House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Removes the prohibition on requiring a student to complete Math III for graduation and requires each student to complete math courses that are aligned with their career development plan under GS 115C-158.10, but specifies that the courses required for graduation may not include Math III unless it is specified in the career development plan, beginning with the 2025-26 school year.
Bill Summaries: H414 (2025-2026 Session)
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Bill H 414 (2025-2026)Summary date: Apr 30 2025 - View summary
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Bill H 414 (2025-2026)Summary date: Apr 15 2025 - View summary
House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Makes technical, clarifying, organizational, and conforming changes, including to act’s long title.
Section 1.
Removes provision from GS 115D-5(x1) specifying that completion of courses developed under the statute does not constitute a completion of any end-of-course tests required to graduate.
Section 2.
Extends the State Board of Community College’s (SBCC) and the State Board of Education’s (Board) reporting deadline on the results of the act’s course development from January 15, 2026, to January 15, 2028. Directs that the courses developed pursuant to GS 115D-5(x1), as amended by the act, be offered beginning with the next academic year after SBCC and the Board submit the report (previously, conditioned offering of classes by submission of the report by January 15, along with developing the courses listed in GS 115D-5(x1), as amended by the act).
Section 3.
Removes the described biology courses from the listing of courses that would complete the biology requirement. Specifies that any of the listed mathematics courses only satisfy the fourth mathematics requirement (was, third or fourth math requirement). Removes provision specifying that completion of the specified courses does not constitute a completion of any end-of-course tests required to graduate.
Section 4.
Directs the Board to end its requirement that students complete NC Math III as one of the four required math courses for graduation beginning with the 2025-26 school year. Now requires public school units to encourage students to complete additional math courses beyond the state requirements. Requires Math III and all other math courses existing on the effective date of the act to continue to be made available to high school students (was, required the Board to adopt a rule to modify the high school graduation requirements to require completion of NC Math 1 and 2 and two additional math courses that align with the student's postsecondary plans and to require that NC Math 3 and all other existing math courses continue to be offered by all high schools to the extent that there is sufficient student interest).
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Bill H 414 (2025-2026)Summary date: Mar 17 2025 - View summary
Section 1.
Requires, in GS 115D-5 (concerning the administration of community colleges), the State Board of Community Colleges (SBCC) to coordinate with the State Board of Education (Board) to develop a series of courses to be offered at community colleges that align with the English, science, social studies, and mathematics graduation requirements developed by the Board to be attended by high school students dually enrolled in a community college and other community college students. Directs the courses to be organized so that one community 10 college course completion grants one full high school credit to fulfill a corresponding graduation requirement while continuing to align with Career and College Promise. Specifies that completion of the courses developed pursuant to the act does not constitute a completion of any end-of-course tests required to graduate.
Section 2.
Requires SBCC in collaboration with the Board to report the results of the course development described above to the specified NCGA committee by January 15, 2026.
Section 3.
Lists six categories of community college courses and the corresponding high school requirements they fulfill until the SBCC and Board fulfill the course development requirements described in Section 1. Specifies that completion of these courses does not constitute the completion of any end-of-course tests required to graduate. Instructs that if the SBCC and the Board develop those courses by January 15 of an academic year, the courses will be offered starting the next academic year. Expires upon the development of the courses described in Section 1, above and the reporting requirement described in Section 3.
Section 4.
Requires the Board to adopt a rule to modify the high school graduation requirements to require completion of NC Math 1 and 2 and two additional math courses that align with the student's postsecondary plans and to require that NC Math 3 and all other existing math courses continue to be offered by all high schools to the extent that there is sufficient student interest. Allows the Board to adopt emergency rules to implement the act prior to the start of the 2025-26 school year.