Bills

SBOE Administrative Changes

Changes administrative procedures or responsibilities of the State Board of Education, affecting the board and public education administration.

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Ed

Eliminates diversity, equity, and inclusion programs or practices in public higher education, affecting public colleges, universities, employees, and students.

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education

Bans public schools from teaching or promoting a defined list of "divisive concepts" about race and sex, and eliminates diversity, equity and inclusion offices and staff positions in K-12 school systems.

UNC Omnibus & Capital Contracting Law Changes

Makes various changes involving the University of North Carolina system and laws governing contracts for major construction projects.

BOG Vacancy

Addresses a vacancy on the University of North Carolina Board of Governors, affecting the board and the process for filling the open seat.

K-12 Innovation and Transformation Act

Creates measures focused on innovation and transformation in kindergarten through 12th-grade education, affecting public schools, students, educators, and administrators.

Interstate Compact for School Psychologists

Creates or joins an interstate agreement concerning school psychologists, affecting their ability to work across participating states and the schools that employ them.

US Department of Edu

Addresses the U.S. Department of Education in relation to North Carolina education, affecting state education agencies, schools, students, and educators.

Remote Instruction for Excess Emergencies

Allows or regulates remote instruction when schools exceed the number of emergencies covered by existing rules, affecting K-12 students, families, teachers, and school administrators.

Principal Fellows & Admin. Intern. Stipends

Would address stipends for Principal Fellows and administrative interns, affecting participants preparing for school leadership roles.

Early Intervention School Attendance Pilot

Would create a pilot program using early intervention to address school attendance, affecting participating schools, students, and families.

Patriotic Youth Group Access

Would address access to schools for patriotic youth groups, affecting those organizations, students, and schools.

Diabetes Education for Parents

Would provide diabetes education for parents, affecting families of children in North Carolina schools.

Community College Workforce Readiness Act

Changes community college programs or policies to emphasize workforce readiness, affecting students, colleges, and employers.

Students First Act

Makes changes concerning students and education, affecting students, families, schools, and educators.

Foundational Mathematics Act

Changes how foundational mathematics is taught or supported, affecting students, teachers, and schools.

College Sports Updates

Updates rules or policies concerning college sports, affecting colleges, student-athletes, and athletic programs.

No Child Left Unfed

Addresses access to food for children in educational settings, affecting students, families, and schools.

Add Home Schools to Opportunity Scholarships

Adds home-school students to the Opportunity Scholarship program, affecting eligible families seeking education funding.

Revise Math Graduation Requirements

Changes mathematics requirements for high school graduation, affecting students and schools; the title does not identify the new requirements.

First Grade Reading Promise

Establishes a first-grade reading promise. It affects first-grade students, families, teachers, and schools.

AI in Ed Task Force and Standards

Creates a task force and standards for artificial intelligence in education. It affects schools, educators, students, and education officials.

Strengthen Ed by Embedded New Teacher Support

Strengthens education by embedding support for new teachers, affecting beginning educators and the schools that employ them.

John Rollins Scholarship Protection Act

Protects the John Rollins Scholarship, affecting students who receive or seek the scholarship and the schools or agencies that administer it.

NCSU to Study Creation of New Vet School

Directs North Carolina State University to study creating a new veterinary school, affecting the university and prospective veterinary students.

A PTA for Every School

Promotes having a parent-teacher association at every school; the title does not specify how schools or families would be affected.

Mindset Advantage Pilot Program

Creates a pilot program focused on developing a “mindset advantage” in education. It affects participating schools, students, and educators.

Allergy Safe Schools Act

Sets allergy-safety requirements for schools. It affects students with allergies, their families, school employees, and school administrators.

Revise NC Teaching Fellows Program

Revises North Carolina’s Teaching Fellows Program, affecting current or prospective program participants and participating schools; the title does not identify the revisions.

Require Seat Belts on School Buses

Requires seat belts on school buses, affecting students, school systems, and school bus operations.

Statewide Year-Round School Study

Calls for a statewide study of year-round schooling, affecting education officials and potentially public schools, students, families, and staff.

Voucher School Transparency Act

Requires greater transparency from schools participating in voucher programs, affecting those schools, students, families, and program administrators.

School Meals for Every Child

Provides school meals to every child, affecting students and school meal programs.

Learning & Enrichment in Afterschool Programs

Supports learning and enrichment in afterschool programs, affecting participating children, families, and program providers.

Expand Quantum Computing Education

Expands quantum computing education, affecting students, educators, and educational institutions.

Keep Our Schools Standing Act

Addresses keeping school buildings standing, affecting public schools, students, staff, and communities.

Fair Share for Public Schools Act

Addresses how public schools receive funding or resources, affecting public school students, employees, and school systems.

Universal Pre-K

Establishes universal prekindergarten, affecting young children, their families, schools, and pre-K providers.

Learning & Enrichment in Afterschool Programs

Addresses learning and enrichment activities in afterschool programs, affecting participating students, families, and program providers.

Screen Free Schools Act

Requires schools to limit or prohibit student screen use in specified circumstances, affecting students, teachers, and school administrators.

Modernized Children with Disabilities Funding

Updates how funding is provided for children with disabilities, affecting eligible students, schools, and school funding.

Part-Time Status for Disabled Students

Allows students with disabilities to have part-time status, affecting eligible students and the schools they attend.

Nursing Fellows & Curric. Support Funds/WSSU

Provides support funds for nursing fellows and nursing curriculum at Winston-Salem State University, affecting nursing students, faculty, and the university.

Fully Fund School Psychologists & Counselors

Provides full funding for school psychologists and counselors, affecting public schools, students, and school support staff.

HBCU/HMSI Omnibus

Combines measures concerning historically Black colleges and universities and Hispanic-serving institutions, affecting those schools and their students.

Study Student Loan Forgiveness Program/SEAA

Directs a study of a student loan forgiveness program involving the State Education Assistance Authority, affecting borrowers and the agency.

Ban Online For-Profit Charters

Prohibits online charter schools operated for profit, affecting charter operators, enrolled students, families, and education officials.

The NC Teacher Pay Competitiveness Act

Addresses the competitiveness of North Carolina teacher pay, affecting public school teachers and education funding.

An Act to Modify Charter School Enrollment and Reporting Requirements

Lets charter schools give enrollment priority to more categories of students and reduces how often they must report student demographics and finances to the state.