| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
|
 High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 07/2012 |
P-12 | Graduation Requirement - CPR
H.B. 837
Makes the successful completion of instruction in CPR a high school graduation requirement by the 2014-2015 school year. Requires schools t...
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Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 07/2012 |
P-12 | Licensure for Military Personnel and Spouses
H.B. 799
Permits military-trained applicants who have been awarded a military occupational specialty and military-spouse applicants who are licensed ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 07/2012 |
P-12 | Employee Associations - Equal Access
S.B. 755
Provides that all education employee associations have equal access to employees at schools and prohibits schools from favoring or endorsing...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Pre-K Eligibility
H.B. 966
Directs the Division of Child Development and Early Education to establish income eligibility requirements for the NC Pre-K program not to e...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2012 |
Community College | Comm. Colleges Opt Out of Fed'l Loan Program
H.B. 7
Permits a community college to refrain from participating in a federal direct loan program that students can use to borrow money. Vetoed by ...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Longitudinal Data System.
H.B. 964
Creates the North Carolina longitudinal data system - a statewide data system that contains individual-level student data and workforce data...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Preparation
S.B. 724
Directs the State Board of Education, to further make certain that teacher preparation programs remain current and reflect a rigorous course...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
Signed into law 01/2012 |
P-12 | No Dues Checkoff for School Employees
S.B. 727
Eliminates the option of active or retired public school employees to pay an employees' organization through a periodic deduction from payro...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 | North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten Program
E.O. 100
Provides that in order to maintain high academic standards and the integrity of NC Pre-K, the Department of Health and Human Services is dir...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Tax Credits for Children with Disabilities
H.B. 344
Provides a taxpayer a credit against the tax imposed for each of the taxpayer's eligible dependent children who is a resident of the state a...
| More... |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | High School Accrediation
H.B. 342
Provides that the State Board of Education (SBE) is an authorized accrediting entity for public schools. Requires the SBE to adopt rigorous ...
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Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Repeals the Teacher Academy and the Professional Teaching Standards Commission
H.B. 22
Budget Technical Corrections Legislation:
Section 7.31 - Repeals the statutory provisions of the Teacher Academy, created to establish a sta...
| More... |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | School Improvement Plans, School Improvement Teams, etc.
H.B. 200 - School Improvement Plans, School Improvement Teams, etc.
Removes all statutory references to school improvement plans, building school improvement teams, local safe school plans, and local school s...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Common Core State Standards/Remediation/Vocational, Career Courses
S.B. 479
Directs the State Board of Education (SBE) to continue to participate in the development of the Common Core State Standards in conjunction w...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Agricultural Education
H.B. 200 - Agricultural Education
Directs the Agricultural Education Program in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at North Carolina State University (NCS...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Eliminates Charter School Cap
S.B. 8
Removes the cap on charter schools. Allows the state board of education discretion in granting final approval of charter school applications...
| More... |
Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Amends Civic Literacy Curriculum Requirements
H.B. 588
Amends civic literacy curriculum requirements related to the founding of the United States. Deletes the requirements that high school studen...
| More... |
Class Size |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Class Size Reduction for Grades 1-3
H.B. 200 - Class Size Reduction for Grades 1-3
Declares findings of the general assembly regarding benefits of small class sizes in grades 1-3, and disadvantages of larger class sizes. Es...
| More... |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Establishes the Arts Education Commission
H.B. 758
Establishes The Arts Education Commission in the General Assembly to: (1) Review, prioritize, and recommend implementation strategies for th...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Establishes the ''No Adult Left Behind" Initiative
S.B. 166
Requires the Commission on Workforce Development, acting as the lead agency, with the cooperation of other participating agencies, including...
| More... |
Finance |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Transferring Funds for School Building Administration
H.B. 200 - Transferring Funds for School Building Administration
Permits local school administrative units to transfer funds for school building administration for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by t...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | School Calendar Pilot Program
H.B. 200 - School Calendar Pilot Program
Directs the state board to establish a school calendar pilot program in the Wilkes County Schools, the Montgomery County Schools, and the St...
| More... |
Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | School and Teacher Paperwork Reduction Act
H.B. 720
Directs the state board of education (SBE) to streamline the paperwork process and to alleviate unnecessary, duplicative paperwork. Requires...
