North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S715: Student Voter ID Grant Program/CCs.
Status: Introduced, March 26, 2025
What the bill says
An act to appropriate funds to require the state board of community colleges to establish the student voter identification grant program and to encourage community colleges to apply for grants under the program.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO ESTABLISH THE STUDENT VOTER IDENTIFICATION GRANT PROGRAM AND TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO APPLY FOR GRANTS UNDER THE PROGRAM. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year for the State Board of Community Colleges to establish the Student Voter Identification Grant Program (Program) to provide grants to community colleges of up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per community college to upgrade necessary equipment and facilities to produce student identification cards that can be used to vote in person in accordance with G.S. 163-166.16. The State Board shall develop a process for receiving applications from community colleges and award grants no later than August 15, 2025, to any community college that submits a reasonable and timely plan for the expenditure of funds consistent with the purposes of the Program. No community college shall receive more than one grant under the Program. No later than February 15, 2026, the System Office shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the identity of the community colleges receiving grants under the Program and …
Sponsors
- Meyer, Graig (D, 23) · primary sponsor
- Murdock, Natalie S. (D, 20) · primary sponsor
- Applewhite, Val (D, 19)
- Chitlik, Sophia (D, 22)
- Mohammed, Mujtaba A. (D, 38)
- Robinson, Gladys A. (D, 28)
- Smith, Kandie D. (D, 5)
- Waddell, Joyce (D, 40)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: COMMUNITY COLLEGES, ELECTIONS, STATE BOARD OF, COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD, EDUCATION, STUDENTS, BOARDS, ID SYSTEMS, COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Common questions
- What is S715?
- S715 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Student Voter ID Grant Program/CCs.
- What does S715 do?
- In its own words: An act to appropriate funds to require the state board of community colleges to establish the student voter identification grant program and to encourage community colleges to apply for grants under the program.
- What is the status of S715?
- Introduced as of March 26, 2025. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (March 26, 2025).
- Who sponsored S715?
- Meyer, Graig (D, 23), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S715?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S715
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