GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

SESSION LAW 2005-154

HOUSE BILL 403

AN ACT to amend the law regarding the purchase of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) for the public schools.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C-174.18 reads as rewritten:

"§ 115C-174.18.  Opportunity to take Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test.

Every student in the eighth through tenth grades who has completed Algebra I or who is in the last month of Algebra I shall be given an opportunity to take a version of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) one time at State expense.  The State Board of Education shall contract with the College Board for the tests and for comprehensive diagnostic information to accompany PSAT score reports."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27^th day of June, 2005.

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/ James B. Black

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

Approved 6:57 p.m. this 5^th day of July, 2005