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House Bill 545, Mandatory Training Contributing to CEUs, First Edition (Session 2021)

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House Bill 545 of the General Assembly of North Carolina, Session 2021, First Edition, with the short title Mandatory Training Contributing to CEUs, referred to Education - K-12 on April 14, 2021. The bill is an act to allow educational professionals to obtain continuing education units from completing mandatory trainings. Section 1 rewrites G.S. 115C-270.30 so that, for all teachers, hours spent attending mandatory training programs contribute toward the calculation for continuing education credits if all of the listed conditions apply, including that the program is required by State law or by a local board of education as a condition of employment. Section 2 provides that the act is effective when it becomes law.

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                          GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
                                      SESSION 2021
     H                                                                                                            1
                                              HOUSE BILL 545


     Short Title:   Mandatory Training Contributing to CEUs.                                              (Public)
     Sponsors:      Representatives Elmore, Clemmons, and Torbett (Primary Sponsors).
                        For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
     Referred to:   Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
                                                 April 14, 2021

 1                                      A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 2   AN ACT TO ALLOW EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS TO OBTAIN CONTINUING
 3        EDUCATION UNITS FROM COMPLETING MANDATORY TRAININGS.
 4   The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
 5               SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-270.30 reads as rewritten:
 6   "§ 115C-270.30. Licensure renewal.
 7        …
 8        (b)    Teacher Licensure Renewal. – Rules for continuing licensure for teachers shall
 9   include the following:
10               (1)    For all teachers, at least eight continuing education credits with at least three
11                      credits required in a teacher's academic subject area.
12               (2)    For elementary school teachers, at least three continuing education credits
13                      related to literacy. Literacy renewal credits shall include evidence-based
14                      assessment, diagnosis, and intervention strategies for students not
15                      demonstrating reading proficiency. Oral language, phonemic and
16                      phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension
17                      shall be addressed in literacy-related activities leading to license renewal for
18                      elementary school teachers.
19               (2a) For all teachers, hours spent attending mandatory training programs shall
20                      contribute toward the calculation for continuing education credits if all of the
21                      following apply:
22                      a.      The mandatory training program is required by State law or by a local
23                              board of education as a condition of employment.
24                      b.      The teacher has otherwise met any applicable requirements for literacy
25                              renewal credits, credits required in a teacher's academic subject area,
26                              digital teaching or learning, or other licensure renewal requirements
27                              adopted by the State Board pursuant to this section.
28               …
29        (c)    License Renewal Rules Review. – The rules for licensure renewal shall be reviewed
30   at least once every five years by the State Board to do the following:
31               …
32               (3)    Integrate digital teaching and learning into the requirements for licensure
33                      renewal. The State Board of Education shall not require the completion of
34                      continuing education credits solely related to digital teaching and learning but
35                      may require completion of up to two continuing education credits that include


                                             *H545-v-1*
    General Assembly Of North Carolina                                           Session 2021
1                     pedagogy on digital teaching and learning as a component of a general or
2                     content-specific continuing education credit."
3             SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to licenses
4   renewed on or after that date.




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