North Carolina § 116-209 - 70. (Repealed effective July 1, 2021) Purpose, definitions, and applicability.

§ 116-209. 70. (Repealed effective July 1, 2021) Purpose, definitions, and applicability.

Purpose. - The purpose of this Part is to establish the Transforming Principal Preparation Grant Program as a competitive grant program for eligible entities to elevate educators in North Carolina public schools by transforming the preparation of principals across the State and providing for forgivable scholarship loans to participants of those school leader preparation programs. The Authority shall administer this Program in collaboration with the North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission to provide funds for the preparation and support of highly effective future school principals in North Carolina. Administration of Forgivable Scholarship Loans. - Upon the grant recipients' selection of the program participants for the school leader preparation programs, the grantee shall transfer the names of the program participants to the Authority. The Authority shall perform all of the administrative functions necessary to implement the forgivable scholarship loans to the school leader preparation program participants, which functions shall include rule making, disseminating information, acting as a liaison with participating eligible entities, implementing forgivable loan agreements in the form of promissory notes, monitoring loan repayment through service and cash, and performing all other functions necessary for the execution, payment, and enforcement of promissory notes required under this Part. Definitions. - For the purposes of this Part, the following definitions apply: Eligible entity. - A for-profit or nonprofit organization or an institution of higher education that has an evidence-based plan for preparing school leaders who implement school leadership practices linked to increased student achievement. High-need local school administrative unit. - A local school administrative unit with the majority of its schools deemed to be high-need schools as defined in subdivision (3) of this subsection. High-need school. - A public school, including a charter school, that meets one or more of the following criteria: Is a school identified under Part A of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. Is a persistently low-achieving school, as identified by the Department of Public Instruction for purposes of federal accountability. A middle school containing any of grades five through eight that feeds into a high school with less than a sixty percent (60%) four-year cohort graduation rate. A high school with less than a sixty percent (60%) four-year cohort graduation rate. Principal. - The highest administrative official in a public school building with primary responsibility for the instructional leadership, talent management, and organizational development of the school. Program. - Transforming Principal Preparation Grant Program established pursuant to this Part. Public school. - An elementary or secondary school located in North Carolina that is operated by a local board of education, charter school board of directors, regional school board of directors, chancellor for a University of North Carolina laboratory school, an innovative school operator, or the United States government. School leader. - An individual employed in a school leadership role, including principal or assistant principal roles. Student achievement. - At the whole school level, after three years of leading a school, consistent and methodologically sound measures of: Student academic achievement. Aggregated individual student academic growth. Additional outcomes, such as high school graduation rates, the percentage of students taking advanced-level coursework, or the percentage of students who obtain a career-related credential through a national business certification exam. Applicability of Part. - The provisions of this Part shall only apply to the administration of the Transforming Principal Preparation Grant Program for grant recipients selected for the award of grants prior to January 1, 2019. History (2018-5, s. 10A.4(b); 2018-145, s. 2(a); 2019-60, ss. 1(a), (e), (i).) Cross References. - As to method of selection and requirements for principals and supervisors by local boards of education, see G.S. 115C-284 . As to powers of the State Education Assistance Authority, see G.S. 116-204 . Section Repealed Effective July 1, 2021. - Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(i), provides: 'Effective July 1, 2021, Part 4 of Article 23 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes, as amended, is repealed. Transforming Principal Preparation. - Session Laws 2015-241, s. 11.9(a)-(o), as amended by Session Laws 2016-94, s. 11A.4, as amended by Session Laws 2016-123, s. 4.3, as amended by Session Laws 2017-57, s. 10A.5(a), as amended by Session Laws 2018-5, s. 10A.4(a) and (c)-(e), as amended by Session Laws 2018-145, s. 2(c)-(d), and as amended by Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(a), (d), (j), (k), provides: "(a)-(j) Repealed by Session Laws 2018-5, s. 10A.4(a), effective July 1, 2018. "(k) Licensure Process. - By June 1, 2016, the State Board of Education shall adopt a policy to provide for a specific licensure process applicable to school administrators who provide documentation to the State Board of successful completion of a principal preparation program selected for a competitive grant in accordance with this section. Licensure shall include a requirement for candidates to hold a master's degree. "( l ) Revision of Program. - By September 15, 2021, the State Board of Education, in coordination with the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, shall revise, as necessary, the licensure requirements for school administrators and the standards for approval of school administrator preparation programs after evaluating the data collected in accordance with G.S. 116-209.73 from the grant recipients, including the criteria used in selecting grant recipients and the outcomes of program completers. The State Board of Education shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by November 15, 2021, on any changes made to the licensure requirements for school administrators and the standards for approval of school administrator preparation programs in accordance with this section. "(m) (Repealed effective July 1, 2021) Of the funds appropriated by this act for the 2015-2016 fiscal year for this program, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) shall be allocated to the State Education Assistance Authority to contract with the nonprofit corporation selected pursuant to subsection (e) of this section to establish and administer the program. The State