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H326 • 2025

DPI to Study Increased Teacher Planning.

DPI to Study Increased Teacher Planning.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
F. Jackson, Ager, Ball, Brockman, G. Brown, Carney, Cervania, Crawford, Harrison, Hawkins, Helfrich, Lofton, Logan, Longest, Majeed, Morey, R. Pierce, Price, Quick, Rubin, von Haefen
Last action
2025-03-10
Official status
Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
2025-07-01

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DPI to Study Increased Teacher Planning.

DPI to Study Increased Teacher Planning.

What This Bill Does

  • DPI to Study Increased Teacher Planning.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-10 House

    Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-03-10 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-03-06 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

DPI to Study Increased Teacher Planning.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 326

Short Title: DPI to Study Increased Teacher Planning. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative F. Jackson.
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
March 10, 2025
*H326-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REQUIRE TH E DEPARTMENT OF PUBL IC INSTRUCTION TO ST UDY 2
METHODS OF INCREASING TEACHER PLANNING TIME. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1.(a) The Department of Public Instruction shall study methods of 5
increasing teacher planning time or decreasing teacher obligations that decrease existing planning 6
time. 7
SECTION 1.(b) The Department shall report to the Joint Legislative Education 8
Oversight Committee by February 15, 2026, on the results of the study. The report shall include 9
at least the following: 10
(1) Recommendations to increase teacher planning time. 11
(2) Recommendations to decrease teacher obligations that decrease existing 12
planning time. 13
(3) Costs associated with any recommendations given in the report. 14
(4) Any other information the Department deems relevant. 15
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 16
Public Instruction the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,0 00) in nonrecurring funds for the 17
2025-2026 fiscal year to conduct the study required by Section 1 of this act. The Department may 18
use these funds to partner with a third party to conduct the study. 19
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 20