---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public-Private Partnership for Schools."
description: "Public-Private Partnership for Schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 243"
citation: "North Carolina SB 243 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUDGETING", "CAPITAL SPENDING", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LEASING", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. STEVENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-07"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f776b882-e569-4d87-a8c5-c43871d9af3e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S243&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e12825db94938cc605404614547776e5b590ea9aad0f940ad829574f074f255c"
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 243 (2011) — Public-Private Partnership for Schools.

## 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/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S243v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S243v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S243v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S243v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-234 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-15** Ratified
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-08** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-08** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f776b882-e569-4d87-a8c5-c43871d9af3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).