North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S840: Teacher Licensure Modifications.
Status: Introduced, April 29, 2026
What the bill says
An act to remove testing requirements for admission to an educator preparation program, to modify the teacher licensure exam time line, and to modify teacher licensure requirements for out-of-state applicants.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REMOVE TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO AN EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM, TO MODIFY THE TEACHER LICENSURE EXAM TIME LINE, AND TO MODIFY TEACHER LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-269.15(a) is repealed. SECTION 2. G.S. 115C-270.15(c) reads as rewritten: "(c) Time Line for Completion of Examinations. - The State Board of Education shall permit an applicant to fulfill any such examination requirement before or during the third year of licensure, provided the applicant took the examination at least once during the first year of licensure.licensure." SECTION 3. G.S. 115C-270.25 reads as rewritten: "§ 115C-270.25. Out-of-state license applicants. The State Board of Education shall grant a CPL to a teacher licensed in another state with substantially similar licensure requirements who has at least three years of teaching experience and is in good standing with the other state." SECTION 4.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year for the purpose of implementing the requirements of this act. SECTION 4.(b) This section becomes effective July 1, 2026. SECTION 5. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law. *S840-v-1*
Sponsors
- McInnis, Tom (R, 21) · primary sponsor
- Lee, Michael V. (R, 7) · primary sponsor
- Burgin, Jim (R, 12) · primary sponsor
- Bradley, Woodson (D, 42)
- Chaudhuri, Jay J. (D, 15)
- Corbin, Kevin (R, 50)
- Craven, David W. (R, 29)
- Jarvis, Steve (R, 30)
- Jones, Dana (R, 31)
- Moffitt, Timothy D. (R, 48)
- Robinson, Gladys A. (D, 28)
- Salvador, DeAndrea (D, 39)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
- : Com Substitute Adopted
- : Reptd Fav Com Substitute
- : Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: BUDGETING, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYMENT, TESTING, STATE EMPLOYEES, BOARDS
Common questions
- What is S840?
- S840 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Teacher Licensure Modifications.
- What does S840 do?
- In its own words: An act to remove testing requirements for admission to an educator preparation program, to modify the teacher licensure exam time line, and to modify teacher licensure requirements for out-of-state applicants.
- What is the status of S840?
- Introduced as of April 29, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (April 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored S840?
- McInnis, Tom (R, 21), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S840?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S840
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