---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC School of Science & Math/Budget Flexibility."
description: "NC School of Science & Math/Budget Flexibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 879"
citation: "North Carolina SB 879 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SEN. LUCAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-03"
last_action: "2001-10-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61832b7e-4e84-4a52-a112-51ce4073533e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S879&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8de3e66569c56efcd3384c3bc1594bcb0753cf1f133b19b61c1e6594d6ee4c16"
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 879 (2001) — NC School of Science & Math/Budget Flexibility.

## 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/S879v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S879v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S879v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S879v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S879v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **97–6** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-20** Ch. SL 2001-449 `became-law`
- **2001-10-20** Signed By Gov. 10/20/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-15** Pres. To Gov. 10/12/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-10-11** Ratified
- **2001-10-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-10-03** Postponed To 10/4/2001
- **2001-10-02** Placed On Cal For 10/3/2001
- **2001-09-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-09-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-13** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-19** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-17** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-17** Amendment Withdrawn #1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2001-04-17** Reconsidered Adoption
- **2001-04-17** Reconsidered 2nd Reading
- **2001-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-16** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-04** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61832b7e-4e84-4a52-a112-51ce4073533e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).