North Carolina § 116-74 - 41. North Carolina Principal Fellows and TP3 Commission established; membership.

§ 116-74. 41. North Carolina Principal Fellows and TP3 Commission established; membership.

(Effective until July 1, 2021) There is established the North Carolina Principal Fellows and TP3 Commission. The Commission shall exercise its powers and duties independently in its administration of the North Carolina Principal Fellows and Transforming Principal Preparation Program, which includes the Principal Fellows Program and the North Carolina Transforming Principal Preparation Program, in accordance with this Article. The Director of the Program shall staff the Commission in accordance with G.S. 116-74.49. The State Education Assistance Authority as created in G.S. 116-203 shall be responsible for (i) implementing scholarship loan agreements, monitoring, cancelling through service, collecting and otherwise enforcing the agreements for the Principal Fellows Program scholarship loans established in accordance with G.S. 116-74.42 and (ii) awarding grants upon selection of the recipients by the Commission in accordance with G.S. 116-74.46 and executing agreements for forgivable scholarship loans, cancelling through service, collecting, and otherwise enforcing the agreements under G.S. 116-74.48. (Effective July 1, 2021) There is established the North Carolina Principal Fellows and TP3 Commission. The Commission shall exercise its powers and duties independently in its administration of the North Carolina Principal Fellows and Transforming Principal Preparation Program in accordance with this Article. The Director of the Program shall staff the Commission in accordance with G.S. 116-74.49. The State Education Assistance Authority as created in G.S. 116-203 shall be responsible for awarding grants upon selection of the recipients by the Commission in accordance with G.S. 116-74.46 and executing agreements for forgivable scholarship loans, cancelling through service, collecting, and otherwise enforcing the agreements under G.S. 116-74.48. Repealed by Session Laws 2018-5, s. 10A.3(a), effective July 1, 2018. The Commission shall consist of 15 members appointed as follows: One member of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina appointed by the chair of that board, notwithstanding G.S. 116-7(b). One member of the State Board of Education appointed by the State Board chair. One dean of a school of education appointed by the President of The University of North Carolina. One dean of a school of education appointed by the President of the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities. One public school teacher appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. One public school principal appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A local superintendent chosen by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. One member to represent business and industry appointed by the Governor. One local school board member appointed by the chair of the State Board of Education. One human resources expert from the private sector appointed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The chairperson of the Board of the State Education Assistance Authority. The director of the Program. The director shall chair the Commission. The Executive Director of the North Carolina Principals and Assistant Principals' Association or his or her designee. The President of the Personnel Administrators of North Carolina or his or her designee. The President and Chief Executive Officer of North Carolina Business Leaders for Education (BEST NC) or his or her designee. All appointments to the Commission shall be for four-year terms. Except as otherwise provided, if a vacancy occurs in the membership, the appointing authority shall appoint another person to serve for the balance of the unexpired term. In the discretion of the appointing authority, a State Board of Education member or a member of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina may complete a term on the Commission after the member's appointment from the appointing board has expired. Commission members shall receive per diem, subsistence, and travel allowances in accordance with G.S. 138-5 or G.S. 138-6, as appropriate. The initial meeting of the Commission shall be called by the member of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina appointed under subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section and the director shall be appointed by the Commission at the initial meeting. Thereafter, the Commission shall meet regularly, at times and places deemed necessary by the chair. History (1993, c. 321, s. 85(a); 2006-203, s. 51.2; 2018-5, s. 10A.3(a); 2019-60, s. 1( l ), (w).) Subsection (a) set out twice. - The first version of subsection (a) is effective until July 1, 2021. The second version of subsection (a) is effective July 1, 2021. