HB 414 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

1-to-1 Credit for Career and College Promise.

HB 414 aims to give equal credit for community college courses towards high school graduation requirements for dually enrolled students, including those in the Career and College Promise program. It directs the State Boards of Community Colleges and Education to collaborate on developing a system where one community college course grants one full high school credit in core subjects, without requiring corresponding high school end-of-course tests. Until this system is fully established, specific community college courses will temporarily satisfy certain high school credits starting in the 2025-2026 academic year. Additionally, the bill modifies high school math graduation requirements, affecting which math courses require an end-of-course test.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 17, 2025 Last action May 7, 2025

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What changed between versions

Edition 2 → Edition 3 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated to its third edition, adding a new committee substitute version dated April 30, 2025. The most significant substantive change is in Section 4, which now requires students to complete mathematics courses aligned with their individual career development plans rather than mandating a specific set of courses for everyone. This shift allows for personalized education paths while explicitly excluding Math III unless it is specifically requested by the student's plan.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding mathematics graduation requirements changed from a fixed list of acceptable courses to a flexible system based on individual student career plans.

REQUIREMENT

Section 4 was modified to require mathematics courses aligned with each student's career development plan instead of a uniform requirement for all students.

The exclusion of Math III from graduation requirements was refined to allow it only if specified in the student's career development plan.

TECHNICAL

A new header line was added indicating this is the Committee Substitute #2 version, dated April 30, 2025.

Floor votes · House May 6, 2025

How they voted

71–40

Passed · 10 other

Total votes 121

May 6, 2025

D Democratic46

2 Yea 39 Nay 5

84% Nay

I Independent2

1 Yea 1 Nay

50% Nay

R Republican73

68 Yea 5

93% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

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 Sub 2

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Higher Education

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav Com Substitute

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

3 primary · 13 co-sponsors