North CarolinaSB 2542025-2026 SessionSenateWALLET

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR POSSESSING ANY EXPLOSIVE OR INCENDIARY DEVICE OR MATERIAL IF CIRCUMSTANCES INDICATE THE DEVICE OR MATERIAL WILL BE USED TO COMMIT A CRIME.

Sponsored By: Paul Newton (Republican), Jr. Danny Earl Britt (Republican), Warren Daniel (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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7 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.

Remote charters get faster approval, separate grades

Remote charter academies that enroll or plan to enroll 250 or more students can seek a separate charter through an expedited review, with no planning year required. Remote academies are treated as separate schools and receive their own school performance grades. The State must evaluate these academies and report results each year by November 15. These rules take effect July 29, 2025.

Tougher oversight and funding penalties

The State Board can withhold or cut state payments to a charter school after enrollment or system‑wide allocation changes. It can also do so for material violations of a charter, violations of law, termination or nonrenewal, poor fiscal management, or misuse of state or federal funds. The Charter Schools Review Board must make any charter labeled low‑performing or continually low‑performing write and report an improvement plan. These rules apply starting July 29, 2025.

Charter schools can move nearby

A charter school can relocate within a 10‑mile radius without Review Board approval, as long as it stays in the same local school administrative unit. This reduces delays for local moves. The rule starts July 29, 2025.

Simpler charter funding checks and payments

The state now uses one standard form to verify enrollment for local per‑pupil funds. The form only asks for name, age, grade, address, enrollment and withdrawal dates, district of residence, and student ID. Local payments should be sent by electronic transfer when possible. Local funders cannot add extra conditions beyond the school’s written charter. New charter schools get free access to required financial reporting platforms in their first year. These changes start July 29, 2025.

Stronger charter oversight boards and funding

The State Board of Education adopts all charter rules and only after the Charter Schools Review Board recommends or approves them. The Review Board can set policies, conduct hearings, and hire private legal counsel without some usual approvals, and its counsel may handle litigation under this law. The Department of Public Instruction provides $82,100 each fiscal year in 2025–2027 from lapsed salary funds for the Board’s meetings, nonemployee travel, and legal services. These changes start July 29, 2025, and the funding runs through June 30, 2027.

Charter schools set teacher evaluations

Charter schools may use their own teacher evaluation systems. The evaluations must use standards similar to the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards or other standards required of local districts. This can change how teachers are reviewed at a charter. The change starts July 29, 2025.

No class rank on transcripts

Charter schools are not required to list class rank on any student transcript or record, even if other laws mention it. This takes effect July 29, 2025.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Cosponsors

Jim Burgin
Republican • Senate
Jr. David W. Craven
Republican • Senate
Norman W. Sanderson
Republican • Senate