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S223 • 2025

Expand Academic Trans. Pathways/Sophomore HS.

Expand Academic Trans. Pathways/Sophomore HS.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
McInnis, Lee, Moffitt, Britt, Overcash
Last action
2025-06-05
Official status
Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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.

Expand Academic Trans. Pathways/Sophomore HS.

S223-SMBN-10(e1)-v-3 (2025-03-05): Expand Academic Trans.

What This Bill Does

  • S223-SMBN-10(e1)-v-3 (2025-03-05): Expand Academic Trans.
  • Pathways/Sophomore HS.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 223: Expand Academic Trans.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly SENATE BILL 223: Expand Academic Trans.
  • Pathways/Sophomore HS.
  • Committee: Senate Education/Higher Education.
  • If favorable, re-refer to Rules and Operations of the Senate Date: March 5, 2025 Introduced by: Sens.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-05 House

    Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-06-05 House

    Withdrawn From Com

  3. 2025-03-17 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  4. 2025-03-17 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  5. 2025-03-13 House

    Regular Message Received From Senate

  6. 2025-03-13 Senate

    Regular Message Sent To House

  7. 2025-03-12 Senate

    Passed 3rd Reading

  8. 2025-03-12 Senate

    Passed 2nd Reading

  9. 2025-03-11 Senate

    Reptd Fav

  10. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  11. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Reptd Fav

  12. 2025-03-04 Senate

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

  13. 2025-03-04 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  14. 2025-03-04 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  15. 2025-03-04 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  16. 2025-03-03 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

S223-SMBN-10(e1)-v-3
(2025-03-05): Expand Academic Trans. Pathways/Sophomore HS.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 223

Short Title: Expand Academic Trans. Pathways/Sophomore HS. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators McInnis, Lee, and Moffitt (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 4, 2025
*S223-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO EXPAND ACADEMIC TRANSITION PATHWAYS FOR SOPHOMORE HIGH 2
SCHOOL STUDENTS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 115D-20(4)a. reads as rewritten: 5
"a. Subject to the approval of the State Board of Community Colleges, 6
local community colleges may collaborate with public school units 7
and nonpublic schools to offer courses through the following 8
programs: 9
1. Repealed by Session Laws 2022 -71, s. 3.2, effective July 8, 10
2022. 11
2. Academic transition pathway s for qualified junior and 12
sophomore, junior, and senior high school students that lead to 13
a career technical education certificate, diploma, or State or 14
industry-recognized credential and academic transition 15
pathways for qualified freshmen and sophomore high school 16
students that lead to a career technical education certificate or 17
diploma in (i) industrial and engineering technologies, (ii) 18
agriculture and natural resources, (iii) transportation 19
technology, (iv) construction, or (v) business technologies. 20
3. College transfer pathways requiring the successful completion 21
of 30 semester credit hours of transfer courses, including 22
English and mathematics, for the following students: 23
I. Qualified junior and senior high school students. 24
II. Qualified freshman and sophomore high school 25
students, if all of the following requirements are met: 26
A. The student is determined to be academically 27
gifted, have a demonstrated readiness for the 28
course material, and have the maturity to justify 29
admission to the community college by (i) the 30
community college president, (ii) the student's 31
high school principal or equivalent 32
administrator, and (iii) the academically gifted 33
coordinator, if one is employed by the high 34
school or local school administrative unit. 35
General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
Page 2 Senate Bill 223-First Edition
B. The student particip ates in academic advising 1
focused on the implications of being admitted 2
to college early with representatives from the 3
high school and the community college. 4
C. The student's parent or guardian has given 5
consent for the student to participate." 6
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 7
the 2025-2026 school year. 8