House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Amends proposed GS 115C-311 by removing the requirement that the RFP for proposals for the program include peer recommendation letters from teachers who teach in the same grade or subject area as the teacher in the advanced teaching role. Provides that material revisions of a plan submitted to the State Board of Education by a local board of education with at least one Advanced Teaching Roles school must be made only upon approval of the State Board of Education. Clarifies that the State Board of Education may renew or terminate the plan of any local school administrative unit that fails to meet criteria established by the Board in accordance with the statute and the Advanced Teaching Roles designation of any school within that unit. Makes additional clarifying changes.