HB 581 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Career Pathways Transparency Act.

HB 581, the Career Pathways Transparency Act, requires the State Education Assistance Authority to create a "Know Before You Go" website. This website will provide students and parents with information on projected employment needs, associated salary ranges, and relevant college majors. It will also detail specific outcome data for public and private institutions of higher education and vocational schools, including tuition, student loan debt, completion rates, and post-graduation employment and salary information. Local school boards will be mandated to provide this "Know Before You Go" information to high school sophomores to help them make informed decisions about their postsecondary education and career paths. A grant program will be established to assist local boards in implementing these programs.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 31, 2025 Last action May 6, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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The bill was reformatted and renumbered from a filed version to Edition 1, with minor text adjustments to sponsor information and section numbering. The substantive policy content regarding career pathway data collection and the 'Know Before You Go' program remains unchanged.

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Header information was updated to reflect the bill's official title and session details, including adding primary sponsors and their referral status.

Section numbering was reorganized, inserting a new subsection (2a) about average tuition costs between completion rates and financial aid statistics.

Minor formatting adjustments were made throughout the document, including line breaks and spacing changes that do not affect the bill's legal meaning.

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Committee

May 6, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Appropriations

lower

May 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

3 primary · 9 co-sponsors