GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 543 Short Title: State Auditor to Audit Private Schools. (Public) Sponsors: Senator Everitt (Primary Sponsor). Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate March 26, 2025 *S543 -v-1* A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 AN ACT TO DIRECT THE STATE AUDITOR TO PERIODICALLY AUDIT PRIVATE 2 SCHOOLS THAT RECEIVE STATE FUNDS. 3 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 SECTION 1. G.S. 147-64.6(c) reads as rewritten: 5 "(c) Responsibilities. – The Auditor is responsible for the following acts and activities: 6 … 7 (24) The Auditor shall periodically audit nonpublic schools that enroll students 8 who receive scholarship grants under Part 2A of Article 39 of Chapter 115C 9 of the General Statutes." 10 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 11