Agenda - 09-28-2017 - 7. Information Item - NCSBA 2017 Legislative Summary

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• Randolph • Vance • Tyrrell • Washington Requires that teacher assistants receiving a tuition reimbursement are to continue receiving salary/benefits while doing student teaching in the LEA (was permissive). Requires the local boards that are newly participating in the pilot to report to the Joint Education Legislative Oversight Committee by September 1, 2018. Section 7.22 Cooperative Innovative High School Funding Changes Reduces the annual state appropriation of$316,646 per school provided to most Cooperative Innovative High Schools to the following amounts based on their economic development tier: • Tier I= $275,000 (the Northeast Regional School of Biotechnology and Agriscience will receive $310,000 and a virtual CIHS will receive $200,000) • Tier II= $200,000 • Tier III= $180,000 ($20,000 nonrecurring provided in FY 2017-18) Requires a study of the costs and outcomes of students in the Career and College Promise Program, which includes CIHS, and a report of this information submitted to various legislative committees. G.S. 115D-5(x). Section 7.23 Preparing Future Workforce in Coding and Mobile App Development Grant Program Directs DPI to establish the Coding and Mobile Application Grant Program to fund computer science, coding, and mobile application development curricular programs for middle school and high school students. Allows grant funds to be used for the purchase of equipment, digital materials, and teacher professional development services. Establishes the following benchmarks for the program: • August 15, 2017—State Superintendent issues criteria for grant applications • October 15, 2017—Deadline for first year application (May 15 in following years) • November 15, 2017 - State Superintendent selects initial grant recipients (July 15 in following years) • August 1, 2018 —Grant recipients report to DPI on how they expended funds (August 1 in following years) • September 15, 2018 —DPI reports to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and the Fiscal Research Division on the grant recipients and the implementation of the program (September 15 in following years). Section 7.23A Expand School Connectivity Initiative/Cybersecurity and Risk Management Expands the School Connectivity Initiative to include cybersecurity and risk management services supporting LEAs and charter schools. Funds this effort in the 2017-19 fiscal biennium by taking $200,000 each year from the $6.4 million recurring appropriation for the Digital Learning Plan. 16