SB 507 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Auto Enrollment in Advanced ELA Courses.

SB 507 requires North Carolina public schools to automatically enroll students who score at the highest level on standardized math or English Language Arts (ELA) tests in advanced courses for the next grade level. This applies to students in grades 3-5 for math and grades 6+ for both subjects, with parents able to opt out via written consent after being informed of the placement basis. The bill expands an existing policy (previously only for math) to include ELA courses and mandates annual demographic reporting to the legislature on enrollment patterns. It takes effect for the 2025-2026 school year.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Last action Apr 14, 2025

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What changed between versions

Edition 1 → Edition 2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill version update primarily involves technical formatting changes and a minor substantive amendment to the eligibility criteria for advanced course placement. The most significant policy change expands the testing basis for determining student placement from only end-of-grade tests to include both end-of-grade and end-of-course tests, potentially broadening the scope of assessments used for auto-enrollment decisions.

Scope change

The bill's applicability was slightly expanded to include end-of-course tests alongside end-of-grade tests when determining student placement in advanced courses, potentially affecting more students and schools.

ELIGIBILITY

Expanded the testing criteria for student placement in advanced courses to include both end-of-grade tests and end-of-course tests, rather than only end-of-grade tests.

TECHNICAL

Updated document versioning from S507-v-1 to S507-v-2 and changed edition references from First Edition to Second Edition.

Added Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 4/2/25 designation and adjusted page numbering and session formatting.

Removed original sponsor and referral information that was likely placeholder text before committee adoption.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 9, 2025

How they voted

47–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 50

Apr 9, 2025

D Democratic20

18 Yea 2

90% Yea

R Republican30

29 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed 3rd Reading

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reptd Fav

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Com Substitute Adopted

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reptd Fav Com Substitute

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Committee

Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

upper

Mar 26, 2025

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

upper

Mar 25, 2025

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 5 co-sponsors