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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Study Ways to Reduce Dropout Rate."
+description: "Study Ways to Reduce Dropout Rate."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2005"
+identifier: "SB 408"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 408 (2005)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "SEN. BINGHAM", "CHAPTERED", "STUDENT DISCIPLINE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-03-03"
+last_action: "2005-08-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17c8ca03-2a4d-428e-a7c0-a5bb05c6b21e"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S408&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "4ac185b223ac6b8191d57b7b08d6ef9f6ba866bd3bdacfded924fa6d4fcb5dd0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
+---
+
+# North Carolina SB 408 (2005) — Study Ways to Reduce Dropout Rate.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v3.pdf)
+5. **SL2005-271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
+- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
+- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
+- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Blake — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
+- East — cosponsor (person)
+- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
+- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
+- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
+- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
+- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
+- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
+- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-08-12** Ch. SL 2005-271 `became-law`
+- **2005-08-12** Signed By Gov. 8/12/2005 `executive-signature`
+- **2005-08-04** Pres. To Gov. 8/4/2005 `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-08-03** Ratified
+- **2005-08-02** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2005-07-28** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2005
+- **2005-07-28** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2005-07-28** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2005
+- **2005-07-28** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2005-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2005-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2005
+- **2005-07-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2005-07-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-03-29** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
+- **2005-03-29** Rec From Senate
+- **2005-03-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2005-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-03-07** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
+- **2005-03-03** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17c8ca03-2a4d-428e-a7c0-a5bb05c6b21e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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