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H615 • 2025

Enrollment Stability for Military Students.

Enrollment Stability for Military Students.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Loftis, Potts, Lambeth, Willis, Ager, Cairns, Campbell, Dixon, Goodwin, Harrison, Helfrich, Johnson, McNeely, Moss, G. Pierce, Charles Smith, Ward, White, Willingham
Last action
2025-06-19
Official status
Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Enrollment Stability for Military Students.

H615-SMCJ-28(e1)-v-3 (2025-04-15): Enrollment Stability for Military Students.

What This Bill Does

  • H615-SMCJ-28(e1)-v-3 (2025-04-15): Enrollment Stability for Military Students.
  • H615-SMRQ-40(CSRQ-10)-v-4 (2025-04-29): Enrollment Stability for Military Students.
  • H615-SMRQ-48(e2)-v-2 (2025-04-30): Enrollment Stability for Military Students.
  • H615-SMRQ-60(e2)-v-2 (2025-06-11): Enrollment Stability for Military Students.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 615: Enrollment Stability for Military Students.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 615: Enrollment Stability for Military Students.
  • Committee: House Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs.
  • If favorable, re -refer to Education - K-12.
  • If favorable, re -refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 15, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 615: Enrollment Stability for Military Students.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 615: Enrollment Stability for Military Students.
  • Committee: House Education - K-12.
  • If favorable, re-refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 29, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
  • Loftis, Potts, Lambeth, Willis Prepared by: Drupti Chauhan* Committee Counsel Analysis of: PCS to First Edition H615-CSRQ-10 Kara McCraw Director *H615-SMRQ-40(CSRQ-10)-v-4* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 615: Enrollment Stability for Military Students.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 615: Enrollment Stability for Military Students.
  • Committee: House Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 30, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
  • Loftis, Potts, Lambeth, Willis Prepared by: Drupti Chauhan Committee Counsel Analysis of: Second Edition Kara McCraw Director *H615-SMRQ-48(e2)-v-2* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
  • OVERVIEW: House Bill 615 would give military families additional time to provide proof of residency for enrollment in a local school administrative unit.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 615: Enrollment Stability for Military Students.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 615: Enrollment Stability for Military Students.
  • Committee: Senate Education/Higher Education.
  • If favorable, re-refer to Rules and Operations of the Senate Date: June 11, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
  • Loftis, Potts, Lambeth, Willis Prepared by: Drupti Chauhan* Committee Counsel Analysis of: Second Edition Kara McCraw Director *H615-SMRQ-60(e2)-v-2* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 615: Enrollment Stability for Military Students.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 615: Enrollment Stability for Military Students.
  • Committee: Senate Rules and Operations of the Senate Date: June 12, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
  • Loftis, Potts, Lambeth, Willis Prepared by: Drupti Chauhan Committee Counsel Analysis of: Second Edition Kara McCraw Director *H615-SMRQ-65(e2)-v-2* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
  • OVERVIEW: House Bill 615 would give military families additional time to provide proof of residency for enrollment in a local school administrative unit.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-19 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-06-19 Senate

    Withdrawn From Cal

  3. 2025-06-18 Senate

    Placed On Cal For 06/19/2025

  4. 2025-06-18 Senate

    Withdrawn From Cal

  5. 2025-06-17 Senate

    Reptd Fav

  6. 2025-06-11 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  7. 2025-06-11 Senate

    Reptd Fav

  8. 2025-06-05 Senate

    Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  9. 2025-06-05 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  10. 2025-05-07 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  11. 2025-05-07 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  12. 2025-05-07 Senate

    Regular Message Received From House

  13. 2025-05-07 House

    Regular Message Sent To Senate

  14. 2025-05-06 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  15. 2025-05-06 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  16. 2025-05-01 House

    Placed On Cal For 05/06/2025

  17. 2025-05-01 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  18. 2025-05-01 House

    Reptd Fav

  19. 2025-04-29 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  20. 2025-04-29 House

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  21. 2025-04-15 House

    Re-ref Com On Education - K-12

  22. 2025-04-15 House

    Reptd Fav

  23. 2025-04-01 House

    Ref to the Com on Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  24. 2025-04-01 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  25. 2025-03-31 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H615-SMCJ-28(e1)-v-3
(2025-04-15): Enrollment Stability for Military Students.
H615-SMRQ-40(CSRQ-10)-v-4
(2025-04-29): Enrollment Stability for Military Students.
H615-SMRQ-48(e2)-v-2
(2025-04-30): Enrollment Stability for Military Students.
H615-SMRQ-60(e2)-v-2
(2025-06-11): Enrollment Stability for Military Students.
H615-SMRQ-65(e2)-v-2
(2025-06-11): Enrollment Stability for Military Students.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 615
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/29/25

Short Title: Enrollment Stability for Military Students. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 1, 2025
*H615-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE MILITARY FAMILIES ADDITIONAL TIME TO PROVIDE PROOF 2
OF RESIDENCY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-366(a9) reads as rewritten: 5
"(a9) A student who is not a domiciliary of a local school administrative unit shall be 6
permitted to register to enroll in the public schools of that unit by remote means, including 7
electronic means, prior to commencement of the student's residency in the local school 8
administrative unit if all of the following apply: 9
(1) A parent or legal guardian is (i) on active military duty and is transferred or 10
pending transfer pursuant to an official military order to a military installation 11
or reservation in the State.State or (ii) will be separating from active military 12
duty within a 12-month period. 13
(2) Upon request by the local school administrative unit where the student seeks 14
to register to enroll, a parent or legal guardian provides a copy of (i) the official 15
military order transferr ing to a military installation or reservation located in 16
the State.State, (ii) the offi cial separation orders , or (iii) an official military 17
document showing the anticipated date of sepa ration or date of projected 18
Permanent Change of Station to the State. 19
(3) A parent or legal guardian completes and submits the local school 20
administrative unit's required enrollment forms and documentation, except 21
that other than proof of residency and documentation related to disciplinary 22
actions pursuant to G.S. 115C-366(a4) shall not be required until the student 23
transfers into the local school administrative unit, at which time they shall be 24
required prior to commencing attendance.G.S. 115C-366(a4). 25
(4) A parent or legal guardian shall submit proof of residency and documentation 26
related to the disciplinary actions pursuant to G.S. 115C-366(a4) upon the 27
child commencing attendance. If the proof of residency has not yet become 28
available because the parent or legal guardian and child are residing in 29
temporary housing, the local school administrative unit shall do the following: 30
a. Allow the child to enroll and begin attending school in th at unit of 31
anticipated domicile for a period of up to one year (i) from the parent 32
or legal guardian's reporting-for-duty date, separation date from active 33
military duty, or anticipated separation date from active military duty 34
or (ii) through the end of the school year before being considered a 35
resident of another local school administrative unit. 36
General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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b. Allow a child who is a high school junior or senior to enroll and begin 1
attending school in that unit of anticipated domicile through high 2
school graduation. 3
A local school administrative unit shall make available to a student who registers to enroll 4
pursuant to this subsection the same opportunities available to a student enrolled 5
contemporaneously with domicilia, such as requesting or applying for school assi gnment, 6
registering for courses, and applying for any other programs that require additional request or 7
application. A student enrolled pursuant to this subsection may not attend school in the local 8
school administrative unit until proof of residency is pr ovided in accordance with the 9
requirements of the local school administrative unit. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 10
to curtail a local school administrative unit's authority pursuant to G.S. 115C-366(a5)." 11
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 12
the 2025-2026 school year. 13