NC S133

State Board of Community Colleges must conduct competitive solicitation for a unified learning management system for all community colleges by December 31, 2025, with full transition completed by December 31, 2027

Community Colleges System Office is exempted from Department of Information Technology oversight and may independently manage its IT programs, with option to voluntarily participate in state IT services

North Carolina Longitudinal Data System is relocated from the Department of Public Instruction to the Department of Information Technology

Privacy compliance requirements for the Longitudinal Data System are expanded to include IDEA, HIPAA, CJIS, and Internal Revenue Code in addition to existing FERPA requirements

Data ownership provisions clarify that contributors to the Longitudinal Data System retain ownership of their data, and the five-year limitation on linking student and workforce data is removed