Part I.

Amends GS 115C-270.25, as amended, to allow granting a continuing professional license to a teacher licensed in a foreign county who has at least three years of teaching experience and is in good standing with the outside jurisdiction. Effective July 1, 2024, appropriates $100,000 for 2024-25 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for administrative changes necessary to implement this provision and to advertise these new criteria.

Part II.

Amends GS 20-88.1 to require the Division of Motor Vehicles to make copies of the driver license handbook, when requested, available in nine specified languages, in addition to English. Amends GS 20-7 by adding the requirement that the Division of Motor Vehicles provide an option for license applicants to (1) receive the driver license handbook prepared under GS 20-88.1 and (2) take the written test required for licensure in all of the 9 specified languages, in addition to English. Effective January 1, 2025.

Appropriates $10,000 for 2024-25 from the Highway Fund to the Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles, to produce these materials. Effective July 1, 2024.