North Carolina HB 415: Hatteras Village Community Center District.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 415
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/6/25

Short Title: Modify Math & Social Studies Grad. Req. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
March 18, 2025
*H415-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REMOVE THE MATH III GRADUATION REQUIREMENT, TO MODIFY THE 2
HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, TO REQUIRE 3
ADDITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION FOR CERTAIN 4
STUDENTS, TO REQUIRE A HIGH SCHOOL UNITED STATES HISTORY TEST, TO 5
MODIFY THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES HIGH SCHOOL COURSE REQUIREMENTS, 6
AND TO REQUIRE THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA'S CONSTITUENT 7
INSTITUTIONS TO ALIGN MINIMUM ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS WITH THE 8
MATHEMATICS REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. 9
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 10
SECTION 1.(a) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the State Board of 11
Education shall not require any student to complete NC Math III as one of the four required 12
mathematics courses for high school graduation. 13
SECTION 1.(b) Public school units shall encourage all students to complete 14
additional mathematics courses beyond the required courses. Public school units shall encourage 15
students who are interested in pursuing advanced degrees to work with school counselors to 16
determine a sequence of mathematics courses that would make them most competitive for 17
admission to an institution of higher education. NC Math III and all other math courses existing 18
on the effective date of this act shall continue to be made available to all high school students. 19
SECTION 1.(c) The State Board of Education may adopt emergency rules in 20
accordance with G.S. 150B-21.1A to implement this section for the 2025-2026 school year. 21
SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 115C-83.31(a) reads as rewritten: 22
"(a) The State Board of Education shall require the following for high school graduation: 23
(1) Successful completion of instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation as 24
provided in G.S. 115C-81.25(c)(10). 25
(2) A passing grade in the semester course on the Founding Principles of the 26
United States of America and the State of North Carolina described in 27
G.S. 115C-81.45(d)(1).To meet the four credits required for social studies, a 28
passing grade in each of the following courses: 29
a. World History. 30
b. United States History. 31
c. Founding Principles of the United States of America and North 32
Carolina: Civic Literacy, as provided in G.S. 115C-81.45(d)(1). 33
d. Economics and Personal Finance, as provided in G.S. 115C-81.65. 34
(3) A passing grade in a computer science course as provided in 35
G.S. 115C-81.90(c). The computer science course shall fulfill one credit that 36

General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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is not an English, mathematics, science, or social studies credit. Students 1
enrolling in a public high school in this State after completion of the eleventh 2
grade shall be exempt from this requirement.To meet the four credits required 3
for mathematics, a passing grade in each of the following courses: 4
a. NC Math I. 5
b. NC Math II. 6
c. Computer Science, as provided in G.S. 115C-81.90. Students 7
enrolling in a public high school in this State after completion of the 8
eleventh grade are exempt from this requirement. 9
d. A fourth mathematics course aligned with the student's career 10
development plan completed in accordance with G.S. 115C-158.10. 11
(4) A passing score on the United States History test adopted by the State Board 12
of Education pursuant to G.S. 115C-174.11(c)(1a)." 13
SECTION 2.(b) G.S. 115C-174.11(c) reads as rewritten: 14
"(c) Annual Testing Program. – 15
(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt the tests for grades three through 12 16
that are required by federal law or as a condition of a federal grant. These tests 17
shall be designed to measure progress toward reading, communication skills, 18
and mathematics for grades three through eight, and toward competencies for 19
grades nine through 12. Students who do not pass the tests adopted for eighth 20
grade shall be provided remedial instruction in the ninth grade. 21
(1a) The State Board of Education shall adopt a test for the United States History 22
course required by G.S. 115C-83.31 composed of questions from the pool of 23
publicly available questions to be used for the civics test given by the U.S. 24
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as part of the naturalization 25
interview and test issued by USCIS. The State Board shall determine the 26
format of the test and the number of questions to be included in the test. 27
(2) If the State Board of Education finds that additional testing in grades three 28
through 12 is desirable to allow comparisons with national indicators of 29
student achievement, that testing shall be conducted with the smallest size 30
sample of students necessary to assure valid comparisons with other states. 31
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SECTION 2.(c) This sectio