Includes whereas clauses.

Appropriates $4 million in nonrecurring funds for 2020-21 from the General Fund to the UNC Board of Governors for the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program (NC NTSP) to enable approximately 1,700 of the traditional pathway NC educator preparation program (EPP) 2020 graduates who will begin their teaching career in North Carolina public schools in 2020 to participate in NC NTSP without cost to local school administrative units. 

Requires these funds to be used in programs designed to address the specific and various needs of traditional pathway NC EPP 2020 graduates through a blended model of support that includes: (1) participation in the 2020-21 e-Institute hosted by NC NTSP; (2) an assigned instructional coach familiar to the region and local school context ; and (3) access and participation in ongoing, career-embedded professional development.

Effective July 1, 2020.