Conference report to the 3rd edition makes the following changes. Makes organizational changes.

Removes provisions to GS 115C-218.8 (nonmaterial revisions of charters) that would have considered expanding the school’s campus or establishing a noncontiguous satellite campus of school a nonmaterial change not requiring prior approval. Removes changes to GS 115C-218.105(a1) (state and local funds for a charter school) that specified that the amount to be allocated to each charter school that is equal to the average per pupil allocation for average daily membership from the local school administrative unit allotment in which the charter school is located, is to be based on the location pursuant to the school’s charter.

Removes the limitation set forth in GS 115C-218.106 that the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) must refer to funds available to provide a charter school access to any required financial data reporting platforms during the charter school's first year of operation at no cost to the charter school.

Instructs, for the 2025-27 fiscal biennium, DPI to use $82,100 per fiscal year of lapsed salary funds to provide dedicated operating funds for the Charter Schools Review Board, including funds for meeting expenses, non-employee travel and subsistence reimbursement, and legal services. Notwithstanding GS 143C-6-9, GS 147-17, and GS 114-2.3, specifies that legal counsel retained by the Review Board and funded pursuant to this section may provide litigation services to the Review Board.