STANDARDIZED TESTING CHOICE ACT.

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View NCGA Bill Details2025-2026 Session
House Bill 918 (Public) Filed Thursday, April 10, 2025
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR ADMISSIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND TO INCLUDE THE CLT10 AMONG STANDARDIZED TESTS OFFERED IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Intro. by Blackwell, Torbett, Willis.

Status: Ref to the Com on Higher Education, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Apr 14 2025)
H 918

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 10 2025 - View Summary

    Part I

    Enacts GS 116-11.5, setting minimum standardized testing requirements for admission and scholarships at the University of North Carolina constituent institutions. Specifies that if an institution requires or permits an applicant to submit a standardized test score from any of the SAT, the ACT, or a test known as the Classic Learning Test (CLT), then it must permit an applicant to submit a score from the other two tests. Requires that if the institution sets a minimum score for one of the tests, it must accept a concordant minimum score on any of the other two tests. Applicable beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year.

    Part II

    Amends GS 115C-174.18 to require that students in eighth through tenth grades who are eligible must be given an opportunity to take the CLT10 test, in addition to the existing requirement for the PSAT/NMSQT or the PreACT test. Makes corresponding changes to the title of the part and the statute. Applicable beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year.