GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 615
Short Title: Enrollment Stability for Military Students. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Loftis, Potts, Lambeth, and Willis (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Education -
K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 1, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE MILITARY FAMILIES ADDITIONAL TIME TO PROVIDE PROOF 2
OF RESIDENCY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMEN T. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-366(a9) reads as rewritten: 5
"(a9) A student who is not a domiciliary of a local school administrative unit that resides 6
with a parent or legal guardian that is on active military duty shall be permitted to register to 7
enroll in the public schools of that unit by remote means, including electronic means, prior to 8
commencement of the student's residency in the local school administrative unit if all of the 9
following apply:subject to the following conditions: 10
(1) To be eligible to register to enroll prior to becoming a domiciliary, all of the 11
following conditions must be met: 12
a. A parent or legal guardian is on active military duty and (i) is 13
transferred or pending transfer pursuant to an official military order to 14
a military installation or reservation in the State.State or (ii) is 15
separating from active duty service within the next 12 months and 16
intends to establish residency in the State. 17
(2)b. Upon request by the local school administrative unit where the student 18
seeks to register to enroll, a parent or legal guardian provides (i) a copy 19
of the official military order transferring to a military installation or 20
reservation located in the State.State or (ii) an official military 21
document showing an anticipated date of separation. Each local school 22
administrative unit may determine the document or documents 23
sufficient to establish an anticipated date of separation so long as the 24
document required is easily accessible by the parent or legal guardian. 25
(3)c. A parent or legal guardian completes and submits the local school 26
administrative unit's required enrollment forms and documentation, 27
except that proof of residency and documentation related to 28
disciplinary actions pursuant to G.S. 115C-366(a4) shall not be 29
required until the student transfers into the local school administrative 30
unit, at which time they shall be required prior to commencing 31
attendance. 32
(2) Once registered to be enrolled, the following apply: 33 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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a. A local school administrative unit shall make available to a student 1
who registers to enroll pursuant to this subsection the same 2
opportunities available to a student enrolled contemporaneously with 3
domicilia, such as requesting or applying for school assignment, 4
registering for courses, and applying for any other programs that 5
require additional request or application. 6
b. A student enrolled pursuant to this subsection may not attend school 7
in the local school administrative unit until proof of residency is 8
provided in accordance with the requirements of the local school 9
administrative unit.the later of (i) one year from the parent or legal 10
guardian's reporting-for-duty or separation date or (ii) the end of the 11
school year in which the student began attending the school. The 12
parent or legal guardian shall provide proof of residency before the 13
expiration of the allotted period of attendance provided in this 14
sub-subdivision. 15
c. If a student begins attending a school pursuant to this subsection in 16
grade 11 or 12, the local school administrative unit shall extend the 17
period of attendance allowed under sub-subdivision b. of this 18
subdivision to allow the student to attend the school through high 19
school graduation. 20
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to curtail a local school administrative unit's 21
authority pursuant to G.S. 115C-366(a5)." 22
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 23
the 2025-2026 school year. 24