---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educ. Degree Not Req'd./Local Superintendent."
description: "Educ. Degree Not Req'd./Local Superintendent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 378"
citation: "North Carolina SB 378 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. DANNELLY", "SEN. GARWOOD", "SEN. MOORE", "SEN. CARPENTER", "SEN. GARROU", "SEN. HARTSELL", "SEN. LEE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-07"
last_action: "2001-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/566eec82-a6d0-4946-8ef8-ac92168b811e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S378&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7403283b2dda50c25a48f13e8a03f80a712d509b76f8776271b3e52771300fc3"
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 378 (2001) — Educ. Degree Not Req'd./Local Superintendent.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S378v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S378v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-174** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S378v3.pdf)

## Votes

- A3 Boyd-McIntyre\Third Reading — **34–82** (fail) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Moore, K — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-06-07** Ch. SL 2001-174 `became-law`
- **2001-06-07** Signed By Gov. 6/7/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-30** Pres. To Gov. 5/30/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-29** Ratified
- **2001-05-28** Concurred In H Amend #1& #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/28/2001
- **2001-05-24** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2001-05-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-23** Amend Failed #3 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-05-23** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-22** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-16** Postponed To 5/22/2001
- **2001-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2001
- **2001-05-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-17** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-08** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/566eec82-a6d0-4946-8ef8-ac92168b811e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).