North Carolina HB 832: Expand Pharmacists' Immunizing Authority.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 3
HOUSE BILL 832
Senate Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 6/12/25
Third Edition Engrossed 6/19/25

Short Title: Education Omnibus. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 10, 2025
*H832-v-3*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO MAKE CHANGES TO VARIOUS EDUCATION LAWS. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
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PART I. EXPAND AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT IN ADVANCED COURSES IN K-12 5
SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS COURSES 6
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 115C-81.36 reads as rewritten: 7
"§ 115C-81.36. Advanced courses in mathematics.mathematics and English Language 8
Arts. 9
(a) When practicable, local boards of education shall offer advanced learning 10
opportunities in mathematics in grades three through five, and advanced courses in mathematics 11
in all grades six and higher. For the purposes of this section, advanced learning opportunities are 12
those services and curricular modifications in mathematics and English Language Arts for 13
academically or intellectually gifted students approved as part of the local plan, as required by 14
G.S. 115C-150.7.G.S. 115C-150.7, and advanced courses are advanced courses in mathematics 15
and English Language Arts. 16
(a1) When advanced learning opportunities are offered in mathematics in grades three 17
through five, any student scoring at the highest level on the corresponding end-of-grade test shall, 18
for the next school year, be provided advanced learning opportunities in mathematics approved 19
for that student's grade level. No student who qualifies under this subsection shall be removed 20
from the advanced learning opportunity provided to the student unless a parent or guardian of the 21
student provides written consent for the student to be excluded or removed after being adequately 22
informed that the student's placement was determined by the student's achievement on the 23
previous end-of-grade test. 24
(b) When advanced courses are offered in mathematics in grades six and higher, any 25
student scoring at the highest level on the corresponding end-of-grade or end-of-course test for 26
the mathematics course in which the student was most recently enrolled shall be enrolled in the 27
advanced course for the next mathematics course in which the student is enrolled. A student in 28
seventh grade scoring at the highest level on the seventh grade mathematics end-of-grade test 29
shall be enrolled in a high school level mathematics course in eighth grade. Local boards of 30
education may provide supplemental content enrichment, which may include the administration 31
of diagnostic assessments, to students enrolled in a high school level mathematics course. No 32
student who qualifies under this subsection shall be removed from the advanced or high school 33
mathematics course in which the student is enrolled unless a parent or guardian of the student 34
provides written consent for the student to be excluded or removed from that course after being 35

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adequately informed that the student's placement was determined by the student's achievement 1
on the previous end-of-grade or end-of-course test. 2
(b1) When a high school mathematics course is offered in eighth grade, a student in 3
seventh grade scoring at the highest level on the seventh grade mathematics end-of-grade test 4
shall be enrolled in a high school level mathematics course in eighth grade. 5
(c) By December 15, 2020, and annually thereafter, the The Department of Public 6
Instruction shall submit a report annually by December 15 to the Joint Legislative Education 7
Oversight Committee containing data collected for the current school year on the number and 8
demographics number, demographics, and socioeconomic status of students who were eligible 9
for advanced mathematics courses under this section, including high school level mathematics 10
courses in eighth grade, and of those students, the number and demographics number, 11
demographics, and socioeconomic status of those who were placed in advanced mathematics 12
courses and were not placed in advanced mathematics courses. The report shall include 13
information on the type and format of advanced mathematics courses provided and shall also 14
include any feedback provided by local boards of education on the implementation of this section. 15
(d) The Department of Public Instruction shall provide guidance to local boards of 16
education on how to best develop programming and courses to ensure all impacted students 17
receive rigorous, academically appropriate instruction in mathematics.mathematics and English 18
Language Arts. 19
(e) No student who qualifies for advanced learning opportunities or advanced courses 20
under this section shall be removed from the advanced learning opportunity or advanced course 21
provided to the student unless a parent or guardian of the student provides written co