| More... |
Finance--Student Fees |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Tuition Charge for Governor's School
H.B. 200 - Tuition Charge for Governor's School
Removes requirement that the state board implement a $500 tuition charge for students attending the Governor's School of North Carolina. Rep...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Permits Local Boards of Education to Jointly Establish Regional Schools
S.B. 125
Authorizes local boards of education to jointly establish a regional school to serve enrolled students in two or more local school districts...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Reduction of State Government
S.B. 593
Reduces the number of boards and commissions. Repeals: The Taskforce of School Based Management; The Taskforce on the Coordination of Childr...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Single Department to Support Agency Operations
H.B. 200 - Single Department to Support Agency Operations
Directs the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations to study the feasibility of creating a single department to support stat...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Department of Public Instruction Reorganization
H.B. 200 - Department of Public Instruction Reorganization
Permits the department of Public Instruction, after consultation with the Office of State Budget and Management and the Fiscal Research Divi...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | National School Breakfast Program
S.B. 415
Requries funds appropriated for the school breakfast program to be used to provide school breakfasts at no cost to students of all grade lev...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Gfeller-Waller Concussion Awareness Act
H.B. 792
Provides that the required rules governing interscholastic athletic activities adopted by the State Board of Education must provide:
1. Tha...
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Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | School Nurses
H.B. 200 - School Nurses
Directs the fiscal research division, in consultation with the department of public instruction and the department of health and human servi...
| More... |
High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Dropout Recovery Pilot Program
H.B. 822
Requires the State Board of Education (SBE) to implement a three-year Dropout Recovery Pilot Program in New Hanover County Schools and three...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Career and College Promise
H.B. 200 - Career and College Promise
Directs the state board of education and North Carolina Community College System to establish the Career and College Promise program to offe...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | College Transfer Certificate
H.B. 200 - College Transfer Certificate
Directs the North Carolina Community College System, University of North Carolina General Administration, and the North Carolina Independent...
| More... |
High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Cooperative Innovative High School Programs
H.B. 200 - Cooperative Innovative High School Programs
Establishes new criteria for a school to be defined a cooperative innovative high school, and requires a cooperative innovative high school ...
| More... |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Principal Employment in Small Schools
H.B. 200 - Principal Employment in Small Schools
Page 52 of 342: Provides that a school created after July 1, 2011 with fewer than 100 students in final average daily membership is not enti...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Requires Involvement of Parent/Guardian Before Corporal Punishment Administered
S.B. 498
Provides that corporal punishment will not be administered on a student whose parent or guardian has stated in writing that corporal punishm...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Classroom Placement for Multiple Birth Siblings
S.B. 726
Allows the parent of multiple birth siblings who are assigned to the same grade level and school to request a consultative meeting with the ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Establishes the State Board of Proprietary Schools
S.B. 685
Establishes the State Board of Proprietary Schools in the North Carolina Community Colleges System Office. Provides that the State Board of...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Remediation
H.B. 200 - Postsecondary Remediation
Articulates legislative priority that high school graduates enter the workforce or higher education fully prepared. To implement this priori...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Study Length of School Year
H.B. 765
Establishes a Blue Ribbon Task Force to study the length of the school year, cost of implementation, current cost of remediation, effects cu...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Amends Gun Laws
H.B. 650
Provides that a person must "knowingly" carry a firearm onto school grounds to be criminally liable of a Class I felony. http://www.ncga.sta...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Clarifies Principals' Obligation to Report Certain Offenses
S.B. 394
Amends the statues governing reportable offenses in schools by adding to the bases of knowledge triggering the obligation of a principal to ...
| More... |
School Safety--Code of Conduct |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Reorganizes and Clarifies Provisions Relating to School Discipline
H.B. 736
Clarifies the definitions of the following terms: alternative education services; corporal punishment; educational property; explusion; fire...
| More... |
Special Education--Finance |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Funds for Children with Disabilities
H.B. 200 - Funds for Children with Disabilities
Directs the state board to allocate additional funds for children with disabilities on the basis of $3,585.88 per child. Requires that each ...
| More... |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Funds for Gifted Children
H.B. 200 - Funds for Gifted Children
Directs the state board to allocate an additional $1,192.90 per academically or intellectually gifted child for fiscal year 2011-2012 and $1...
| More... |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Behavioral Health Services for Military
S.B. 597
Requires school districts to report annually to the State Board of Education (SBE) on the number of children with immediate family members i...
