North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 115C. Elementary and Secondary Education § 115C-83.31. Exit standards and graduation requirements

(1) Successful completion of instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation as provided in G.S. 115C-81.25(c)(10).

(2) A passing grade in the semester course on the Founding Principles of the United States of America and the State of North Carolina described in G.S. 115C-81.45(d)(1).

(3) A passing grade in a computer science course as provided in G.S. 115C-81.90(c).  The computer science course shall fulfill one credit that is not an English, mathematics, science, or social studies credit.  Students enrolling in a public high school in this State after completion of the eleventh grade shall be exempt from this requirement.

(1) The Board shall not adopt or enforce any rule that requires Algebra I as a graduation standard or as a requirement for a high school diploma for any student whose individualized education program (i) identifies the student as learning disabled in the area of mathematics and (ii) states that this learning disability will prevent the student from mastering Algebra I.

(2) The Board shall not require any student to prepare a high school graduation project as a condition of graduation from high school.

(3) The Board shall not enforce a computer science graduation requirement for any student whose individualized education program states that the student's disability would prevent the student from completing that graduation requirement.