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type: "Bill"
title: "Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021."
description: "Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 387"
citation: "North Carolina SB 387 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CURRICULUM", "EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "KINDERGARTEN", "LITERACY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "STATE BOARD OF", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STUDENTS", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard", "Berger"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-29"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9480e7ac-8e1c-4265-846f-ed540b402b31"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S387"
source_hash: "37c0cac24e960b9f65e08a18a536dff798c1663b796628b69c585c8a3136540c"
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 387 (2021) — Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S387v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABN-19-V-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/2195/0/S387-ABN-19-V-8)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S387v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S387v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S387v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S387v4.pdf)
## Votes
- Second Reading — **480** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **1135** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ballard — primary (person)
- Berger — primary (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Galey — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-04-09** Ch. SL 2021-8 `became-law`
- **2021-04-09** Signed by Gov. 4/9/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01** Pres. To Gov. 4/1/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** Ratified
- **2021-04-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-04-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Added to Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-31** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2021-03-31** Special Message Sent To House
- **2021-03-31** Engrossed
- **2021-03-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9480e7ac-8e1c-4265-846f-ed540b402b31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).