House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 3rd edition.

Deletes Part II of the act, which amended GS 14-234 to allow a local board of education to contract with the superintendent's spouse.

Amends Section 5.3(e) of SL 2017-57, as amended, by adding that for fiscal year 2018-19, for the purposes of Section 5.3 concerning grants from the Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund, a county is considered as a development tier one area if (1) it was so designated by the Department of Commerce in 2017 or 2018 and (2) the county filed a grant application under Section 5.3 in 2017. Effective July 1, 2018.

Requires that of the funds appropriated to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) for 2018-19, $740,000 in nonrecurring funds be provided to the Triangle Literacy Council (Council) for juvenile literacy centers serving court-involved or at-risk youth. Requires the Council, in consultation with DPI, to report by September 1 of each year following the fiscal year in which the Council spends State funds made available under this section, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and the Fiscal Research Division. Effective July 1, 2018.

Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.