Education

Session Year 2026

All Education Summaries
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SL 2026-6 2026 0006 H87 H 0087 Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA).
SL 2026-61 2026 0061 H268 H 0268 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II.: Sec. 3.12: North Carolina High School Redesign Commission
SL 2026-61 2026 0061 H268 H 0268 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II.: Sec. 3.15: Remove Deadline for Educator Preparation Program Rule Adoption
SL 2026-61 2026 0061 H268 H 0268 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II.: Sec. 3.19: Collaboratory Report on Recovery Court Study Results
SL 2026-61 2026 0061 H268 H 0268 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II.: Sec. 3.26: Competitive Speech Debate and Grant Program
SL 2026-1 2026 0001 H696 H 0696 Medicaid & Health and Human Services Adjustments/Other Critical Needs.: Sec. 2.1: North Carolina Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education
SL 2026-1 2026 0001 H696 H 0696 Medicaid & Health and Human Services Adjustments/Other Critical Needs.: Sec. 2.2: Conform Eligible Expenses for NC 529 Plan to Federal Law
SL 2026-1 2026 0001 H696 H 0696 Medicaid & Health and Human Services Adjustments/Other Critical Needs.: Sec. 2.5: Expand and Revise Existing Flexibility for the Children of Wartime Veterans Scholarship Funds Program to Include the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 Academic Years
SL 2026-46 2026 0046 H1094 H 1094 Ferry Division Audit/Department of Transportation Omnibus.: Sec. 9: Eliminate Driving Eligibility Certificate Requirement for the Issuance of Learner's Permits and Provisional Drivers Licenses
SL 2026-9 2026 0009 H1123 H 1123 UNC Omnibus & Capital Contracting Law Changes.: Part II: Standardize the Residency Determination Process for Admission to the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
SL 2026-9 2026 0009 H1123 H 1123 UNC Omnibus & Capital Contracting Law Changes.: Part III: Revise Tuition Grants for NCSSM and UNCSA Graduates
SL 2026-9 2026 0009 H1123 H 1123 UNC Omnibus & Capital Contracting Law Changes.: Part IV: UNC Board of Governors Approval/Capital Expenditures
SL 2026-9 2026 0009 H1123 H 1123 UNC Omnibus & Capital Contracting Law Changes.: Part V: Capital Improvement Threshold Increases
SL 2026-9 2026 0009 H1123 H 1123 UNC Omnibus & Capital Contracting Law Changes.: Part VI: Use of Capital Funds for Public-Private Partnerships
SL 2026-50 2026 0050 H1126 H 1126 2026 Department of State Treasurer Administrative/Technical/Clarifying Changes.: Part VII: North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency Changes
SL 2026-19 2026 0019 S153 S 0153 North Carolina Border Protection Act.: Part VI: UNC Constituent Institutions to Comply with Laws Related to Immigration
SL 2026-20 2026 0020 S227 S 0227 Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 5.7: Children's Hospital Antitrust/State Action Immunity.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 6.2: Propel NC
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 6.3: North Carolina Community College System Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Workforce Training Expansion
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 6.4: Seamless Skills Initiative
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 6.5: Apprenticeship Studies
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 6.6: High-Cost Workforce Programs Start-Up Funds
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 6.7: No Financial Benefit for Community College Students Convicted of Assaulting Officers or Employees of the State
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 6.8: Workforce Diploma Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 6.9: Digital Credential Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 6.10: North Carolina Student Lifeline Information for Community College Students
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 6.11: Reduction of Performance Funding Except Basic Skills
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.1: Repeal TeachNC Initiative
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.2: Clarify Learning.com Funding.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.3: Streamline Limited English Proficient Allotment
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.4: Repeal Textbook Commission
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.5: Freeze Low-Wealth Allotment Funds
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.6: Adjustment to Principal Licensure Requirements.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.7: Various Education Report Changes
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.8: Elementary and Middle School Literacy Improvement
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.9: Automatic Enrollment in Advanced English Language Arts Courses
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.10: Highly Effective Limited License Teachers.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.11: Competency-Based High School/Healthcare and High-Tech Pathways Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.12: Lighthouse Math Project
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.13: Competency-Based Education and High School Redesign Strategic Network
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.14: North Carolina Competency-Based Education Innovation Grant Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.15: Khan Academic Support Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.16: Magic School Academic Support Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.17: Repeal Coding and Mobile App Development Grant Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.18: Formalize the Diaper Bank of North Carolina's Role as Provider of Feminine Hygiene Products for Public Schools.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.19: Advanced Teaching Roles Amendments
