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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina House Bill 566 Establishes Training Development Grants and Modifies Principal Fellows Program Funding
Last action · March 31, 2025: Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Tricia Cotham and 12 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina House Bill 566 establishes new grants of up to $250,000 per recipient for developing innovative principal training methods, authorizes up to eight annual grant recipients for s, and allows up to $800,000 to be allocated annually from the Principal Fellows to the Commission for program administration and statewide leadership programming, effective July 1, 2025.
The measure changes how state funds are allocated for school administrator training by capping training development grants at $250,000 annually and authorizing administrative funding reallocations for statewide leadership research and program monitoring.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
School leader preparation programs
Eligible entities operating or applying for school leader preparation programs are subject to new grant limits, duration rules, reporting requirements, and public availability mandates for developed materials.
Program participants and future school principals
Participants receive forgivable scholarship loans administered by the Authority through promissory notes and service monitoring.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 31, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Mar 31, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Mar 27, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Introduction of Training Development Grants
The bill introduces specific one-year grants of up to $250,000 dedicated to developing innovative principal training methods alongside existing forgivable scholarship loans.
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Sources
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