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HB 526

Taxes, Business - As introduced, authorizes the commissioner of revenue to change the due date of the taxpayer's business tax return to a date that is not less than 60 calendar days, rather than two calendar months, following the end of the taxpayer's business tax period for purposes of the commissioner changing a taxpayer's business tax period to correspond to the taxpayer's fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 7.

114th Regular Session (2025-2026) Introduced by Ryan Williams

Expands the North Carolina Teacher Cadet Program with $100,000/year (nonrecurring) to recruit and train high‑achieving, diverse students, especially from rural/distressed districts

Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
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Bill Summary · HB 526

HB 526 — "Turning High Achieving Students into Teachers."

Status: Passed 1st Reading
Introduced: November 12, 2024
Subjects: Appropriations; Education (K–12 and higher education); Teacher recruitment and development; Rural education; Workforce pipeline

Purpose / Intent

To strengthen North Carolina’s teacher pipeline by expanding and supporting the North Carolina Teacher Cadet Program (NCTCP), with particular emphasis on recruiting and preparing high‑achieving, diverse students — especially from rural and high‑attrition school districts — to pursue careers in public school teaching.

Key provisions

  • Appropriation: Directs an appropriation from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) of $100,000 in nonrecurring funds for each year of the 2023–2025 biennium (i.e., $100,000 per year).
  • Grant recipient: Funds are to be provided to the nonprofit organization known as the North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children to support the NCTCP.
  • Authorized uses:
    • Statewide curriculum training workshops for teachers delivering the Teacher Cadet curriculum (with options for both in‑person and online ongoing support).
    • Expansion of services in counties designated as development tier one (economically distressed); within those counties, priority to schools with the highest teacher attrition rates (2021–22 baseline).
    • Continued development and training to recruit and support persons from underrepresented teaching demographics (explicitly including male cadets and cadets who are persons of color). Training should, to the extent possible, involve past/current cadets who are classroom teachers, college students in education programs, or high‑school seniors.
  • Effective date (as drafted): Bill text indicates the act becomes effective July 1, 2023.

Who/what is affected

  • Primary beneficiaries: High school students participating in the NCTCP, especially students from rural, economically distressed, and high‑attrition school districts.
  • Secondary beneficiaries: School systems and districts that host the program, participating teachers (who receive curriculum training), and local teacher pipelines (potentially increasing retention and diversity).
  • Administrative: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (oversight/flow of funds) and the nonprofit North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children (program implementation/administration).

Fiscal impact

  • Direct fiscal impact in bill language: $100,000 annually (nonrecurring) for each year of the 2023–2025 biennium, totaling $200,000 across the biennium if both years funded as written.
  • The amount is modest relative to statewide education budgets; intended to expand program capacity, training, and targeted outreach rather than to create a large new statewide infrastructure.

Implementation and timeline

  • Funds are to be provided to the nonprofit via DPI and used for training, targeted expansion, and recruitment activities described above.
  • Because the appropriation is nonrecurring, continued or expanded funding beyond the biennium would require future appropriations or alternative funding sources.
  • The bill’s text sets an effective date (July 1, 2023), but legislative action and any final effective date depend on enactment and any amendments adopted during the legislative process.

Likely impact and considerations

  • Anticipated positive effects: increased interest among high‑achieving students in teaching careers; improved local recruitment (especially in rural/ distressed counties); greater racial and gender diversity among future teachers; expanded teacher training capacity through professional development.
  • Limitations: Funding level is limited and nonrecurring, so scale and duration of impact may be modest unless supplemented by future appropriations or sustained program funding. Success depends on effective outreach to priority schools and the nonprofit’s capacity to deliver statewide services.

If you want, I can:
- Draft a one‑page brief for school superintendents summarizing how districts can apply or partner, or
- Create a short impact estimate showing how many teacher cadet trainings $100,000 might fund based on typical per‑workshop costs.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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