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State Board of Education Vision: Every public school student in North Carolina will be empowered to accept academic challenges, prepared to pursue their chosen path after graduating high school, and encouraged to become lifelong learners with the capacity to engage in a globally-collaborative society.
 
State Board of Education Mission: The mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is to use its constitutional authority to guard and maintain the right of a sound, basic education for every child in North Carolina Public Schools. 

 Friday, August 5, 2022

Highlights: 

• NC Center for Safer Schools: R.I.S.E. School Safety Training & Information
  • RISE is a 2-3-day training designed to provide information sessions to participants on youth and emergency preparedness topic areas. The RISE training focuses on Resiliency, Information, Support and Empowerment. Subject matter professionals cover: Active Shooter Training, Incident De-escalation, School Safety Grants, Guns & Gangs, Human Trafficking in Schools, Threat Assessment Training and much more.
• Governor Cooper Press Release Mary Scott Winstead | August 3, 2022: Governor Cooper and U.S. Commerce Secretary Raimondo Announce Significant Federal Funding to Build Clean Energy Workforce Training Program in North Carolina 
  • U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $23.7 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to create STEPs4GROWTH, a clean energy workforce training program.
    • The Halifax County program began in May 2021 with 20 high school students training to work in solar and wind energy jobs. Participating students completed 96 hours of classroom instruction at Halifax Community College.
    • Read more about the EDA’s Good Jobs Challenge

• WRAL.com  Emily Walkenhorst  |  July 27, 2022: Cooper stresses workforce preparation, diverse educators in national group address - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said colleges and K-12 schools are critical to ensuring the state can fill the ranks of its many new and incoming employers. He also stressed the need to make sure students are supported on their way to being workforce-ready.

• NC Chamber Education & Workforce Conference
  • Thursday, August 11, 2022 | Sheraton Imperial Hotel and VIRTUAL |  Register HERE 
    • Join our state’s leaders in education, business, government, and nonprofit—in person or virtually—to share observations and insights into current employment and workforce challenges, and to discuss solutions for securing an innovative and diverse workforce to ensure our state’s competitiveness.  
• News & Observer August 5, 2022:  Young NC students are now ahead of the nation in reading proficiency after pandemic
  
• Weekly Top Ten - August 4, 2022

State Board of Education Information August State Board of Education Meeting  Wednesday, August 3rd - Agenda |  Audio Part 1 | Audio Part 2 Community Affairs: Promising Practices Overview, Review & Forecast Dr. Angie Mullennix, Director of Innovative Practices and Programs** Legislative-Short Session Recap Mr. Jamey Falkenbury, Director, Office of Government Affairs** Public School Salary Manual Modifications | Salary Schedules Jennifer Bennett, Senior Director, Office of School Business Services** Thursday, August 4th - Agenda | Audio  Special Recognitions  2022 United States Senate Youth Scholarship Recipient Recognitions Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching 2022-23 State Board of Education Advisors  2022 North Carolina Superintendent of the Year Advisor Dr. Valerie Bridges Edgecombe County Public Schools  2022 Teacher of the Year Advisor Leah Carper Northern Guilford High, Guilford County Schools  2022 Principal of the Year Advisor Dr. Patrick Greene Greene Central High School, Greene County Schools 2022 Teacher and Principal of the Year Cohorts  Superintendent Truitt's Report NC Education Corps Update | Year One Evaluation Report Link to SBE Meetings here  |  2022 SBE Meeting Schedule If you are unable to join, livestreams are stored here. EdNC Video: State Board meeting, Board Chair Eric Davis and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt discuss the need for licensure and compensation reform.

2022 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina

Teacher of the Year Program

2022 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year Program

Dr. Patrick Greene, Greene Central High School (Greene County Schools)

• Northeast: Alison Covington, South Greenville Elementary (Pitt County Schools)
• North Central: Keith Richardson, Knightdale High (Wake County Public Schools)
• Sandhills: Antonio Covington, East Hoke Middle (Hoke County Schools)   
• Piedmont-Triad: KaTrinka Brown, Jackson Middle (Guilford County Schools)         
• Southwest: Larenda Denien, Idlewild Elementary (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools)     
• Northwest: Dr. Heather Melton Freeman, North Wilkes Middle (Wilkes County Schools)  
• Western: Dr. Marsha S. Justice, Edneyville Elementary (Henderson County Public Schools)
• Charter Schools: Maria Mills, Carolina Charter Academy (Angier)

House Select Cmte on An Education System for North Carolina's Future  

• Agenda - Monday, August 1, 2022
  • State and Federal Education Expenditures and DPI's Suppliers Awarded
    Contracts $500K+ in FY 2022
    • Catherine Truitt, State Superintendent of Public Instruction 
    • Jamey Falkenbury, Director of Government Affairs 
    • Dr. Jeni Corn, Director of Research and Evaluation 
    • Lynne Barbour, Deputy Director, Office of Learning Recovery  
  • Harnett County Schools Contracted Services 
    • Dr. Aaron Fleming, Superintendent, Harnett County Schools 
    • Andrew Cox, Assistant Superintendent for Financial Services, Harnett County Schools

