensure students are not over identified or placed in high-cost funding tiers, Excellent Public Schools Act/Read to Achieve/Literacy, DPI should partner with the UNC system and independent colleges and universities as they incorporate the science of reading into educator preparation programs (EPPs), DPI should focus on incorporating highly effective interventions in low-performing schools, The General Assembly should continue supporting evidence-based early literacy practices and interventions, Schools That Lead, which provides professional development to school administrators and teachers, and the UNC systems EPPs should collaborate to better equip beginning teachers, 30% of females reported that they seriously considered suicide, compared to 14% of males, 49% of LGBTQ+ students reported purposefully hurting themselves without wanting to die, compared to 13% of heterosexual students, 13% of students reported experiencing physical dating violence, compared to 7% in 2019, 14% of students reported being bullied on school property, compared to 19% in 2019, New pathway entry points, such as apprenticeships, New professional learning tools and structures for beginning and experienced teachers, US Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) Committee held a hearing to discuss the mental health needs of students and how the federal government can better support and ease the transition from high school to college. 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