North Carolina SB 133: Rate-Making Amendments.-AB

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025

SESSION LAW 2025-62
SENATE BILL 133

*S133-v-4*
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO
SOLICIT A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ALL COMMUNITY
COLLEGES, TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES SYSTEM
OFFICE, AND TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE GENERAL STATUTES
RELATED TO THE NORTH CAROLINA LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

PART I. COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
SECTION 1.(a) The State Board of Community Colleges shall conduct a
competitive solicitation, including a request for information or a request for proposals, to provide
a learning management system to all community colleges. The competitive solicitation shall be
completed by December 31, 2025, and the transition to the new learning management system
shall be completed by December 31, 2027. Answers to the competitive solicitation shall include
information on how the learning management system would align with the learning management
systems (i) offered by the Department of Public Instruction to local school administrative units
and (ii) used by the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina.
SECTION 1.(b) By December 31, 2025, the State Board shall report to the Senate
Appropriations Committee on Education/Higher Education, the House Appropriations
Committee on Education, and the Fiscal Research Division on the information received.

PART II. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXEMPTION
SECTION 2. G.S. 143B-1320 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B-1320. Definitions; scope; exemptions.
(a) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this Article:
(1) CGIA. – Center for Geographic Information and Analysis.
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(17) State agency or agency. – Any agency, department, institution, commission,
committee, board, division, bureau, office, unit, officer, or official of the State.
The term does not include the legislative or judicial branches of government
government, the Community Colleges System Office, or The University of
North Carolina.
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(b) Exemptions. – Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the provisions of
this Chapter do not apply to the following entities: the General Assembly, the Judicial
Department, the Community Colleges System Office, and The University of North Carolina and
its constituent institutions. These entities may elect to participate in the information technology
programs, services, or contracts offered by the Department, including information technology
procurement, in accordance with the statutes, policies, and rules of the Department. The election
must be made in writing, as follows:
(1) For the General Assembly, by the Legislative Services Commission.

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(2) For the Judicial Department, by the Chief Justice.
(2a) For the Community Colleges System Office, by the State Board of
Community Colleges.
(3) For The University of North Carolina, by the Board of Governors.
(4) For the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina, by the
respective boards of trustees.
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PART III. NORTH CAROLINA LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEM
SECTION 3.(a) Chapter 116E of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:
"Chapter 116E.
"Education North Carolina Longitudinal Data System.
"§ 116E-1. Definitions.
(1) "Center" means the Center. – The Governmental Data Analytics Center as
established in Part 8 of Article 15 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes.
(1a) CJIS. – The federal Criminal Justice Information Systems in 28 C.F.R. Part
20.
(2) "De-identified data" means a De-identified data. – A data set in which parent
and student identity information, including the unique student identifier and
student social security number, has been removed.
(3) "FERPA" means the FERPA. – The federal Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g.
(3a) HIPAA. – The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996.
(3c) IDEA. – The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §
1400, et seq.
(3h) Public school unit. – As defined in G.S. 115C-5.
(4) "Student data" means data Student data. – Data relating to student
performance. Student data includes State and national assessments, course
enrollment and completion, grade point average, remediation, retention,
degree, diploma or credential attainment, enrollment, discipline records, and
demographic data. Student data does not include juvenile delinquency records,
criminal records, and medical and health records.
(5) "System" means the System. – The North Carolina Longitudinal Data
System.System, including components referred to as the North Carolina
Longitudinal Data Service.
(6) "Unique Student Identifier" or "UID" means the Unique Student Identifier or
UID. – The identifier assigned to each student by one of the following:
a. A local school administrative unit public school unit based on the
identifier system devel