| More... |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Reorganization and Consolidation of Legislative Oversight Committees
H.B. 595
Eliminates the Legislative Study Commission on Children and Youth and transfers all duties to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Comm...
| More... |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Third Grade Literacy Recommendations
H.B. 200 - Third Grade Literacy Recommendations
Articulates legislative priority that high school graduates enter the workforce or higher education fully prepared. To implement this priori...
| More... |
Student Supports--Remediation |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Identification of Students at Risk of Academic Failure, Personal Education Plans
H.B. 200 - Identification of Students at Risk of Academic Failure, Personal Education Plans
Repeals § 115C-105.41, which required (1) districts to identify students who are at risk for academic failure, (2) development of a personal...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Safe Students Act
H.B. 744
Provides that principals must (previously read "may") require the parent/guardian of a child presented for admission to a school for the fir...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Renewal of Professional Educator's License
H.B. 200 - Renewal of Professional Educator's License
Prohibits state board from requiring more than 5 semester hours or 7 1/2 units of renewal credits to renew a North Carolina Standard Profess...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Modifies Law Governing Teacher Career Status
S.B. 466
Modifies the law governing teacher career status. Creates a definition of "inadequate performance" for teachers: failure to perform at a pro...
| More... |
Technology--Equitable Access |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS)
H.B. 200 - North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS)
Requires the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) program to report to the state board and maintain an administrative office at the ...
| More... |
Technology--Funding Issues |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 | Technology-Related Funding
H.B. 200 - Technology-Related Funding
Effective June 30, 2011, ends specified funding for (1) the School Connectivity Initiative and (2) the Friday Institute at North Carolina St...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | High School To Work Partnerships
H.B. 769
Directs local boards of education to adopt and implement policies that encourage high school to work partnerships. http://www.ncga.state.nc....
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. | Forgivable Loans for Service
S.B. 137
Provides financial assistance in the form of forgivable loans for service to qualified students who are committed to working in the state in...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | School Calendar
H.B. 197
Requires each board of education to adopt a school calendar with a minimum of either 180 days or 1,000 hours of instruction covering at leas...
| More... |
Finance--Federal |
Vetoed 04/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Community Colleges Opt Out Of Participation In Federal Direct Loan Program
H.B. 7
Allows community colleges to opt out of participation in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.
Govenor's Veto Message: http://ww...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 04/2011 |
P-12 | State Health Plan Reform
S.B. 265
Transfers governance of the State Health Plan from the legislature to the State Treasurer, who would manage the plan with the help of an app...
| More... |
Assessment |
Became law without governor's signature 03/2011 |
P-12 | Eliminates Statewide Standardized Testing Unless Required By the Feds
H.B. 48
Eliminates statewide standardized testing in the public schools, except as required by federal law or as a condition of a federal grant. htt...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
Postsec. | Amends Law Regulating Proprietary Schools
S.B. 20
Amends the definition of "Proprietary school" to include an educational institution that meets all of the following conditions:
1. Is priva...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Issued 09/2010 |
P-12 | Governor's Education Transformation Commission
E.O. 65
Creates the Governor's Education Transformation Commission. Charges the commission with:
(A) (1) Making recommendations on the strategic di...
| More... |
Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Energy Conservation Measures
H.B. 1292
Provides that any energy savings realized by constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina must remain available to the insti...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | Improving Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate
S.B. 1246 - Improving Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate
Prior to the 2010-11 school year, directs the state board to:
(1) Develop a growth model establishing annual improvement goals in the four-y...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | Flexibility to Cooperative Innovative High Schools
S.B. 1201
Provides that cooperative innovative high schools have the same exemptions from statutes and rules as charter schools, other than those pert...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | Identifying Students At Risk for Academic Failure
S.B. 1248
Requires school districts to identify students who are at risk for academic failure and who are not successfully progressing toward grade pr...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | Career Employees Resigning Without Agreement of Superintendent
H.B. 1377
Requires superintendents to report to the state board of education on career employees who resign without the written agreement of the super...
| More... |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | Comprehensive Arts Education Development Plan
S.B. 66
Directs the state board of education to appoint a task force of members from the Department of Public Instruction and the Department of Cult...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | Prohibition on Use of Public Funds
H.B. 593
Prohibits local boards of education from using public funds to endorse or oppose a referendum, election or a particular candidate for electi...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | Eliminates High School Graduation Project
H.B. 1864
Eliminates permanently the high school graduation project as a statewide requirement (the project had been temporarily suspended as a statew...
