Appropriates $2.4 million for each of the 2017-18 and 2018-19 fiscal years from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for the purpose of providing a grant of $300,000 per year to each of the eight regional educational training centers. Directs the centers to provide quality professional development training for educators in the public schools. Names the eight centers as: Northeast Regional Educational Service Alliance, the Southeast Regional Educational Service Alliance, the Western Regional Educational Service Alliance, the Northwest Regional Educational Service Alliance, the Piedmont Triad Education Consortium, the Central Carolina Regional Educational Service Alliance, the Southwest Regional Educational Service Alliance, and the Sandhills Regional Educational Service Alliance. Effective July 1, 2018.