---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study Ways to Reduce Dropout Rate."
description: "Study Ways to Reduce Dropout Rate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 408"
citation: "North Carolina SB 408 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "SEN. BINGHAM", "CHAPTERED", "STUDENT DISCIPLINE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-03"
last_action: "2005-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17c8ca03-2a4d-428e-a7c0-a5bb05c6b21e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S408&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4ac185b223ac6b8191d57b7b08d6ef9f6ba866bd3bdacfded924fa6d4fcb5dd0"
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 408 (2005) — Study Ways to Reduce Dropout Rate.

## 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/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-12** Ch. SL 2005-271 `became-law`
- **2005-08-12** Signed By Gov. 8/12/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-04** Pres. To Gov. 8/4/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-03** Ratified
- **2005-08-02** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-28** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2005
- **2005-07-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-28** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2005
- **2005-07-28** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2005
- **2005-07-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-29** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-29** Rec From Senate
- **2005-03-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-07** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17c8ca03-2a4d-428e-a7c0-a5bb05c6b21e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).