---
type: "Bill"
title: "Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate."
description: "Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1246"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1246 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. DAVIS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-19"
last_action: "2010-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c51abcf-91ea-4c11-ae7f-9c5ae93bf0bb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1246&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "327b6d3c5dcb6f104b29fde0aa8c22f4ece24a921f6b5a9484c5be1e88f31bba"
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 1246 (2009) — Four-Year Cohort Graduation 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1246v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARJ-15-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2616/0/S1246-ARJ-15-V-1)
3. **A2: ARQ-39-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2617/0/S1246-ARQ-39-V-5)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1246v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1246v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1246v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1246v4.pdf)
8. **SL2010-111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1246v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- A2 Blackwell\Third Reading — **106–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-20** Ch. SL 2010-111 `became-law`
- **2010-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-07** Ratified
- **2010-07-06** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2010
- **2010-07-02** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-07-02** Rec From House
- **2010-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-01** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-30** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2010
- **2010-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-08** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-20** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c51abcf-91ea-4c11-ae7f-9c5ae93bf0bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).