NC S239

Office of State Human Resources must regularly assess educational, experiential, and training requirements for positions across all North Carolina state agencies, departments, and institutions.

Military service, apprenticeships, on-the-job experience, Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Education program certifications, and trade school education must be considered as equivalent to academic degrees when appropriate.

Office must identify positions where educational requirements could be reduced or knowledge and skill requirements made less specific, and remove degree requirements when not necessary for the job.

Office of State Human Resources must submit annual reports to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government beginning October 1, 2023, detailing efforts to reduce employment barriers.

Act becomes effective upon passage into law.