HB 1143 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Principal Fellows and Admin. Intern. Stipends.

This bill modifies the North Carolina Principal Fellows Program to clarify how forgivable scholarship loans are administered and to set specific rules for grant funding. It designates the Authority to manage loan agreements and repayment monitoring while requiring the Commission to select up to eight grant recipients annually for principal preparation and two recipients for innovative training development. The legislation also establishes reporting requirements for grant recipients, mandating the collection of data on student achievement, job placement rates, and retention in high-need schools. Additionally, the bill allows the use of administrative funds from the Trust Fund to cover program operations, staff salaries, and evaluation costs, with limits set at the greater of two percent of appropriated funds or one hundred sixty thousand dollars per year.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Apr 29, 2026 Last action May 19, 2026

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Edition 1 → Edition 2 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised to clarify its purpose from providing stipends for Master's in School Administration interns to codifying administrative internship stipends. The text was also updated to reflect a new committee substitute version dated May 19, 2026, and sponsors were removed from the header. Substantive changes include redefining the bill's focus to modify allowable fund uses for the Principal Fellows Program and adding new definitions for 'developmental grants' and specific criteria for 'high-need schools' to ensure equitable funding distribution.

Scope change

The bill's scope shifted from establishing new stipend requirements for MSA interns to modifying how funds can be used within the existing Principal Fellows Program and adding specific definitions for developmental grants and high-need schools.

SCOPE

The short title was changed from 'Principal Fellows & MSA Intern Stipends' to 'Principal Fellows & Admin. Intern. Stipends', and the operative text was updated to focus on modifying allowable fund uses rather than establishing new grants.

TECHNICAL

The header was updated to reflect 'Committee Substitute Favorable 5/19/26', and the list of sponsors was removed entirely.

DEFINITION

New definitions were added for 'Developmental grant' and 'High-need local school administrative unit' to clarify eligibility for specific funding streams.

The definition of a 'High-need school' was expanded to include specific criteria such as schools identified under Title I, persistently low-achieving schools, and schools with graduation rates below 75%.

FISCAL

The section on the Principal Fellows Trust Fund was updated to explicitly include funds for developmental grants and clarify administrative cost limits.

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Committee

May 19, 2026

Committee

Re-ref Com On Appropriations

lower

May 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav Com Substitute

lower

May 4, 2026

Committee

Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Apr 29, 2026

Introduced

Filed

lower

3 primary · 21 co-sponsors