North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina Senate Bill S748 Compare Versions

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11 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
22 SESSION 2025
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4-SENATE BILL 748
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78 Short Title: Teach Critical Thinking in Elementary. (Public)
89 Sponsors: Senator Sanderson (Primary Sponsor).
9-Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
10-March 26, 2025
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1213 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
1314 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR INSTRUCTION IN CRITICAL THINKING IN PUBLIC 2
1415 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS . 3
1516 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
1617 SECTION 1. Part 1 of Article 8 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended 5
1718 by adding a new section to read: 6
1819 "ยง 115C-81.77. Critical thinking. 7
1920 The standard course of study shall include that the public schools provide instruction in 8
2021 critical thinking in kindergarten through grade five so that students can learn to evaluate 9
2122 information rather than simply memorize it." 10
2223 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with 11
2324 the 2025-2026 school year. 12
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28+PRINCIPAL CLERK