| More... |
P-3 Child Care |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | Child Care - Education Certification
S.B. 1119
Requires teaching staff working in licensed child care centers as of October 1, 2010, to have their education certified by the NC Institute ...
| More... |
Religion |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Excused Absences For Religious Observances
H.B. 357
Requires principals, community colleges and universities to authorize a minimum of two excused absences each academic year for religious obs...
| More... |
School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | Corporal Punishment/Students With Disabilities
HB 1682
Prohibits schools from administering corporal punishment on a student with a disability whose parent or guardian has stated in writing that ...
| More... |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | Enrollment of Child under 5 Who Is Child of Military Personnel
S.B. 1246 - Enrollment of Child under 5 Who Is Child of Military Personnel
Permits public school entry of child who does not turn 5 by August 31 of the school year but whose parent is an active duty member of U.S. a...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | School Improvement Teams Required to Use EVAAS
H.B. 1669
Requires school improvement teams to use the Education Value Added Assessment System (EVAAS) or a compatible and comparable system approved ...
| More... |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Establishes Agriscience and Biotechnology Regional School Planning Commission
S.B. 1199
Establishes the Agriscience and Biotechnology Regional School Planning Commission to develop and plan a regional school of agriscience and b...
| More... |
STEM |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Education Cabinet to Prioritize STEM Fields
S.B. 1198
Requires the education cabinet to set as a priority an increase in the number of students earning postsecondary credentials in the fields of...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | Voluntary Shared Leave Program
H.B. 213
Requires the state board of education to adopt rules and policies for the voluntary shared leave program to allow an employee at a public sc...
| More... |
Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Healthful Living Honors-Level Courses
H.B. 901
Directs the state board of education to develop or identify academically rigorous honors level courses in healthful living education that ca...
| More... |
Whole-School Reform Models |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Reform Continually Low-performing Schools
S.B. 704
Authorizes the state board of education to approve a local board of education's request to reform any school in its administrative unit whic...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 | Personal Education Plans for Students At Risk of Academic Failure
H.B. 804
Provides that a personal education plan must be made no later than the end of the first quarter, or after a teacher has had up to nine weeks...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 | Personal Financial Literacy Education Required
H.B. 1474
Requires credit education for all students; provides that each student receive personal financial literacy instruction that includes the tru...
| More... |
Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 | Expands Instruction on the Importance of Voting
H.B. 908
Relates to voting laws; Expands instruction on the importance of voting in the high school social studies curriculum; Encourages local educa...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 | Local Board of Education Code of Ethics
H.B. 1452
Requires all cities, counties, local boards of education, unified governments, sanitary districts, and consolidated city-counties to adopt a...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 | School Diabetes Care Plans
S.B. 738
Requires boards of directors of charter schools to implement the guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education for the development and ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Student Protection Fund for Proprietary School Students
S.B. 860
Establishes a student protection fund for proprietary school (i.e., all private schools operated for profit, with some exceptions) students ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 | Violence in School - Reporting Requirements
H.B. 1078
Ensures that acts of violence in schools are reported to the local superintendent or the superintendent's designee; requires local boards of...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 | Taking Indecent Liberties With a Student Requires Registration as Sex Offender
H.B. 209
Adds the offense of taking indecent liberties with a student to the list of sex offenses that require registration under the Sex Offender an...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 | Sex Offender Can't Drive School Bus With Children
H.B. 1117
Provides that the Division of Motor Vehicles shall not issue or renew commercial drivers licenses with endorsements that qualify a person to...
| More... |
Student Achievement |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 | Volunteers To Support Academic Success in School
S.B. 1028
Directs local boards of education to encourage community academic booster organizations to support student academic achievement; Requires lo...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Joining Our Businesses and Schools (JOBS) Study Commission
S.B. 1069
Establishes the joint legislative Joining Our Businesses and Schools (JOBS) Study Commission to study issues related to economic development...
| More... |
Middle School |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Assist Students in Transition Between Middle School and High School
H.B. 187
Employee Leave for Parent Conferences:
- Requires local boards of education to work with business leaders to encourage local businesses to a...
| More... |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Financial Literacy Council
S.B. 1019
Establishes a Financial Literacy Council to coordinate and expand the statewide delivery of financial education for all North Carolinians; t...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Probationary and Career Teacher Hearing Process Modifications
S.B. 962
Modifies the hearing process applicable to probationary teachers by providing the teacher a right to notice and hearing prior to the
board's...
