GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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SENATE BILL 133
Short Title: NCCCS Learning Management System. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Lee, Overcash, and Corbin (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
February 24, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FO R THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO 2
SOLICIT A LEARNING M ANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ALL COMMUNITY 3
COLLEGES AND TO ADD THE COMMUNITY COLLEG ES SYSTEM OFFICE TO THE 4
LIST OF ENTITIES EXEMPTED IN G.S. 143B-1320. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1.(a) The State Board of Community Colleges shall conduct a 7
competitive solicitation, including a request for information or a request for proposals, to provide 8
a learning management system to all community colleges. The competitive solicitation shall be 9
completed by December 31, 2025. Answers to the competitive solicitation shall include 10
information on how the learning management system would align with the learning management 11
systems (i) offered by the Department of Public Instruction to local school administrative units 12
and (ii) used by the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina. 13
SECTION 1.(b) By December 31, 2025, the State Board shall report to the Senate 14
Appropriations Committee on Education/Higher Education, the House Appropriations 15
Committee on Education, and the Fiscal Research Division on the information received. 16
SECTION 2. G.S. 143B-1320 reads as rewritten: 17
"§ 143B-1320. Definitions; scope; exemptions. 18
(a) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this Article: 19
(1) CGIA. – Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. 20
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(17) State agency or agency. – Any agency, department, institution, commission, 22
committee, board, division, bureau, office, unit, officer, or official of the State. 23
The term does not include the legislative or judicial branches of government 24
government, the Community Colleges System Office, or The University of 25
North Carolina. 26
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(b) Exemptions. – Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the provisions of 28
this Chapter do not apply to the following entities: the General Assembly, the Judicial 29
Department, the Community Colleges System Office, and The University of North Carolina and 30
its constituent institutions. These entities may elect to participate in the information technology 31
programs, services, or contracts offered by the Department, including information technology 32
procurement, in accordance with the statutes, policies, and rules of the Department. The election 33
must be made in writing, as follows: 34
(1) For the General Assembly, by the Legislative Services Commission. 35
(2) For the Judicial Department, by the Chief Justice. 36 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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(2a) For the Community Colleges System Office, by the State Board of 1
Community Colleges. 2
(3) For The University of North Carolina, by the Board of Governors. 3
(4) For the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina, by the 4
respective boards of trustees. 5
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SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. 7