HB 709 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

K-3 Literacy and Improvement Act.

HB 709 establishes a pilot program to fund additional teacher assistants in North Carolina public schools for kindergarten through third grade. It provides $14.8 million annually (2025-2027) to cover the cost of teacher assistants based on specific ratios: one assistant per K-2 class and one per three third-grade classes. The program will select 16 schools (eight districts, one district school and one charter school per district) to participate, with funds distributed based on average class size and salary costs. The bill aims to directly support early-grade classrooms by increasing adult-to-student ratios, effective July 1, 2025.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Apr 2025

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Introduced Apr 2, 2025 Last action Apr 3, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 2 edits

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The bill was refiled with updated sponsor information and a new version identifier. The primary change is the addition of three co-sponsors (Brockman, Baker, and F. Jackson) to the original sponsor Representative T. Brown, expanding the legislative support for the K-3 Literacy and Improvement Act pilot grant program. The document date was also updated from April 2 to April 3, 2025.

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Added three co-sponsors (Representatives Brockman, Baker, and F. Jackson) to the bill sponsorship list, expanding legislative backing for the literacy pilot program.

Updated document version identifier from DRH40359-NGa-21 to H709-v-1 and changed the filing date from April 2 to April 3, 2025.

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Apr 3, 2025

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

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Apr 2, 2025

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3 primary · 20 co-sponsors