| More... |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Requires School Improvement Plans to be Data-Driven
H.B. 1446
Amends the law relating to school improvement plans; requires that such plans be data-driven; requires school improvement teams to analyze s...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Unlawful for School Board Member to Willfully Discharge Duties
H.B. 43
Makes it unlawful for a school board member to willfully fail to discharge the duties of the office; adds school board members to list of ci...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Reproductive Health and Safety Education
H.B. 88
Removes the requirement that local school administrative units (LEAs) provide only abstinence until marriage education and requires LEAs to ...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Removes High School Graduation Project Requirement
H.B. 223
Removes the high school graduation project as a requirement for graduation from high school prior to July 1, 2011; permits local boards of e...
| More... |
P-3 Child Care |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Building Standards/Pre-K Classes in Public Schools
H.B. 1031
Provides that public schools seeking voluntary child care facility licensure may use the same building standards for prekindergarten classro...
| More... |
Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Parental Notice Requirements for Suspension and Expulsion
H.B. 218
Modifies notice requirements that must be given to a parent when a child is recommended for suspension of more than 10 days or an expulson f...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | K-12 and Postsecondary Employee Benefits
H.B. 1221
Directs the Office of State Personnel, Department of Public Instruction, North Carolina Community Colleges, and the University of North Caro...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Community Colleges May Offer Noncredit Safe Driving Courses to High School Students
H.B. 391
Authorizes community colleges to offer noncredit courses in safe driving to high school students on a self-supporting basis during the acade...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Additional Purchasing Flexibility for Community Colleges
H.B. 490
Grants additional purchasing flexibility to community colleges by permitting purchase of an item that is neither available under State term ...
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Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Meaning of Public School Buildings as Related to After-school Programs
S.B. 1030
Clarifies the meaning of public school buildings as related to after-school child care programs as "any building which is currently approved...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Science Safety Measures in Schools
H.B. 42
Provides that prior to July 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, each local board of education shall certify to the State Board of Education (S...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Schools Notified of Criminal Intelligence Information
H.B. 1327
Authorizes law enforcement agencies to disseminate an assessment of criminal intelligence information to a school principal when necessary t...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | School Bus Safety/Detection and Prosecution of Individuals Who Pass Stopped School Buses
H.B. 440
Provides for the use of automated camera or video recording systems to detect and prosecute individuals who pass stopped school buses; incre...
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School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | School Violence Prevention Act
S.B. 526
Enacts the School Violence Prevention Act; defines bullying or harassing behavior; provides that bullying or harassing behavior includes, bu...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 | Children Placed in Private Psychiatrict Facilities
H.B. 2306
Requires the State Board of Education and Department of Health and Human Services to determine responsibility for children with disabilities...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 | Teachers' Benefits
H.B. 2443
Rewrites provisions pertaining to health and long- term care benefits for teachers, state employees, retired state employees and dependents;...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Repayment of Loans for Members of the National Guard
H.B. 1304
Authorizes use of remaining end-of-year tuition assistance program funds for repayment of outstanding eligible student loans for deployed me...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Waiving Tuition for Residents Over 65
H.B. 1076
Waives fees as well as tuition for residents over the age of 65 attending classes at a constituent institution of the University of North Ca...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Educational Services for Students With Disabilities
H.B. 12
Amends the definition of educational services for students with disabilities; amends the law to allow a designee or designees of a student's...
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Students--Mobility |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 1541
Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; removes barriers to educational success imposed on children ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 | Nationally Certified Teachers as Mentors
H.B. 2360
Permits national board certified teachers to serve as full-time mentors, as recommended by the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committ...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 | Background Checks
H.B. 1659
Authorizes criminal history record checks of employees of and applicants for employment with the department of public instruction.
http://ww...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Public Records and Privacy
S.B. 1023
Modifies the public records laws applicable to the University of North Carolina and the North Carolina community colleges. Protects the priv...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 | Increase in Size of Safe Zones
S.B. 8
Increases the safe zones near child care centers and school grounds regarding illegal drug sales from 300 feet to 1,000 feet. Expands the sa...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 | Biodiesel
S.B. 1452
Requires public school buses or other vehicles for student transportation that are capable of operating on diesel fuel to be capable of oper...
