---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Counselors & Dropout Prevention/Study."
description: "School Counselors & Dropout Prevention/Study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 571"
citation: "North Carolina SB 571 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNSELING", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "REPORTS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STUDENTS", "STUDIES", "SEN. SWINDELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-15"
last_action: "2006-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/932f3f6f-c300-4aaa-9276-f525b523cb24"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S571&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1632476222bcc81abd39f8a4933aae9dc998c4b5a159792ac2342db04db3c28d"
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 571 (2005) — School Counselors & Dropout Prevention/Study.

## 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/S571v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S571v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S571v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S571v3.pdf)
5. **SL2006-176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S571v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-01** Ch. SL 2006-176 `became-law`
- **2006-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-18** Ratified
- **2006-07-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2006
- **2006-07-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2006-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2006
- **2006-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-06** 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`
- **2005-03-16** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/932f3f6f-c300-4aaa-9276-f525b523cb24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).