House Bill 223, No High School Graduation Project Required is considered on the House floor which would stop the State Board of Education from requiring a project as a condition of graduation from a North Carolina high school.  Local governments can still require one. The issue will be studied for two years with the assumption that the project will become a thing of the past. As the most recent high school graduate and youngest member of the House Rep. Justin Burr (R-Stanley) told the body, it wasn’t all that long ago that he did his high school project and he can’t remember what it was.

Bill passes 115 – 3 to the cheers of high school juniors across the state.