Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Makes organizational changes.  Makes conforming changes, including to act’s long title.
Section 1.
Clarifies that specified members (was, commissioners) of the fifteen-member NC High School Redesign Commission (Commission), appointed by the Commission chair do not vote to select the chair because they are appointed after the chair is elected. Makes a technical change.  
Section 2.
Requires that the organization that Mooresville Graded School District (MSGD) and Mitchell Community College (MCC) contract with as part of the Competency-Based High School and Healthcare and High-Tech Pathways Program (Pathways Program) also have experience in: (1) designing the described programs that also align with emerging health care career pathways (was, just high-tech career pathways); and (2) co-designing stackable credentials with public schools units (currently, experience just in co-designing stackable credentials with higher education partners). Makes technical and clarifying changes. Authorizes MSGD to operate any high school in the local school administrative unit consistent with the flexibilities of a school operating under a restart model. Removes provisions: (1) deeming all schools in MGSD to have been continuously operating under a modified calendar, as described; (2) allowing the described percentage of MSGD teachers to be employed as teachers despite not holding teacher licenses if they meet the listed criteria and MSGD continues to participate in the Pathways Program; (3) funding calculations beginning with the 2026-27 school year; (4) governing credits to MGDS in the State Treasury; and (5) concerning withholdings pertaining to payment to the Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System. Clarifies that the $2 million dollars would not be allocated to MSGD for the described purposes unless appropriated by the General Assembly (was, funds “will” be allocated to MSGD).
Section 3.
Specifies that the option for a summer bridge program format of the Khanmigo-centered developmental math course should be available to the described students (was, eligible to those students).
Section 4.
Requires that the organization hired by the described community colleges as part of the Community College Seamless Skills Initiative (Initiative) have a history of co-designing stackable credentials with public school units (was, local education agencies) and postsecondary institutions, along with the other described experience. Replaces references to “Project” with “Initiative.” Makes technical and clarifying changes.
Section 5.
Makes technical changes to names of the listed educational institutions comprising the Competency-Based Education and High School Redesign Strategic Network.
Section 6. 
Removes the NC High School Redesign Commission from the scope of the study and evaluation required by the act. Removes “any other information requested” by the specified NCGA Committee from the scope of the study’s report. Makes clarifying changes.