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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Various Education Changes."
+description: "Various Education Changes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 78"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 78 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMPUTERS", "CURRICULUM", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATIONAL TESTING", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATE SCHOOLS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "RESIDENCY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "STEM", "STUDENTS", "TESTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "TUITION", "UNC", "VETERANS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "Clemmons", "Elmore"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-11"
+last_action: "2021-08-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eae8e55-0826-45f7-9d86-a2fab2302e8f"
+source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H78"
+source_hash: "71f24e29e3f83b6f8895dc673d1b6211f561032593d801416208159e8efaab01"
+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 HB 78 (2021) — Various Education Changes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H78v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H78v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H78v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H78v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H78v4.pdf)
+6. **SL 2021-111** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H78v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- M11 Concur — **112–2** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blackwell — primary (person)
+- Clemmons — primary (person)
+- Elmore — primary (person)
+- Ager — cosponsor (person)
+- Alston — cosponsor (person)
+- Ball — cosponsor (person)
+- Belk — cosponsor (person)
+- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Butler — cosponsor (person)
+- Carney — cosponsor (person)
+- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
+- Farkas — cosponsor (person)
+- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- Gill — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
+- John — cosponsor (person)
+- Logan — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
+- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Morey — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-08-23** Ch. SL 2021-111 `became-law`
+- **2021-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2021 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-08-13** Pres. To Gov. 8/13/2021 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-08-12** Ratified
+- **2021-08-11** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2021-08-11** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-08-11** Added to Calendar
+- **2021-08-11** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
+- **2021-08-10** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
+- **2021-08-10** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2021-08-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-08-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-08-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-08-04** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2021-08-04** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2021-08-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-07-15** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2021-07-15** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2021-02-24** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-24** Special Message Received From House
+- **2021-02-24** Special Message Sent To Senate
+- **2021-02-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-23** Placed On Cal For 02/24/2021
+- **2021-02-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2021-02-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-16** Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-11** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eae8e55-0826-45f7-9d86-a2fab2302e8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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