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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina requires public and charter schools to allow part-time enrollment for nonpublic school students
Last action · April 14, 2025: Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Tricia Cotham and 5 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina public school administrative units and charter schools must allow students attending s to enroll part time in public school courses, programs, or services, effective July 1, 2025. The State Board of Education will allocate per-pupil funds to enrolling districts based on instructional time, supported by $270 million in recurring appropriations and $500,000 in nonrecurring administrative funds for the 2025-2026 .
students gain state-funded access to public school courses and services, altering funding allocations and administrative workloads for local school districts and charter schools starting in the 2025-2026 school year.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Students that attend nonpublic school
Nonpublic school students become eligible to enroll part time in public and charter schools to access specific courses, programs, and services.
Local school administrative units
Local school units must permit part-time enrollment, develop board policies, publish information online, and receive state per-pupil allocations for enrolled students.
Charter schools
Charter schools must allow part-time student enrollment, post policy information on their websites, and receive per-pupil allocations without those students counting toward enrollment growth caps.
Department of Public Instruction
The department receives and distributes $500,000 in nonrecurring administrative funds and $270 million in recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
Key Facts
- Local school administrative units and charter schools must allow nonpublic school students to enroll part time for any courses, programs, or services.
- Part-time students scheduled for instructional time equaling one-third or more of full-time equivalency receive 100 percent of the average per pupil allocation for average daily membership.
- Part-time students scheduled for instructional time equaling less than one-third of full-time equivalency receive 50 percent of the average per pupil allocation.
- Local boards of education must develop a part-time enrollment policy and publish it on their website.
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- Charter schools must make part-time enrollment information available on their website, and part-time students do not count toward charter school enrollment growth.
- The act appropriates $500,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for the 2025-2026 fiscal year for administrative costs.
- The act appropriates $270 million in recurring funds from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to fund part-time students.
- The law takes effect July 1, 2025, and applies to requests for the 2025-2026 school year.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 14, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 14, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Apr 10, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Expansion of Public School Access to Nonpublic Students
The measure establishes a statutory right for nonpublic school students to utilize public school courses and programs while receiving state funding support.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz50Current news / social attention level
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