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Teacher Assistant Scholarship Fund
H.B. 851
Clarifies the educational requirement for the teacher assistant scholarship fund. Requires that an applicant for a scholarship from the fund...
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 | Pilot Alternative Teacher Salary Plans
H.B. 966
Requires the State Board of Education to establish a pilot program authorizing the implementation of alternative teacher salary plans to ena...
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 | Teacher Leave Time
S.B. 914
Gives teachers credit for the excess personal leave time that they earn. Ensures that teachers can take personal leave with five days' notic...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Issued 07/2007 |
P-12 | Programs for At-Risk Children
Executive Order No. 120
Accelerates teacher and other personnel recruitment and the implementation of needed academic support programs for at-risk children in light...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Charter School Teacher Participation in State Retirement System
H.B. 1471
Allows an existing charter school to participate in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system and the state teachers' and state e...
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Class Size |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Reaching One's Potential for Excellence (ROPE) Scholars Pilot Program.
S.B. 1030
The purpose of the ROPE Scholars Pilot Program is to strengthen middle grades education in order to provide students with the opportunity to...
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Finance |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Fiscal Efficiencies
H.B. 749
Implements fiscal efficiencies within the university system and state government as recommended by the University of North Carolina Presiden...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Removal of Local Board Members by State Board
H.B. 349
Repeals the law allowing the state board to remove local school board members.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H3...
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Health |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Tobacco Free Schools
S.B. 1086
Requires local boards to adopt written policies prohibiting the use of tobacco products by any person in public school buildings and school ...
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Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Food Service Equipment
H.B. 705
Permits local boards to enter into lease purchase or installment purchase contracts for food service equipment.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/...
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High School |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | High School Special Education Study
H.B. 17
Directs the department of public instruction to identify the various models being utilized to deliver educational and other services at the ...
| More... |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Homebound Instruction for Students With Disabilities
H.B. 14
Authorizes homebound instruction for discipline purposes when it is the least restrictive alternative for students with disabilities. Requir...
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Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Standards for Homebound Instruction
H.B. 20
Establishes standards for homebound special education instruction including standards related to appropriate teacher qualifications, service...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Standards for School Administrator Preparation Programs
H.B. 536
Directs the State Board of Education to adopt new standards for school administrator preparation programs offered by institutions of higher ...
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Parent/Family |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Parental Notice of Suspension or Expulsion
H.B. 1739
Ensures that parents receive actual notice of a student's expulsion or suspension from school.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bil...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Task Force to Examine the Application of the State Personnel Act to UNC
S.B. 1353
Requires the president of the University of North Carolina (UNC) to appoint a task force to examine the application of the state personnel a...
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Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Community College Performance Standards
H.B. 642
Amends the law relating to community college performance standards. Provides that the state board may withhold funds from a college that may...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Meetings of Community College Trustees
H.B. 581
Modifies the law regarding meetings of community college trustees. Permits a majority of the trustees to call a meeting.
http://www.ncga.sta...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Tuition Surcharge
S.B. 1065
Authorizes community colleges to implement a tuition surcharge surcharge of up to 33 1/3% of the statewide tuition rate to fund a new instru...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Energy Efficiency Improvements
H.B. 177
Authorizes community college boards to secure loans under the Energy Improvement Loan Program for projects that include energy efficiency im...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Restraint Systems on School Buses
S.B. 812
Requires passenger safety restraint systems be installed and used on new school buses operated by public or private schools.
http://www.ncga...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Release of School Personnel Files
H.B. 550
Modifies the law pertaining to the confidentiality of school personnel files. Provides that information contained in a personnel file that i...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | False Reporting of Violence Mass Violence
H.B. 1347
Makes it a criminal offense to make a false report by any means of communication to any person or groups of persons, knowing or having reaso...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Bus Drivers Using Cell Phones
H.B. 183
Makes it unlawful to use additional technology or a mobile telephone to engage in a call while operating a public or private school bus, a s...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Reassingment Appeals
H.B. 488
Permits local boards of education to provide for an administrative initial screening of pupil reassignment appeals.
http://www.ncga.state.nc...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | School Bus Endorsements
H.B. 1546
Requires a commercial drivers license that has a school bus endorsement to expire three years after it is issued.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.u...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Passing Stopped School Bus
S.B. 924
Makes passing a stopped school bus and striking a person and causing serious bodily injury a felony.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/20...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Pilot Reduction of Diesel Emissions
H.B. 1912
Establishes a pilot program to provide funds for local school administrative units to retrofit school buses in order to reduce diesel emissi...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Disability Awareness
S.B. 753
Designates the month of October as Disability History and Awareness Month. Requires local Boards of Education to provide instruction on disa...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Preparation of Special Education Teachers
H.B. 26
Directs the board of governors of the state university to report on the efficacy of the preparation of teachers to teach students with disab...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Residence for the Delivery of Special Education
H.B. 18
Clarifies the definition of residence for the delivery of special education
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H18v...
