Appropriates $5 million for 2026-27 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction to provide first grade students with access to in-person and virtual high-dosage early literacy tutoring that is based on the science of reading. Effective July 1, 2026.

Amends GS 115C-83.6(c) by adding that the tutoring described in the subsection may be provided virtually (previously, no explicit permission or restriction for virtual tutoring).

Amends GS 115C-83.10(a) to require that the information each local board of education must publish and report annually in that subsection be disaggregated by school for each grade level in which there are at least 30 students (previously, no disaggregation requirement). Applies beginning with information published and reported in the 2026-27 school year.