Bill Summary for H 918 (2025-2026)
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AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLABORATORY TO STUDY THE INCLUSION OF THE CLASSIC LEARNING TEST AMONG STANDARDIZED TESTS CONSIDERED FOR UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION AND THE AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS AT CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.Intro. by Blackwell, Torbett, Willis.
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Part I
Enacts GS 116-11.5, setting minimum standardized testing requirements for admission and scholarships at the University of North Carolina constituent institutions. Specifies that if an institution requires or permits an applicant to submit a standardized test score from any of the SAT, the ACT, or a test known as the Classic Learning Test (CLT), then it must permit an applicant to submit a score from the other two tests. Requires that if the institution sets a minimum score for one of the tests, it must accept a concordant minimum score on any of the other two tests. Applicable beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year.
Part II
Amends GS 115C-174.18 to require that students in eighth through tenth grades who are eligible must be given an opportunity to take the CLT10 test, in addition to the existing requirement for the PSAT/NMSQT or the PreACT test. Makes corresponding changes to the title of the part and the statute. Applicable beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year.