Next meeting:

• Monday, August 15, 2022 at 1:00 PM - 544 LOB - Video Stream
  • House Select Committee on An Education System for North Carolina's Future

Source:  Highlights of the North Carolina Public School Budget - March 2022
Information Analysis - Division of School Business - North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Legislative Update

Legislative Calendar - Link to the current NCGA calendar of committee meetings and sessions

• Redistricting 
  • NCGA Unofficial House Primary List
  • NCGA Unofficial Senate Primary List
• Education (JLEOC) Reports - NC DPI / SBE Reports 
• NCGA Crossover List  April 8, 2022
• Bills in Conference Committee

House Select Committee on An Education System for North Carolina's Future 

• Meeting Documents:  LINK to all Committee Documents |  Public Comments

K-12 Bills that have become Session Law

• 2021-22 Legislation with Effective Dates of July 1, 2022 through Jan.1, 2023 - Updated through SL 2022-32
• 2021 Leg. Session Budget and Fiscal Policy Highlights
• Chaptered Bills – NCGA Link
• NCGA Bills and Laws Page
• Education Chapter Summaries 2021
• NCSBA 2021-2022 Legislative Summary 

• NCGA - How an Idea Becomes a Law in North Carolina

• Requirements and Guidance on School Calendar

Short Session 2022 Budget

All Legislative Budget Documents | All Annotated Committee Reports | Budget Glossary | The Budget Process

Useful Information

This section includes details pertaining to acronyms referenced throughout the K-12 Education Legislative Update newsletters.

For the glossary of legislative terms click here.

DPI= Department of Public Instruction

LEA = Local Education Agency

NCGA = North Carolina General Assembly

LB/LOB = Legislative Building/Legislative Office Building 

SBE = North Carolina State Board of Education

HB/SB = House Bill/Senate Bill

JR = Joint Resolution

SL = Session Law

GS = General Statute 

PCS = Proposed Committee Substitute 

N.C. Instructional Leadership Academy to Support Hundreds of

Principals Statewide

For immediate release  |  Aug. 1, 2022

Hundreds of principals from schools across North Carolina are joining a new statewide initiative aimed at building instructional leadership in the state’s highest-needs schools.

Led by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s Office of District & Regional Support, the North Carolina Instructional Leadership Academy (NC ILA) is a partnership between the state agency and Relay Graduate School of Education, an institution with programs in cities nationwide, to help principals build their capacity and strengthen the quality of teaching and learning in their schools.

In addition to the professional development provided to all participants in the program, six districts in the CARES model, North Carolina’s intensive support model, will receive job embedded professional development, coaching and additional on-site support.. The six districts are Anson, Nash, Northampton, Robeson, Tyrrell, and Washington.

Read the complete press release here.

Education Articles and Briefs EdNC Mebane Rash | August 1, 2022:  The power of welcome - Welcome to the new school year, y’all.  EdNC learned a lot about the power of welcome as we traveled in person during the pandemic. Visiting you all created the opportunity for us to think about how people and place help us keep a pulse on what’s going on out and about North Carolina in ways that inform the purpose of our work. EdNC Rupen Fofaria | August 5, 2022:  An overlooked provision in the state budget could mean significant changes for principal salaries next year  Education Week  Mark Lieberman | August 4, 2022: The COVID School-Relief Funds You Might Not Know About, Explained The Daily Reflector Kim Grizzard | August 3, 2022: Pitt County Schools asking state for $87 million in construction grants  - Pitt County Schools is asking the state for $87 million for school construction funding, primarily to address new requirements for class sizes, officials said. The Board of Education on Monday gave unanimous approval to a plan to seek lottery-funded grants for projects at nine elementary schools.

Helpful Resources

NC Social and Emotional Learning | NC DPI

Center for Safer Schools | NC DPI - Say Something Anonymous Reporting System | NC DPI

North Carolina Teacher Pipeline - Work for NC Schools | NC DPI

DPI Financial Business Services (FBS) - Check FBS homepage regularly for updates. 

• Summary of 2022-23 Budget - July 11, 2022
• Salary Schedules 2022-2022
• EDDIE - Educational Directory and Demographical Information Exchange

• Newsletters and Guidance

• COVID Funds - Expenditure and Allotments Data spreadsheet as of June 30, 2022

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Press Releases

Public School Forum of North Carolina: 2020 North Carolina Education Primer 

EdNC -  Leandro articles  |  School District Profiles

BEST NC - Facts and Figures – BEST NC

OFFICE OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION CONTACT INFORMATION:

• Anne Murtha  –  Legislative Specialist  |  984-236-2256

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