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

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HB 256: 2017 Appointments Bill (S.L. 2017-75) Speaker Appointments Section 1.2. Fletcher "Gene" McIntyre of Stanly County and Linda Daves of Randolph County to the NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching Board of Trustees for terms expiring June 30, 2021. Section 1.14. Lindalyn Kakadelis of Mecklenburg County, Joseph Maimone of Rutherford County, and Lynn Kroeger of Union County to the NC Charter Schools Advisory Board for terms expiring June 30, 2021. Section 1.23. Craig Hagood of Wake County to the North Carolina Education and Workforce Innovation Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2019. Section 1.35. Effective January 1, 2018, Rep. John Szoka of Cumberland County to the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children State Council for a term expiring December 31, 2021. Senate President Pro Tem Appointments Section 2.20. Phyllis P. Gibbs of Guilford County, Alan Hawkes of Guilford County, and Sherry T. Reeves of Pamlico County to the North Carolina Charter Schools Advisory Board for terms expiring on June 30, 2020. HB 528: Budget Technical Corrections (S.L. 2017-197) annual bill making technical adjustments to the budget. Section 1.2. Establishes a legislative committee to study the Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund program (see budget bill). Enumerates two items the committee shall at a minimum examine. Requires a report and any recommendations to be submitted by February 1, 2018. Section 2.1. Declares legislative intent to fund a new allotment stream for program enhancement teachers in public schools beginning with 2018-19 (one the funded and average K- 3 class sizes are equalized). Section 2.2. Removes building security programs as one of the school security plans to be developed in conjunction with the regional security consultants. Section 2.3. Allows the Superintendent of Public Instruction to remove the Associate Superintendent of Early Education for any reason (not just in the event of incapacity to proceed). Section 2.4. Clarifies that the allotment transfer reports local boards of education must submit per the budget must cover transfers over fiscal years 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17. Section 2.5. Makes technical changes to how the A-F school grades are calculated(G.S. 115C-83.15). Section 2.6. Allows DPI to carry forward up to $5 million of Excellent Public Schools Act funds through the end of the 2017-18 and allocate the funds to LEAs for purchasing computers or other electronic devices needed to administer the reading diagnostic assessments. Section 2.7. Clarifies that the $300,000 in funds for Eastern NC STEM are to be used for enrollment of students in Halifax County Schools. Section 2.8. Switches one of the vacant positions DPI is to eliminate (the old one had recently been filled). Section 2.10. Clarifies that the guidelines for AP/IB/CTE and Cambridge International bonuses established in the budget(see above) are to apply for bonuses awarded in January 2018, 2019, and 2020. Also clarifies that individual bonuses awarded through the 3rd grade teacher bonus program in January 2018 will not be capped. Starting with the bonuses in 2019 and 2020, the amount an individual teacher can receive through the 3rd grade reading bonus will be capped. 41