Education Assistance Authority may use up to five percent (5%) of those funds each fiscal year for administrative costs. "Of the funds appropriated for the 2017-2018 fiscal year for this program, the sum of three hundred eighty thousand dollars ($380,000) shall be allocated to the State Education Assistance Authority to contract with the nonprofit corporation selected pursuant to subsection (e) of this section to establish and administer the program. The State Education Assistance Authority may use up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) of those funds for administrative costs. "Beginning with the 2018-2019 fiscal year, of the funds appropriated each fiscal year for this program, as established under Part 4 of Article 23 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes, the sum of three hundred eighty thousand dollars ($380,000) shall be allocated to the State Education Assistance Authority to contract with the nonprofit corporation in accordance with G.S. 116-209.71 to establish and administer the program. The State Education Assistance Authority may use up to five percent (5%) of those funds for administrative costs. "(n) Of the funds appropriated for this program, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) shall be allocated to the State Education Assistance Authority to contract with the nonprofit corporation selected pursuant to subsection (e) of this section to establish and administer the program for the 2016-2017 fiscal year, and the State Education Assistance Authority may use up to five percent (5%) of those funds for administrative costs. The remaining funds appropriated for the fiscal year for this program shall be allocated to the State Education Assistance Authority to award grants to selected recipients. "'(o) (Repealed effective July 1, 2021) For the 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020 fiscal years, of the funds appropriated for this program, the sum of four million two hundred thousand dollars ($4,200,000) shall be allocated each fiscal year to the State Education Assistance Authority (Authority) to award grants to recipients selected prior to January 1, 2019, pursuant to G.S. 116-209.73 . "For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, of the funds appropriated for this program, the sum of two million five hundred fifteen thousand ninety-eight dollars ($2,515,098) shall be allocated to the Authority to award grants to recipients selected prior to January 1, 2019, pursuant to G.S. 116-209.73 ." Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2018-5, s. 39.8, made this section effective July 1, 2018. Session Laws 2018-5, s. 10A.4(f) made it applicable to the administration of the program and the award of grants on or after July 1, 2018. Session Laws 2018-5, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2018.' " Session Laws 2018-5, s. 39.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2018-2019 fiscal year." Session Laws 2018-5, s. 39.7, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2018-145, s. 2(f), as amended by Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(b), provides: "Notwithstanding any provision of Part 4 of Article 23 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes to the contrary, the nonprofit corporation contracting with the State Education Assistance Authority pursuant to G.S. 116-209.71 , as of the date this act becomes law, shall not award any new grants or award a grant renewal for the Transforming Principal Preparation Grant Program on or after the date this act becomes law." Session Laws 2018-145, s. 2(g), as amended by Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(c), provides: "For grantees selected for grants prior to January 1, 2019, through the Transforming Principal Preparation Grant Program under G.S. 116-209.73 , the nonprofit corporation contracting with the State Education Assistance Authority pursuant to G.S. 116-209.71 shall transfer to the North Carolina Principal Fellows and TP3 Commission (i) by June 30, 2020, all of the data in its possession that was collected from grant recipients with the term of the grant ending prior to July 1, 2020, in accordance with G.S. 116-209.73 , including any data collected during the 2019-2020 fiscal year and (ii) by June 30, 2021, all of the data in its possession that was collected from grant recipients with the term of the grant ending prior to July 1, 2021, in accordance with G.S. 116-209.73, including any data collected during the 2020-2021 fiscal year." Session Laws 2018-145, s. 2(h), made the amendment of this Part by Session Laws 2018-145, s. 2(a), effective July 1, 2019, and applicable to the administration of the Transforming Principal Preparation Grant Program and the award of grants under the Program on or after that date. Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(a), repealed Session Laws 2018-145, s. 2(a), effective June 30, 2019. Before its repeal, the amendment by Session Laws 2018-145, s. 2(a), had, in subsection (a), substituted "in collaboration with the North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission” for "through a cooperative agreement with a private, non-profit corporation”; added subdivision (b)(1), and redesignated former subdivision (b)(1) as (b)(1a). Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(r), provides: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with the 2020-2021 fiscal year, of the funds appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for the Transforming Principal Preparation Grant Program established under G.S. 116-209.70 for each fiscal year, the sum of one million five hundred seventy-three thousand nine hundred two dollars ($1,573,902) in recurring funds shall instead be appropriated to the North Carolina Principal Fellows and TP3 Trust Fund established under G.S. 116-74.41 B to be used to award grants pursuant to G.S. 116-74.44 ." Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(aa), provides: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with the 2021‑2022 fiscal year, of the funds appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for the Transforming Principal Preparation Grant Program established under G.S. 116‑209.70, the sum of three million six thousand ninety‑eight dollars ($3,006,098) in recurring funds shall instead be appropriated to the Principal Fellows and TP3 Trust Fund established under G.S. 116‑74.41B.” Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(e), effective June 27, 2019, rewrote the section heading, which formerly read: "Purpose and definitions;"; substituted "State and providing for forgivable scholarship loans to participants of those school leader preparation programs" for "State" in the first sentence of subsection (a); added subsections (a1), (c) and subdivision (b)(5a).