North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H596: Standards Advisory Commission.
Status: In committee, April 1, 2025
What the bill says
An act to create the standard course of study advisory commission to recommend academic standards to the state board of education for approval.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO CREATE THE STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY ADVISORY COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND ACADEMIC STANDARDS TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR APPROVAL. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 115C-12(9c) reads as rewritten: "(9c) Power to Develop Content Standards. - The Board shall adopt the standard course of study as provided in Part 1 of Article 8 of this Chapter. a. The Board shall develop a comprehensive plan to revise content standards and the standard course of study in the core academic areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, geography, and civics. The Board shall involve and survey a representative sample of parents, teachers, and the public to help determine academic content standard priorities and usefulness of the content standards. A full review of available and relevant academic content standards that are rigorous, specific, sequenced, clear, focused, and measurable, whenever possible, shall be a part of the process of the development of content standards. The revised content standards developed in the core academic areas shall (i) reflect high expectations for students and an in-depth mastery of the content; (ii) be clearly grounded in the content of each academic area; (iii) be defined grade-by-grade and course-by-course; (iv) be understandable to parents and teachers; (v) be developed in full recognition of the time …
Sponsors
- Torbett, John A. (R, 108) · primary sponsor
- Blackwell, Hugh (R, 86) · primary sponsor
- Ward, Bill (R, 5)
Latest actions
- : Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: COURSE OF STUDY COMN., COUNCIL OF STATE, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, EDUCATION, SPEAKER, MEMBERSHIP, CURRICULUM, BOARDS
Common questions
- What is H596?
- H596 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Standards Advisory Commission.
- What does H596 do?
- In its own words: An act to create the standard course of study advisory commission to recommend academic standards to the state board of education for approval.
- What is the status of H596?
- In committee as of April 1, 2025. Latest action: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (April 1, 2025).
- Who sponsored H596?
- Torbett, John A. (R, 108), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H596?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H596
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