CLASSROOM SUPPLIES FUNDS FOR TEACHERS.

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House Bill 883 (Public) Filed Tuesday, May 4, 2021
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO CLASSROOM TEACHERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF CLASSROOM SUPPLIES.
Intro. by Everitt, Clemmons, Gailliard, R. Smith.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (May 5 2021)

Bill History:

H 883

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: May 6 2021 - View Summary

    Established the North Carolina Classroom Supply Program (Program) to provide electronic access to funds for eligible classroom teachers to purchase classroom supplies on behalf of public school units participating in the Program to support educational needs of the public school students assigned to those classroom teachers. Defines eligible classroom teacher as any school-based classroom teacher employed by a public school unit to teach students in grades K-12; requires the teacher to be employed as of August 31 of each fiscal year from any funds available to the public school unit to be eligible but allows the public school unit to include classroom teachers employed after August 21 within funds available. Defines a public school unit as a local school administrative unit, a charter school, a regional school, and a school providing elementary or secondary instruction operated by the State Board of Education or by UNC. 

    Requires local school administrative units, beginning with the 2022-23 fiscal year, to transfer $100 per eligible teacher from the funds allocated to each local school administrative unit as provided in this act, to a program report code for a classroom teacher electronic account administered according to this act. Allows a public school unit, other than a local school administrative unit, to opt into the Program by August 1 of the fiscal year using funds available to that public school unit. Also allows the local school administrative unit operating a renewal school system plan to opt into the Program using funds available.

    Details the use of the fund and the use of the supplies purchased with the funds. Requires the funds for the Program to be used to supplement the materials and supplies otherwise available to classroom teachers.

    Sets out requirements for how the Department of Public Instruction is to establish classroom teacher electronic accounts and for capabilities the accounts must have.

    Appropriates $10.2 million in recurring funds for 2022-23 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction to be allocated to local school administrative units for eligible classroom teachers to purchase classroom supplies and for Program administrative costs.

    Requires the Department of Public Instruction to report to the specified NCGA committees and division annually beginning March 15, 2023, on purchases made by eligible classroom teachers by each public school unit.

    Effective July 1, 2021.