Section 1.

Requires, in GS 115D-5 (concerning the administration of community colleges), the State Board of Community Colleges (SBCC) to coordinate with the State Board of Education (Board) to develop a series of courses to be offered at community colleges that align with the English, science, social studies, and mathematics graduation requirements developed by the Board to be attended by high school students dually enrolled in a community college and other community college students. Directs the courses to be organized so that one community 10 college course completion grants one full high school credit to fulfill a corresponding graduation requirement while continuing to align with Career and College Promise. Specifies that completion of the courses developed pursuant to the act does not constitute a completion of any end-of-course tests required to graduate.

Section 2.

Requires SBCC in collaboration with the Board to report the results of the course development described above to the specified NCGA committee by January 15, 2026. 

Section 3.

Lists six categories of community college courses and the corresponding high school requirements they fulfill until the SBCC and Board fulfill the course development requirements described in Section 1. Specifies that completion of these courses does not constitute the completion of any end-of-course tests required to graduate. Instructs that if the SBCC and the Board develop those courses by January 15 of an academic year, the courses will be offered starting the next academic year.  Expires upon the development of the courses described in Section 1, above and the reporting requirement described in Section 3.

Section 4.

Requires the Board to adopt a rule to modify the high school graduation requirements to require completion of NC Math 1 and 2 and two additional math courses that align with the student's postsecondary plans and to require that NC Math 3 and all other existing math courses continue to be offered by all high schools to the extent that there is sufficient student interest. Allows the Board to adopt emergency rules to implement the act prior to the start of the 2025-26 school year.