Requires the UNC Board of Governors (BOG) and the State Board of Community Colleges (Board), by March 1, 2018, to develop an articulation agreement for the transfer of credits earned for an associate degree in an early childhood education program at a community college toward a baccalaureate degree in an early childhood education program at a constituent institution for the purposes of the student obtaining teacher licensure in the area of early education. Requires that the agreement apply to all community college campuses and constituent institutions with early childhood education programs. Allows the agreement to include that the community college student transferring credit and enrolling in the constituent institution has a minimum grade point average and a minimum Praxis I score.

Requires the BOG and Board, by April 15, 2018, to report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the development of the articulation agreement and the plan for implementation of the agreement. Specifies that the systemwide articulation agreement for early childhood education programs entered into between the University of North Carolina and the Community College System applies beginning with the 2018‑19 academic year.