North Carolina's 2021 Standard Course of Study runs the Civics and Government (C&G) strand through all grade levels K-12 with increasing complexity, alongside Behavioral Sciences, Economics, Geography, and History lenses. The strand addresses civic and political institutions, rights and responsibilities of citizenship, the principles and foundations of US democracy, government structure and function, and civic participation and engagement. Session Law 2019-82 (House Bill 924) requires one full-credit course — "Founding Principles of the United States of America and North Carolina: Civic Literacy" — as a graduation requirement for all students entering 9th grade in 2020-21 or later. The course must be solely focused on civics and citizenship education across 13 specified subject areas including Creator-endowed rights, separation of powers, federalism, and free elections. Standards are reviewed every 5-7 years per State Board Policy SCOS-012; the 2021 framework incorporated inquiry-based learning practices aligned with the C3 Framework.