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2008-107, s. 9.4(a) and (b), as amended by Session Laws 2008-118, s. 1.4, provides: "(a) The North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission in collaboration with the State Education Assistance Authority shall make available an optional six-month scholarship in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to any person who was a recipient of a scholarship loan through the Principal Fellows Program and who: (i) was in Class 10 of the Principal Fellows Program for the 2003-2004 academic year, (ii) completed the Principal Fellows Program, and (iii) has either served as a school administrator for four years at a North Carolina public school or at a school operated by the United States as required by G.S. 116-74.43 , or who has had the loan forgiven by the State Education Assistance Authority pursuant to G.S. 116-74.43 . A person may be eligible for the optional six-month scholarship only after fulfilling all contractual obligations agreed to by the person upon receipt of the original scholarship loan awarded to the person under G.S. 116-74.42 . Exclusive of any deferment for extenuating circumstances, a person remains eligible for the optional six-month scholarship for two years after the six-year period of time allowed the person to satisfy the original scholarship loan requirements under G.S. 116-74.43. Should a person present extenuating circumstances, the State Education Assistance Authority may extend the period of time for which a person remains eligible for the optional six-month scholarship for a reasonable time period. "(b) The Principal Fellows Commission shall develop the criteria for awarding the scholarship. In developing the criteria, the Commission shall require that the person agree to work at least another six months as a school administrator in a North Carolina public school or at a school operated by the United States after satisfying the four-year work requirement set out in G.S. 116-74.43 . The Commission, in collaboration with the State Education Assistance Authority, shall develop a process for evaluating a scholarship recipient's work performance and for issuing a final approval and certification of the work performance. The Commission shall transfer to the State Education Assistance Authority the name of each recipient that it certifies as successfully completing the optional scholarship program. The State Education Assistance Authority shall pay the twenty thousand dollar ($20,000) scholarship to the scholarship recipient within a reasonable time of receiving notification from the Commission that the recipient has successfully completed the optional scholarship program. The State Education Assistance Authority shall perform all of the administrative functions necessary to implement this act, including rule making." Session Laws 2008-107, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2008'." Session Laws 2008-107, s. 30.3, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2008-2009 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2008-2009 fiscal year." Session Laws 2008-107, s. 30.5, is a severability clause. 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. 39.7, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1( l ), effective June 27, 2019, amended the Article 5C heading by inserting "and Transforming Principal Preparation." Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(n), provides: "Notwithstanding G.S. 116-74.41 , as amended by this section, the terms of the current members serving on the Principal Fellows Commission representing two deans of schools of education and a parent of a public school child shall expire July 1, 2019. The initial appointment of (i) one human resources expert, (ii) one dean of a school of education appointed by the President of The University of North Carolina, and (iii) one dean of a school of education appointed by the President of the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities to the North Carolina Principal Fellows and TP3 Commission pursuant to G.S. 116-74.41 , as amended by this section, shall be made by August 1, 2019. The member appointed to represent a human resources expert shall serve for a term of four years to expire July 1, 2023. The member appointed to represent one dean of a school of education by the President of The University of North Carolina and the member appointed to represent one dean of a school of education by the President of the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities shall serve for terms of two years to expire July 1, 2021. The remaining members serving on the Principal Fellows Commission as of July 1, 2019, who were appointed pursuant to G.S. 116-74.41, shall serve the remainder of their terms as members of the North Carolina Principal Fellows and TP3 Commission." Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(t), provides: "The North Carolina Principal Fellows and TP3 Commission shall make final scholarship loan awards for the Principal Fellows Program for the 2021 spring academic semester." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2006-203, s. 51.2, effective July 1, 2007, and applicable to the budget for the 2007-2009 biennium and each subsequent biennium thereafter, added subsection (a1). Session Laws 2018-5, s. 10A.3(a), effective July 1, 2018, deleted subsection (a1), which read: "All funds appropriated to, or otherwise received by, the Principal Fellows Program for scholarships, all funds received as repayment of scholarship loans, and all interest earned on these funds shall be placed in an institutional trust fund pursuant to G.S. 116-36.1 ." Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1( l ), effective June 27, 2019, rewrote the section. Session Laws 2019-60, s. 1(w), effective July 1, 2021, substituted "Program" for "Program, which includes the Principal Fellows Program and the North Carolina Transforming Principal Preparation Program" in the second sentence of subsection (a); and deleted "(i) implementing scholarship loan agreements, monitoring, cancelling through service, collecting and otherwise enforcing the agreements for the Principal Fellows Program scholarship loans established in accordance with G.S. 116-74.42 and (ii)" preceding "awarding grants" in the fourth sentence of subsection (a).