Bill Summaries: H415 (2025-2026 Session)

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  • Summary date: Mar 17 2025 - View summary

    Requires the State Board of Education (Board) to adopt a rule to modify the high school graduation requirements to require completion of NC Math 1 and 2 or equivalent courses and two additional math courses that align with the student's postsecondary plans and to require that NC Math and all other existing math courses continue to be offered by all high schools to the extent that there is sufficient student interest. Requires the Board to adopt a rule to require completion of an end-of-course test for NC Math 2 but not require completion of an end-of-course test for NC Math 3.

    Enacts new GS 115C-81.37 requiring the Board to develop a course of study for high school mathematics courses that spreads the content standards of NC Math 1 and NC Math 2 into four separate courses, as described (including any end-of-course test requirements). Specifies that the standards must not change the existing standards for NC Math 1 or 2. Sets out the following enrollment schedule: (1) students scoring below proficient on the eighth grade mathematics end-of-course test must be enrolled in Extended Math 1 and 2 to satisfy the NC Math 1 graduation requirement, (2) students scoring below proficient on the NC Math 1 end-of-course test given at the end of Extended Math must be enrolled in Extended Math 3 and 4 to satisfy their NC Math 2 graduation requirement, and (3) students scoring at or above proficient on the NC Math 1 end-of-course test given at the end of Extended Math may choose to enroll in Extended Math 3 and 4 or NC Math 2 to satisfy their NC Math 2 graduation requirement. Requires courses to be offered under new GS 115C-81.37 beginning with the fall semester of the 2025-26 school year.

    Requires students who completed NC Math 1 with a grade of C or lower or who scored below proficient on the NC Math 1 end-of-course exam before the 2025-26 school to take Extended Math 2 as a condition of meeting their NC Math 1 graduation requirement. Requires students who completed NC Math 2 with a grade of C or lower before the 2025-26 school year to take Extended Math 4 as a condition of meeting their NC Math 2 graduation requirement.

    Allows the Board to adopt emergency rules to implement the provisions of this act before the start of the 2025-26 school year. 

    Applies beginning with the 2025-26 school year.