House amendment adds the following new content and makes conforming changes to the act’s long title.

Part II.5.

Beginning with the 2025-26 academic year, does the following.

Increases the amount of the funds appropriated in a fiscal year for the Customized Training Program (CTP) that the State Board of Community Colleges (Board) is authorized to use for training and support under GS 115D-10.17(e), as enacted by the act, from 8% to 15% of those funds.  

Allows local community colleges to offer academic transition pathways for all high school students under GS 115D-30.1, as enacted by the act (was, junior and senior high school students in general and freshman and sophomores in specified topics). Allows local community colleges to offer career and college ready graduate pathways for math and English, as described, in the junior and senior years of high school. Authorizes the NC Community Colleges Systems Office (Office) to use up to 4% of the funds appropriated for the NC Career Coach Program, to be used for described administrative costs, in GS 115D-30.25, as enacted by the act. Requires the Board to evaluate the success rate of students in credit-bearing science courses, in addition to math courses and other listed courses in GS 115D-31.3. Repeals the described program in Section 10.13 of SL 2015-241 that introduced the college developmental mathematics and developmental reading and English curriculums in the high school senior year and provides opportunities for college remediation for students prior to high school graduation through cooperation with community college partners. Repeals provisions in Section 10.5 of SL 2016-94, Section 9.4 of SL 2018-5, and Section 3J.19 of SL 2024-57 pertaining to that program.