---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher Prepayment & Salary/Pre-K Eligibility."
description: "Teacher Prepayment & Salary/Pre-K Eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 966"
citation: "North Carolina HB 966 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "KINDERGARTEN", "MINORS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SESSION LAWS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. HILTON", "REP. JOHNSON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. HOLLOWAY", "REP. BLACKWELL", "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "Holloway", "Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-16"
last_action: "2012-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9761d482-090d-4737-832f-5fee03ea5c43"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H966&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1363b8563e582fca75f2af0c0e7f0e08c3e6813772b19bef4c8eb09e00a046ee"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 966 (2011) — Teacher Prepayment & Salary/Pre-K Eligibility.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H966v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H966v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H966v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H966v3.pdf)
5. **SL2012-13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H966v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **106–5** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Holloway — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- H. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hollo — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- McGuirt — cosponsor (person)
- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2012-06-11** Ch. SL 2012-13 `became-law`
- **2012-06-11** Signed By Gov. 6/11/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-06** Pres. To Gov. 6/6/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-05** Ratified
- **2012-06-05** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2012
- **2012-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-04** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-04** Rec From Senate
- **2012-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-05-31** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2012-05-31** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2012
- **2012-05-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-31** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-30** Re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-05-29** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Rec From House
- **2012-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-05-23** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2012
- **2012-05-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9761d482-090d-4737-832f-5fee03ea5c43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).