A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to modify the fees for teacher certification and administrative changes to certification.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑296(a2) reads as rewritten:
"(a2)	The State Board of Education shall adopt fees for teacher certification and administrative changes in accordance with the following schedule:
(1)	Application for demographic or administrative changes to a certificate, up to $45.00.
(2)	Application for a duplicate certificate or for copies of documents in the certification files, up to $45.00.
(3)	Application for a renewal, extension, addition, upgrade, and variation to a certificate, up to $80.00.
(4)	Initial application for New, In‑State Approved Program Graduate, up to $80.00.
(5)	Initial application for Out‑of‑State certificate, up to $125.00.
(6)	In‑State certificate review, up to $80.00.
(7)	Verification of North Carolina certificate for another state, up to $80.00.
(8)	All other applications, $85.00.
The applicant must pay the fee at the time the application is submitted. The fee is nonrefundable.
The State Board shall implement an online licensure management system to permit persons to submit teacher certification and administration change applications electronically. If the Department of Public Instruction is able to process online applications at less cost, the State Board shall adopt lower fees for online applications."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.