HB 655 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Ending Offensive Indian Mascots.

HB 655 prohibits North Carolina public schools and charter schools from using American Indian mascots. It requires the State Advisory Council to identify schools with such mascots and report this to the State Board of Education, which must then decide within 30 days whether to require a change. Schools must replace the mascots within two years of notification, with superintendents able to grant an additional year for implementation. Failure to comply results in withheld state funds for the superintendent’s salary (for public schools) or per-pupil funding (for charter schools). The law applies starting the 2025-2026 school year.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Apr 2025

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Introduced Apr 1, 2025 Last action Apr 2, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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The bill was reformatted from a draft version to the official first edition, updating the header information and sponsor list. The core policy text regarding the prohibition of offensive Indian mascots and the enforcement penalties for non-compliance remains substantively unchanged.

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No change in the scope or applicability of the bill; the policy targets remain the same.

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Updated the document title and session information from a draft identifier to the official 'House Bill 655' and 'First Edition' format.

Added a secondary sponsor, Representative Huneycutt, to the list of sponsors.

Removed draft-specific identifiers and preliminary header lines.

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Apr 2, 2025

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