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HB 346 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Central Carolina Community College Multicampus Center Full-Time Equivalent Calculation.

HB 346 directs the State Board of Community Colleges to adjust how full-time equivalent (FTE) students are calculated for Central Carolina Community College's Harnett and Chatham main campuses. Specifically, it requires combining the FTE from each main campus with the FTE from its respective Health Sciences Center. This adjustment is made to help these campuses maintain their multicampus center status.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationAdjusts FTE calculation to maintain multicampus status, ensuring stable funding and operations for community colleges under higher education.85% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Last action May 7, 2025
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What changed between versions

Edition 1 → Edition 2 · 5 edits
MODERATE
This bill was amended to clarify that both Harnett and Chatham Health Sciences locations must be included in FTE calculations for their respective main campuses to maintain multicampus center status. The revision adds explicit language to override any conflicting State Board of Community Colleges policies and clarifies that the calculation specifically applies to budget FTE enrollment. The short title was also updated to better reflect the specific campuses affected.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed from a general reference to 'health sciences locations' to specifically name the Harnett and Chatham Health Sciences locations, ensuring precise application to these two specific campuses.
REQUIREMENT

Added explicit language to override any State Board of Community Colleges policy that might conflict with the FTE calculation requirements.

DEFINITION

Changed 'full-time equivalent students' to 'budget full-time equivalent (FTE) enrolled' to specify the type of FTE being calculated.

SCOPE

Updated the short title from 'Central Carolina CC MCC Funding' to 'Central Carolina CC MCC FTE Calculation' to better reflect the actual content of the bill.

Specifically named Harnett and Chatham Health Sciences locations in the operative sections, replacing the more general 'health sciences locations' language.

TECHNICAL

Removed the sponsor information and committee referral details from the header section.

Floor votes · House May 6, 2025

How they voted

114–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 121
May 6, 2025
D Democratic46
42 Yea 4
91% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican73
70 Yea 3
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
5
May 7, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Ref to the Com on Higher Education, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.