Proposed Committee Substitute H545-CSBE-16 - House Bill 545 (General Assembly of North Carolina, 2021)
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Proposed Committee Substitute H545-CSBE-16 for House Bill 545, 2021 Session of the General Assembly of North Carolina, an act to allow teachers to receive continuing education credits for completing mandatory trainings. Section 1 rewrites G.S. 115C-270.30 so that hours spent in mandatory training programs contribute toward continuing education credits when the training is required by State law or by a local board of education as a condition of employment. It provides that the State Board of Education shall not require credits solely related to digital teaching and learning but may require up to two credits that include pedagogy on digital teaching and learning. Section 2 makes the act effective when it becomes law.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2021
H D
HOUSE BILL 545
PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE H545-CSBE-16 [v.4]
04/19/2021 05:38:57 PM
Short Title: Mandatory Training Contributing to CEUs. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 14, 2021
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO ALLOW TEACHERS TO RECEIVE CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
3 FOR COMPLETING MANDATORY TRAININGS AND TO MODIFY THE DIGITAL
4 TEACHING AND LEARNING RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL
5 EDUCATORS.
6 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
7 SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-270.30 reads as rewritten:
8 "§ 115C-270.30. Licensure renewal.
9 …
10 (b) Teacher Licensure Renewal. – Rules for continuing licensure for teachers shall
11 include the following:
12 …
13 (2a) For all teachers, hours spent attending mandatory training programs shall
14 contribute toward the calculation of continuing education credits if all of the
15 following apply:
16 a. The mandatory training program is required by State law or by a local
17 board of education as a condition of employment.
18 b. The teacher has otherwise met any applicable requirements for literacy
19 renewal credits, credits required in a teacher's academic subject area,
20 digital teaching or learning, or other licensure renewal requirements
21 adopted by the State Board pursuant to this section.
22 …
23 (c) License Renewal Rules Review. – The rules for licensure renewal shall be reviewed
24 at least once every five years by the State Board to do the following:
25 …
26 (3) Integrate digital teaching and learning into the requirements for licensure
27 renewal. The State Board of Education shall not require the completion of
28 continuing education credits solely related to digital teaching and learning but
29 may require completion of up to two continuing education credits that include
30 pedagogy on digital teaching and learning as a component of a general or
31 content-specific continuing education credit."
32 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to licenses
33 renewed on or after that date.
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