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.21: Community Eligibility Provision Timeline Shift and Clarify Breakfast Location
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.22: SparkNC Expansion.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.23: Extended Learning and Integrated Student Supports Competitive Grant Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.24: TeachReadyNC Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.25: Principal Internship Stipends
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.26: CTE Modernization
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.27: Early Learning Program/Dyslexia
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.28: Modify CTE Grants for Homebuilding Programs
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.29: Career Development Adjustment
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.30: After-School Robotics Grant Program.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.31: Northeast Regional School of Biotechnology and Agriscience
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.32: Diabetes Education for Parents
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.33: North Carolina Student Lifeline Information for K-12 Students
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.34: School Planning Section Data Sharing Platform.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.35: Expand K-6 License to Include Grades 7 and 8
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.36: Foundational Mathematics Instruction and High Quality Instructional Materials
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.37: Repeal Requirement to Contract with the NROC Project
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.38: Cardiac Emergency Response Plans and One AED Per School.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.39: Safe and Responsible Artificial Intelligence in Schools
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.40: Just Right Reader Pilot Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.41: Carnegie Math Professional Development
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.42: Conforming Change for Updated Funding Source for Charter Schools Review Board
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.43: NCCAT Adjustments
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.44: Year13 Support for Career Development Plans
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.45: Authorize New Cooperative Innovative High Schools
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.46: School Business Systems Modernization.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.47: Muddy Sneakers Prohibition on Legal Fees
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.48: Student Attendance Early Intervention Pilot Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.49: Prohibition on Excessive Expenditures
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.50: Amend School Safety Artificial Intelligence Pilot Program.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.51: Renewal School System Modifications and Study of Renewal School System
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.52: Expansion of Healthy Living Standard Course of Study
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.53: Computer Science Graduation Requirement Delay
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.54: Released Time Religious Instruction.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.55: Repeal B-3 Interagency Council
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.56: Adjustment to 2025-2026 Charter School Exceptional Children Funding
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.57: Shift Transfer of Supplemental Exceptional Children Funding to Align with Federal Recording Requirements
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.58: Extend Charter School Financial Audits Deadlines.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.59: Adjust Statewide Remote Charter Academy Per Pupil Allotment to Statewide Average
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.61: Prohibit Appointed State Board of Education Members from Beginning Temporary or Interim Employment in a Public School Unit While Serving as a Member of the State Board of Education
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.62: Schools for the Deaf and Blind Amendments
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.63: Require Schools for the Deaf to Provide Early Intervention Services.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7.64: Competitive Speech and Debate Grant Program.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7A.3: Permit Advanced Teaching Roles Teachers with National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification to Receive Applicable Salary Supplements
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7A.4: Consolidated Teacher Bonus Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7A.5: Supplemental Funds for Teacher Compensation
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7A.6: Report Local Salary Schedules
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7A.8: Bonuses for Principals
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 7A.9: Revise Principal Recruitment and Retention Supplement and Require North Carolina Collaboratory to Study Principal Recruitment
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.1: University of North Carolina/Escheat Fund for Student Financial Aid Programs
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.2: Establish School of Civic Life and Leadership
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.3: Repeal Future Teachers of North Carolina Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.4: Establish Standards for Agreements Between Constituent Institutions of The University of North Carolina and Local School Administrative Units for the Operation and Maintenance of Laboratory Schools
