2026 Budget Technical Corrections.
HB 56 (incorrectly titled "UNC Enrollment" in the query; actual focus is school transparency) requires North Carolina local school boards to publicly post detailed compensation and position information for central office staff on their websites by August 15, 2025. It mandates publishing total compensation (salary, bonuses, travel reimbursements), position titles, department assignments, and creation dates for each role. The law applies directly to all central office employees, including administrators, finance staff, and third-party contractors working at school districts. This transparency measure aims to make school district spending and staffing more visible to the public, with records updated annually. The bill does not affect student enrollment or university operations (UNC system).
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Jul 2026
Senate Passage
Sep 2025
Signed into Law
Jul 2026
Introduced Feb 4, 2025
Signed Jul 7, 2026
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What changed between versions
Ratified
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SL 2026-42
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2 edits
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This bill updates the legislative record for HB 56, changing its status from a ratified bill to Session Law 2026-42. The revision also updates the internal tracking version number from H56-v-4 to H56-v-5. These are administrative updates that formalize the law after ratification and do not alter the substantive policy, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria contained within the act.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; this is a status update reflecting its enactment into law.
TECHNICAL
The document title was updated to reflect the new Session Law number (2026-42) and the bill was formally ratified.
The internal version identifier was incremented from H56-v-4 to H56-v-5 to track the final legislative version.
Floor votes · Senate Jul 2, 2026 · House Jul 2, 2026
How they voted
31–13
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 50
Jul 2, 2026
D
Democratic19
68% Nay
R
Republican31
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
9
Committee
11
Jul 7, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Gov. 7/7/2026
executive
Jul 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Conf Report Adopted
lower
Apr 21, 2026
Committee
Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
lower
Sep 22, 2025
Committee
Re-ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Sep 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
upper
Sep 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Com Substitute Adopted
upper
Sep 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
upper
Sep 22, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
upper
May 5, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Education - K-12
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
3 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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