---
type: "Bill"
title: "Suspended Students Ass'd to Alternative Progs."
description: "Suspended Students Ass'd to Alternative Progs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "North Carolina SB 71 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "DHHS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "FUNDING", "JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS", "JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPT.", "MINORS", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDENTS", "SEN. CARTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-05"
last_action: "2001-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/375b230a-f9d5-49b3-ac5c-9e2a88fdae7e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S71&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3ae16392f134787f8df60a6e57091ac9168fa228a0cb8291d26887f74a706379"
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 71 (2001) — Suspended Students Ass'd to Alternative Progs.

## 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/S71v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v5.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v6.pdf)
7. **SL 2001-178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S71v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **105–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, B — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-07** Ch. SL 2001-178 `became-law`
- **2001-06-07** Signed By Gov. 6/7/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-29** Pres. To Gov. 5/29/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-28** Ratified
- **2001-05-24** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-23** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2001
- **2001-05-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-05-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/22/2001
- **2001-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-11** Re-ref Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-04-10** Placed On Cal For 4/11/2001
- **2001-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-20** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-20** Rec From Senate
- **2001-03-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-03-15** Amend Adopted #4 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-14** Placed On Cal For 3/15/2001
- **2001-03-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-03-14** Amend Pending #3
- **2001-03-14** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-03-13** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-12** Placed On Cal For 3/13/2001
- **2001-03-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-03-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-03-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-06** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/375b230a-f9d5-49b3-ac5c-9e2a88fdae7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).