North Carolina § 120-70 - 84. Reports to the Committee.

§ 120-70. 84. Reports to the Committee.

By March 1, 2014, and by January 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, Teach for America, Inc., (TFA) shall report to the offices of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate Appropriations•ase Budget Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Education/Higher Education, the House Appropriations Committee on Education, the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, and the Fiscal Research Division on the operation of its programs under subsection (a) of Section 8.21 of S.L. 2013-360, including at least all of the following information: The total number of applications received nationally from candidates seeking participation in the program. The total number of applications received from candidates who are residents of North Carolina and information on the source of these candidates, including the number of (i) recent college graduates and the higher institution the candidates attended, (ii) mid-career level and lateral entry industry professionals, and (iii) veterans of the United States Armed Forces. The total number of North Carolina candidates accepted by TFA. The total number of accepted candidates placed in North Carolina, including the number of accepted candidates who are residents of North Carolina. The regions in which accepted candidates have been placed, the number of candidates in each region, and the number of students impacted by placement in those regions. Success of recruitment efforts, including the Teach Back Home program and targeting of candidates who are (i) working in areas related to STEM education, (ii) mid-career level and lateral entry industry professionals, and (iii) veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Success of retention efforts, including the Teach Beyond Two and Make it Home programs, and the percentage of accepted candidates working in their placement communities beyond the initial TFA two-year commitment period and the number of years those candidates teach beyond the initial commitment. The percentage of candidates who are residents of North Carolina and become principals in a North Carolina public school following the initial TFA two-year commitment period. A financial accounting of how the State funds appropriated to TFA were expended in the previous year, including at least the following information: Funds expended by region of the State. Details on program costs, including at least the following: Recruitment, candidate selection, and placement. Preservice training and preparation costs. Operational and administrative costs, including development and fundraising, alumni support, management costs, and marketing and outreach. Funds received through private fundraising, specifically by sources in each region of the State. History (2013-360, s. 8.21(b); 2019-165, s. 3.6(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2013-360, s. 8.21(b), effective July 1, 2013, was codified as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. The bracketed reference "[Teach for America, Inc.]" was inserted in the opening paragraph at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2013-360, s. 8.21(a), provides: "Teach for America, Inc. (TFA), shall use a portion of the funds available to it for the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium to recruit, train, support, and retain teachers to work in the North Carolina public schools. TFA shall leverage State funds to raise additional funding to achieve the purposes set out in this section and shall expand its current programs and initiate new programs as follows: "(1) TFA shall establish a program in the Piedmont Triad region (the area within and surrounding the three major cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point) and expand its current program in the southeast region of the State. TFA shall establish the following goals for the number of teacher candidates accepted to these programs: "a. In the Piedmont Triad region, at least 50 candidates who will be recruited in the 2013-2014 school year to begin teaching in the 2014-2015 school year. "b. In the southeast region of the State, at least 50 candidates to begin teaching in the 2013-2014 school year. "c. Combined for the southeast and northeast regions of the State, a total of at least 175 candidates beginning with the 2013-2014 school year. "(2) TFA shall develop and establish a new program, Teach Back Home, to increase the recruitment of candidates who are residents of North Carolina. "(3) TFA shall develop and establish two new programs, Teach Beyond Two and Make it Home, to increase the number of candidates who remain working in North Carolina public schools beyond their initial two-year TFA commitment by developing innovative strategies to work with both TFA participants and local school administrators and board of education members to extend the service commitment of TFA participants. "(4) TFA shall increase targeted recruitment efforts of candidates who are (i) working in areas related to STEM education, (ii) mid-career level and lateral entry industry professionals, and (iii) veterans of the United States Armed Forces." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 8.21(e), provides: "TFA shall submit quarterly updates on the information contained in the annual report required by this section to the offices of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairs of the Senate Appropriations•ase Budget Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Education/Higher Education, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, and the Fiscal Research Division." Session Laws 2019-165, s. 3.6(b), repealed Session Laws 2013-360, s. 8.21(e), effective July 26, 2019. Session Laws 2013-360, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2013.'" Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.5, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2019-165, s. 3.6(a), effective July 26, 2019, rewrote the introductory language; and added subdivision (7a). §§ 120-70.85 through 120-70.89: Reserved for future codification purposes.