---
type: "Bill"
title: "High-Need Schools/Additional Support."
description: "High-Need Schools/Additional Support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1479"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1479 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "LDC", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. DALTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-22"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f3d4fe8-2078-4bde-a34e-2bd1c24cdf0b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1479&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "312f601a3929556d53f8f48c64c39ff0cec1f01434ae64dc84b28b70cd913d5c"
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 1479 (2007) — High-Need Schools/Additional Support.

## 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/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1479v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1479v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1479v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1479v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1479v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1479v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-23** Ch. SL 2007-445 `became-law`
- **2007-08-23** Signed By Gov. 8/23/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 7/26/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-26** Ratified
- **2007-07-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-07-24** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-07-24** Placed On Cal For 7/24/2007
- **2007-07-24** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-07-24** Placed On Cal For 7/25/2007
- **2007-07-24** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-07-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-07-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-07-19** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2007-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2007
- **2007-07-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/11/2007
- **2007-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-09** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-26** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref to Education/Public Instruction. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f3d4fe8-2078-4bde-a34e-2bd1c24cdf0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).