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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina House Bill 806 Removes Class Size Caps and Establishes a 50 Percent Teacher Licensing Quota
Last action · April 29, 2025: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: David Willis and 12 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina House Bill 806 eliminates statutory class size requirements across multiple education statutes and mandates that at least fifty percent of teachers in any public school hold a valid teaching license, effective for the 2025-2026 school year.
Local school administrative units gain flexibility by removing mandated student-to-teacher caps while facing a new statutory requirement that half of their instructional staff possess formal state certification.
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.
public school teachers
Teachers are subject to new statutory licensing quotas and educational requirements depending on their subjects.
local boards of education
Local school boards gain flexibility by the removal of class size limits but must ensure compliance with teacher licensing quotas and preservice training mandates.
Key Facts
- Repeals existing class size requirements and recommendations across multiple sections of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes.
- Mandates that at least 50% of the teachers in any given public school hold teacher licenses.
- Requires all teachers instructing in core subject areas—mathematics, science, social studies, and language arts—to be college graduates.
- Requires unlicensed teachers hired by a local board of education to complete preservice training in disability identification, student behavior management, de-escalation, and safe use of seclusion and restraint prior to teaching.
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- Removes references to class size maximum exceptions from biannual and annual school organization reports submitted to the State Board of Education.
- Takes effect upon becoming law and applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.
Frequently Asked Questions
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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
5 actions- Apr 29, 2025HouseRe-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 29, 2025HouseWithdrawn From Com
- Apr 8, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 8, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Apr 7, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Removal of Statutory Class Size Caps
The bill shifts public school regulation away from rigid statutory class size caps toward broader institutional flexibility balanced by a minimum teacher licensing quota.
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www.ncleg.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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