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.5: Require Reevaluation of Teaching Fellows Programs
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.6: Prior Teaching Fellows Program Revisions Apply to All Current Program Participants.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.7: UNC Plan to Incorporate Position Information into BEACON/HR Payroll System
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.8: Add Winston Salem State University to Cheatham White Scholarship
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.9: Revise Powers and Duties of the North Carolina Collaboratory
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.10: Establish Office of Learning Research
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.11: University of North Carolina System Faculty Realignment Incentive Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.12: Increase NC Promise Tuition for Nonresidents
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.13: NCSSM-Morganton Expansion Studies
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.14: Protect Campus Survivors Act.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.15: Office of Learning Research Evaluation of Competency-Based Learning Programs
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.16: Office of Learning Research to Study Literacy Professional Development
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.17: No Financial Assistance for UNC Students Convicted of Assaulting Officers or Employees of the State
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.18: Preservation of Student Records Held by Licensed Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.19: North Carolina Student Lifeline Information for University Students
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.20: UNC System Health Care Access Fund
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.21: Expansion of Postsecondary Transfer Technology
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.22: Weighted Student Funding Formula Work Group.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.23: Public Schools Open Enrollment Study
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.25: Establish NC Promise Tuition Plan Reserve
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.29: North Carolina Economic Forecasting Initiative
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8.30: Office of Learning Research to Develop Mathematics Curriculum.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.1: Student-Based Educational Wallet Pilot Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.2: Revise Certain Opportunity Scholarship Domicile Verification Requirements
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.3: Clarify Application Date for Opportunity Scholarship and PESA Programs
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.4: Permit SEAA to Provide Payments for Tests for Opportunity Scholarship Recipients Using Alternative Methods.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.5: Clarify Opportunity Scholarship Residency Requirements
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.7: Require the State Education Assistance Authority to Provide Testing Costs for Certain Personal Education Student Account Recipients and Permit Parents of Those Personal Education Student Account Recipients to Opt Out of Testing
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.8: Codify North Carolina Patriot Star Family Scholarship Program.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.9: Revise Eligibility Requirements for Need-Based Scholarship for Private Colleges and Universities
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.10: Nursing Fellows Pilot Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.11: Extend Carryforward and Expand Uses for Institutional Trust Fund for Personal Education Student Accounts for Children with Disabilities
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.12: Require Nonpublic Schools Receiving Opportunity Scholarship Funds to Retain Certain Testing Records and Verify Compliance.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.13: Early Graduate Scholarship Program Funds
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.14: Advise NC
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.16: Authorize Use of Personal Education Student Accounts for One-to-One Classroom Aides
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.17: Revise Primary Care Physician and Psychiatrist Targeted Assistance Loan Forgiveness Program.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 8A.18: Reorganize Exemptions from the Administrative Procedure Act for Certain Education Entities and Clarify that These Exemptions Include the State Education Assistance Authority.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.9: School Safety Grants
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.10: Critical Incident School Mapping Data
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 32A.4: State Public Education Property Insurance Fund Modification
SL 2026-44 2026 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Department of Adult Correction.: Sec. 1.1: Waive Tuition for Survivors of Fallen Probation Officers
SL 2026-11 2026 0011 S401 S 0401 NC Farm Act of 2025-2026.: Sec. 9: Allow Excused School Absences for Equestrian Competitions and Other Agricultural Events.
SL 2026-59 2026 0059 S445 S 0445 Regulatory Reform Act of 2026.: Sec. 3: Remove Deadline for Educator Preparation Program Rule Adoption.
SL 2026-59 2026 0059 S445 S 0445 Regulatory Reform Act of 2026.: Sec. 24: No Schools Near Gun Ranges in Brunswick County.
SL 2026-21 2026 0021 S558 S 0558 Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Education.