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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
 SESSION 2025
-H 1
-HOUSE BILL 943
+H D
+HOUSE BILL DRH40496-NGa-120
 
 Short Title: Turning High-Achieving Students into Teachers. (Public)
-Sponsors: Representatives Ball, Pittman, Cohn, and F. Jackson (Primary Sponsors).
-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
-Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
-April 14, 2025
-*H943-v-1*
+Sponsors: Representative Ball.
+Referred to:
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+*DRH40496-NGa-120*
 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO IMPROVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEACHER 2
 PIPELINE. 3
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 retention of highly qualified teachers; and 7
 Whereas, there is a particular need for diverse, high -quality teachers, especially in 8
 low-performing schools and rural schools; and 9
-Whereas, the North Carolina Teacher Cadet P rogram (NCTCP) is a successful 10
+Whereas, the North Carolina Teacher Cadet Program (NCTCP) is a successful 10
 program that encourages high -achieving high school students to attend college and eventually 11
 teach in North Carolina public schools; and 12
 Whereas, building early interest in the teaching profession is critical to building a 13
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 born, raised, and received a high school education within the same county; and 27
 Whereas, the NCTCP has quickly transitioned to an online program and is able to 28
 operate flexibly in response to changing learning conditions; and 29
-Whereas, in recent  school years, about twenty -one percent (21%) of public school 30
+Whereas, in recent school years, about twenty -one percent (21%) of public school 30
 teachers identified as persons of color, and the NCTCP enrolled a substantially greater portion 31
 of teacher cadets who identified as persons of color at forty-two percent (42%); and 32
 Whereas, the NCTCP Program has also successfully addressed the shortage of male 33
 teachers by having about twenty-five percent (25%) of enrollees identify as male; Now, therefore, 34
 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 35
+H.B. 943
+Apr 10, 2025
+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
-Page 2  House Bill 943-First Edition
+Page 2  DRH40496-NGa-120
 SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 1
 Public Instruction the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in nonrecurring funds for 2
 each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to be provided to the nonprofit organization known 3
-as the North Carolina Foundation  for Public School Children to be used for the North Carolina 4
+as the North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children to be used for the North Carolina 4
 Teacher Cadet Program. The funds shall be used for the following services related to expansion 5
 of the educator pipeline: 6
-(1) Statewide curriculum training workshops for teachers with options for  7
+(1) Statewide curriculum training workshops for teachers with options for 7
 in-person and online ongoing support. 8
 (2) Expansion of services in counties designated as development tier one areas. 9
 For schools located in counties identified in this subdivision, the North 10
-Carolina Teacher Cadet Program shall prioritize schools with th e highest 11
+Carolina Teacher Cadet Program shall prioritize schools with the highest 11
 teacher attrition rate from the 2022-2023 school year. 12
 (3) Continued development and training for persons in underrepresented teaching 13
 demographics, including cadets who are male and cadets who are persons of 14