EXPEDITE SURPLUS PROP./SCHOLAR PATH (NEW).

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2025-2026 Session
House Bill 150 (Public) Filed Monday, February 17, 2025
AN ACT TO ALLOW CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND STATE AGENCIES TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS TO OBTAIN SURPLUS AND DECOMMISSIONED FEDERAL MATERIAL AND PROPERTY AND TO REQUIRE THAT CERTAIN FUNDS BE ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION FOR A TWELFTH GRADE TRANSITION PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN INDIAN EDUCATION STUDENTS.
Intro. by Johnson.

Status: Re-ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Apr 17 2025)

SOG comments (1):

Long title change

Previous title was AN ACT TO ALLOW CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS TO OBTAIN SURPLUS AND DECOMMISSIONED FEDERAL MATERIAL AND PROPERTY.

Bill History:

H 150

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 15 2025 - View Summary

    House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

    Amends new GS 143-64.5A by no longer specifying that the provisions of Part 2 of the Article do not apply to educational organizations, to the extent set out in the statute. 

    Enacts new GS 143-64.5B allowing State agencies (any board, bureau, commission, department, institution, or agency of the State), notwithstanding Part 2 of the Article (designating the Department of Administration as the state agency for federal surplus property), to obtain decommissioned and surplus material and property under contracts and agreements with the federal government or it's departments or agencies as long as the material and property is intended to promote public safety. 

    Reallocates $5 million appropriated to the Department of Public Instruction to contract with MyScholar, to the Department of Administration to be used by the Commission on Indian Affairs to contract with MyScholar to support the ScholarPath platform in developing the Twelfth Grade Transition program. 

    Makes conforming changes to the act's titles. 


  • Summary date: Feb 17 2025 - View Summary

    Enacts new GS 143-64.5A to exempt educational organizations from the provisions of Part 2, Article 3A of Chapter 143 (designating the Department of Administration as the state agency for federal surplus property) if they are obtaining decommissioned and surplus material and property from the federal government, as long as the material/property is intended to be used for educational purposes. Defines educational organization as an organization with education as its primary purpose and that is a nonprofit, not-for-profit, or 501(c)(3) tax exempt entity.