GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 21 SENATE BILL 507 Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 4/2/25 Short Title:

Senators Lee, Corbin, and Overcash (Primary Sponsors).

Rules and Operations of the Senate March 26, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO EXPAND AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT IN ADVANCED COURSES IN K-12 SCHOOLS TO INCLUDE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS COURSES.

*S507-v-2**S507-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (b1) When a high school mathematics course is offered in eighth grade, a student in seventh grade scoring at the highest level on the seventh grade mathematics end-of-grade test shall be enrolled in a high school level mathematics course in eighth grade.

(e) No student who qualifies for advanced learning opportunities or advanced courses under this section shall be removed from the advanced learning opportunity or advanced course provided to the student unless a parent or guardian of the student provides written consent for the student to be excluded or removed after being adequately informed that the student's placement was determined by the student's achievement on the previous end-of-grade or end-of-course test.

Local boards of education mayprovidemay provide supplemental content enrichment, which mayincludemay include the administration of diagnostic assessments, to students enrolled in advanced courses." SECTION 2.

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