North Carolina § 116-209 - 71. (Repealed effective July 1, 2021) Transforming Principal Preparation Grant Program established; administration.

§ 116-209. 71. (Repealed effective July 1, 2021) Transforming Principal Preparation Grant Program established; administration.

Program Authorized. - The Authority shall award grants through the Transforming Principal Preparation Grant Program to eligible entities to support programs that develop well-prepared school leaders in accordance with the provisions of this Part. The Authority shall establish any necessary rules to administer the Program. Contract with a Nonprofit for Administration. - The Authority shall contract with a private, nonprofit corporation for the administration of the Program, including making recommendations to the Authority for the award of grants, as authorized by this Part. The nonprofit corporation contracting with the Authority shall meet at least the following requirements: The nonprofit corporation shall be a nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to Chapter 55A of the General Statutes and shall comply at all times with the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The nonprofit corporation shall employ sufficient staff who have demonstrated a capacity for the development and implementation of grant selection criteria and a selection process to promote innovative school leader education programs, including: Focus on school leader talent. Expertise supporting judgments about grant renewal based on achievement of or substantial school leader progress toward measurable results in student achievement. Expectation of creating positive experiences working with the educational community in North Carolina to establish the foundation for successfully administering the programs set forth in this section. The nonprofit corporation shall comply with the limitations on lobbying set forth in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. No State officer or employee may serve on the board of the nonprofit corporation. The board of the nonprofit corporation shall meet at least quarterly at the call of its chair. History (2018-5, s. 10A.4(b); 2018-145, s. 2(a); 2019-60, s. 1(a), (i).) Section Repealed Effective July 1, 2021.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s. 1(i), provides: "Effective July 1, 2021, Part 4 of Article 23 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes, as amended, is repealed." 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 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 rewritten subsection (b). 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.