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HB 832NORTH CAROLINASession 2025State Billdead

Did Not Advance

North Carolina expands allowable uses for school safety grant funds to include peer-to-peer mentoring and character education

Original title: Education Omnibus.

Last action · August 6, 2026: Conf Com Appointed (Senate action)Sponsors: Hugh Blackwell and 14 others

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What This Bill Proposed

North Carolina revises the School Safety Grants Program to allow grant funds to be used for peer-to-peer mentoring training, character education, and violence and suicide prevention programs, capped at $350,000 for the 2024-2025 .

Why it matters

Public school units gain statutory authorization to contract with community partners for specific interpersonal skills training and peer support programs using existing state grant funds.

Background

The School Safety Grants Program was originally established under S.L. 2023-134 to provide funding for school safety training and related services. context

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

public school units

Public school units gain eligibility to use state grant funds for a broader set of student safety and mentoring programs.

Directly affected

community partners

Community organizations are eligible to contract with public school units to provide newly authorized training services.

Key Facts

The Executive Director of the Center for Safer Schools is authorized to award grants to public school units for peer-to-peer mentoring facilitation, character education, and violence and suicide prevention training.
Expenditures for the newly added training and education programming under subdivision (5) are capped at no more than $350,000 for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.
Grants continue to support Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) training for school health support personnel, local first responders, and teachers.
Grants cover training for school health support personnel on evidence-based clinical treatments including parent-child interaction therapy and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

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The act specifies training for students and school employees on community resilience models and interpersonal skills to reduce risk-taking behavior.
Grants support training for school health support personnel on the Modular Approach to Therapy for Children with Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, or Conduct problems (MATCH-ADTC).
The act becomes effective when it becomes law.

Frequently Asked Questions

What new training activities are allowed under the revised grant program?

The revised program allows grant funds to be used for training on the facilitation of peer-to-peer mentoring, character education, and education addressing violence prevention and suicide prevention.

Is there a spending limit for the newly added training programs?

Yes, the Executive Director is restricted to using no more than $350,000 in the 2024-2025 for the newly authorized training and education programming.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Failed in the House.

Procedural history

36 actions

Aug 6, 2026Senate
Conf Com Appointed
Aug 6, 2026House
Conf Com Appointed
Apr 21, 2026House
Failed Concur In S Com Sub
Apr 21, 2026House
Added to Calendar
Apr 21, 2026House
Withdrawn From Com
Jun 23, 2025House
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

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Jun 23, 2025House
Withdrawn From Cal
Jun 19, 2025House
Cal Pursuant 36(b)
Jun 19, 2025House
Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
Jun 19, 2025Senate
Special Message Sent To House
Jun 19, 2025Senate
Engrossed
Jun 19, 2025Senate
Passed 3rd Reading
Jun 19, 2025Senate
Passed 2nd Reading
Jun 19, 2025Senate
Amend Adopted A1
Jun 18, 2025Senate
Placed On Cal For 06/19/2025
Jun 18, 2025Senate
Withdrawn From Cal
Jun 17, 2025Senate
Reptd Fav
Jun 12, 2025Senate
Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Jun 12, 2025Senate
Com Substitute Adopted
Jun 12, 2025Senate
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
Jun 5, 2025Senate
Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
Jun 5, 2025Senate
Withdrawn From Com
May 5, 2025Senate
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
May 5, 2025Senate
Passed 1st Reading
May 5, 2025Senate
Regular Message Received From House
May 1, 2025House
Regular Message Sent To Senate
May 1, 2025House
Passed 3rd Reading
May 1, 2025House
Passed 2nd Reading
Apr 30, 2025House
Placed On Cal For 05/01/2025
Apr 30, 2025House
Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
Apr 30, 2025House
Reptd Fav
Apr 29, 2025House
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Apr 29, 2025House
Reptd Fav
Apr 10, 2025House
Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Apr 10, 2025House
Passed 1st Reading
Apr 8, 2025HouseIntroduced
Filed

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