---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand Bd. of Trustees/Sch. of Science & Math."
description: "Expand Bd. of Trustees/Sch. of Science & Math."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 878"
citation: "North Carolina HB 878 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "EDUCATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SCIENCE/MATH SCHOOL BOARD", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "UNC", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jordan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2015-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14f91ee0-526a-4770-9f5c-4a60dfedfcfc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H878&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0c6cac1f39335405e49937709fd2ea3c483ae4c35963c27278ecd725fd08c06e"
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 HB 878 (2015) — Expand Bd. of Trustees/Sch. of Science & Math.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H878v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H878v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H878v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H878v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-30** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H878v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jordan — primary (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- L. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-05-21** Ch. SL 2015-30 `became-law`
- **2015-05-21** Signed by Gov. 5/21/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-19** Pres. To Gov. 5/19/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-18** Ratified
- **2015-05-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-07** Re-ref Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Ref To Com On Education - K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14f91ee0-526a-4770-9f5c-4a60dfedfcfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).