SB 439

North Carolina Senate bill in Session 2025.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: March 25, 2025.

Moratorium on Opportunity Scholarships.

Bill ID NC-2025-SB-439
Session 2025
Status in_committee
Committee Rules and Operations of the Senate
Senate in_committee 2025-03-25
Education
Summary

Prevents the State Education Assistance Authority (Authority) from awarding any Opportunity Scholarship grants to new persons who did not receive those grants in the prior school year, starting with the 2025-26 school year. Specifies the General Assembly’s intent to eliminate the program beginning in the 2037-38 school year or once all recipients become ineligible for receipt of the scholarship grants.

Sponsor
Val Applewhite
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2025-03-24 Introduced Bill introduced
2025-03-25 Status in_committee
2025-03-25 Latest Action Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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