H432 - Principal Licensure Changes. (SL 2023-125)

Overview: S.L. 2023-125 updates principal licensure requirements and administrator preparation program approval rules that apply beginning July 1, 2024, and requires the Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC) to develop a portfolio-based assessment for prospective principals.

The State Board of Education (SBE) must adopt rules for two classes of administrator license, an administrator license and a provisional assistant principal license, that meet certain requirements. The SBE must also develop rules for determining whether individuals who completed an out-of-state administrator preparation program (APP) meet or exceed North Carolina requirements.

PEPSC, in consultation with the Department of Public Instruction and the North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission, must develop a portfolio-based assessment system for use in applications for administrator licensure, and submit recommendations to the SBE by June 15, 2024.

Except as otherwise provided, this act became effective September 28, 2023.