---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assistance to LEAs on Implementation of NCLB."
description: "Assistance to LEAs on Implementation of NCLB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 797"
citation: "North Carolina HB 797 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "REP. PRESTON", "REP. WARNER", "REP. WOMBLE", "REP. YONGUE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. ROSS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Preston", "Ross", "Yongue"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-27"
last_action: "2003-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e4d0bd8-f1ef-48c7-b7f0-eb463c124d8b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H797&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "213f0fe8066c0d08511ed98cd1600198bbbd631290c6e3a0116469850c7b2cae"
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 797 (2003) — Assistance to LEAs on Implementation of NCLB.

## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H797v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H797v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H797v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H797v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-419** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H797v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Preston — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Yongue — primary (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bonner — cosponsor (person)
- C. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Gorman — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-14** Ch. SL 2003-419 `became-law`
- **2003-08-14** Signed By Gov. 8/14/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-04** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-28** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Rec From House
- **2003-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/24/2003
- **2003-04-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-31** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e4d0bd8-f1ef-48c7-b7f0-eb463c124d8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).