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S147 • 2025

Teacher License Reciprocity.

Teacher License Reciprocity.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Hanig, Moffitt, Alexander, Brinson, Burgin, Hise, Jones, McInnis, Waddell
Last action
2025-02-25
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Teacher License Reciprocity.

Teacher License Reciprocity.

What This Bill Does

  • Teacher License Reciprocity.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-25 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-02-25 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-02-24 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Teacher License Reciprocity.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 147

Short Title: Teacher License Reciprocity. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Hanig and Moffitt (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
February 25, 2025
*S147-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT T HE STATE BOARD OF ED UCATION FROM REQUIRI NG AN 2
OUT-OF-STATE APPLICA NT FOR A CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL TEACHIN G 3
LICENSE TO COMPLETE AN EXAMINATION AS A CONDITION OF LICENSURE. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-270.25 reads as rewritten: 6
"§ 115C-270.25. Out-of-state license applicants. 7
(a) The State Board of Education shall grant a CPL to an applicant who is a teacher 8
licensed in another state with substantially similar licensure requirements who and has at least 9
three years of teaching experience and is in good standing with the other state. 10
(b) The State Board of Education shall not require an out -of-state license applicant to 11
complete or have completed any type of standardized examination as a condition of receiving a 12
CPL pursuant to subsection (a) of this section." 13
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to out -of-state 14
license applications submitted on or after that date. 15