SB 579 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Transforming the High School Experience.

SB 579 aims to transform the high school experience in North Carolina. It establishes the North Carolina High School Redesign Commission, tasked with exploring and recommending changes to high school and higher education policies to better prepare students for college or the workforce. The Commission will examine areas like flexible diploma requirements, work-based learning, industry credentials, and personalized, competency-based learning pathways. The bill also creates the Competency-Based High School and Healthcare and High-Tech Pathways Program. This program, initially involving the Mooresville Graded School District and Mitchell Community College, will develop competency-based pathways for students to earn associate degrees or industry credentials, with an initial emphasis on healthcare.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

Edition 1 → Edition 2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill revision primarily involves technical formatting and organizational changes rather than substantive policy modifications. The document was renumbered from Edition 1 to Edition 2, with the title page updated to reflect committee adoption on 4/30/25. Minor text adjustments were made to the legislative intent section and commission membership appointment language, but the core provisions regarding commission structure, duties, and reporting requirements remain substantively unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Page numbering and session information were reorganized from Edition 1 to Edition 2 format, with the Education/Higher Education Committee adoption date added.

The legislative intent section was updated to clarify that appropriations will provide legislative intent regarding amounts and uses, rather than appropriating funds directly.

Minor wording adjustments were made to commission membership appointment language, changing 'commissioners to be appointed' to 'members to be appointed' for consistency.

The commission chair election language was slightly reworded to clarify that members appointed by the chair will be appointed after the chair is elected, rather than before.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 30, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Com Substitute Adopted

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reptd Fav Com Substitute

upper

Apr 28, 2025

Committee

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

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 5 co-sponsors