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H B 117 <br /> Summary: Requires local boards of education to adopt a policy requiring criminal background checks for <br /> public school personnel employment. Requires written notice prior to suspending without pay a teacher who <br /> is incarcerated or in custody. Provides for notification to the State Board of Education relevant criminal <br /> history related to an educator's resignation. <br /> Status: In House committee. <br /> HB132 <br /> Summary: Creates the High Achieving Tuition Scholarship Program for scholarships for top-performing high <br /> school students attending NC community colleges and appropriates funds for that purpose. <br /> Status: In House committee. <br /> HB 133 <br /> Summary: Amends the North Carolina Constitution to provide for the election of the State Board of <br /> Education. <br /> Status: In House committee. <br /> HB136 <br /> Summary: Lowers the age when a child is compelled to begin attending school from seven years to six years. <br /> Applies beginning with the 2017-18 school year. <br /> Status: In House committee. <br /> HB149 <br /> Summary: Directs the State Board of Education and local boards of education to implement a screening <br /> program to identify students with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia prior to the start of the 2017-18 school year. <br /> Status: Passed House; in Senate committee. <br /> HB155 <br /> Summary: Expands the activities qualifying for continuing licensure of retired teachers. Permits members of <br /> the General Assembly to be exempt from continuing teacher education requirements.Allows local school <br /> boards to hire retired principals and assistant principals to serve as interim principals. <br /> Status: Passed House; in Senate committee. <br /> HB159 <br /> Summary: Extends the amount of time that a charter school has to elect to become a participating employer <br /> in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System. <br /> Status: Passed House; in Senate committee. <br /> H B170/SB390 <br /> Summary: Authorizes the Department of Public Instruction to use funds to conduct a pilot program on <br /> integrated community-based adapted sports programs for students with disabilities. <br /> Status: HB170- In House committee; SB390—In Senate committee. <br /> HB174 <br /> Summary: Provides that a person who has a concealed handgun permit may carry a handgun on educational <br /> property that is the location of both a school and a place of religious worship outside the operating hours of <br /> the school. <br /> Status: Passed House; in Senate committee. <br /> 2 <br />