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Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Corrections Job Training
H.B. 648
Appropriates funds for a study of the job training programs available for incarcerated inmates.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bi...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Lateral Entry Requirements
H.B. 583
Modifies the requirements for participation in a community college lateral entry program for teacher training.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/S...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Compensation of Teachers Who Served in the Uniformed Services
H.B. 1414
Revises the law providing for creditable service in the teachers' retirement system for members who served in the uniformed services.
http:/...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | High Needs Schools
S.B. 1479
Allows National Board Certified Teachers who serve as mentors, literacy coaches, or in other instructional leadership positions at high need...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Teacher Absence Due to Military Service
H.B. 1415
Provides that a member of the teachers' and state employees' retirement system may not be denied short-term disability benefits due to an ab...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Lifetime Teacher Certification
H.B. 1308
Provides for lifetime certification for teachers after 50 years of teaching.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H130...
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Teacher Licensure Renewal Requirements
S.B. 1292
Directs the state board to adopt a policy requiring teachers to take credits in their academic subject area as part of the licensure renewal...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Pilot Program for Lateral Entry Teachers
S.B. 1115
Directs the state board to establish a pilot program for lateral entry teachers in up to eight local school administrative units. Establishe...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Retired Teachers Returning to the Classroom
H.B. 956
Modifies the provision that permits retired teachers to return to the classroom without a loss of retirement benefits. Specifies that comput...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Costs Due to Damaged and Lost Textbooks
H.B. 232
Directs the joint legislative education oversight committee to study strategies for recovering costs due to damaged and lost textbooks.
http...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | School Admission Requirements
H.B. 150
Modifies school admission requirements. Moves cut-off date for enrollment to August 31 from October 16.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Excused Absences for Pages
H.B. 1464
Directs the board of education to adopt rules providing for excused absences from school for legislative and governor's pages.
http://www.nc...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Instruction in Lawful Abandonment of Newborn Baby
H.B. 485
Requires local boards of education to ensure that students in grades nine through twelve receive annual health instruction including informa...
| More... |
Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | American Sign Language
H.B. 915
Encourages the public schools, the community college system and the University of North Carolina to offer American Sign Language for credit ...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Resolution of Disputes
H.B. 1519
Modifies the law pertaining to the resolution of disputes between the state board of education and the board of county commissioners regardi...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Provision of HPV, Other Information
S.B. 260
Ensures that educational materials are provided so that schools provide information to parents and guardians concerning cervical cancer, cer...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 05/2007 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
16 NCAC 6D.0503
Effective with students entering grade 9 in the 2009-2010 school year, eliminates four courses of study leading to high school graduation. R...
| More... |
Curriculum--Mathematics |
Signed into law 08/2006 |
P-12 | Math and Science Teachers Pilot Program
S.B. 1741
Creates a pilot program providing for a salary supplement for newly hired teachers of mathematics or science at the middle or high school le...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 08/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Graduate Nurse Scholarship Program for Faculty Production
S.B. 1741
Creates the Graduate Nurse Scholarship Program for Faculty Production to provide scholarship loans to students in master's and doctoral degr...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Importance of Memorial Day
H.B. 836
Directs the state board of education to develop programs for use in schools on the meaning and importance of memorial day.
http://www.ncleg....
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Display of U.S. and North Carolina Flag
S.B. 700
Directs local boards of education, charter schools, the North Carolina School of the Arts, and the North Carolina school of science and math...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | State Budget Act'
H.B. 914
Recodifies provisions of the executive budget act and the capital improvement planning act into a state budget act that revises and clarifie...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Schoolchildren's Health Act
H.B. 1502
Enacts the schoolchildren 's health act. Provisions relate to: (1) sealing arsenic-treated wood in playgrounds and testing the soil on schoo...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Vision Screening
H.B. 2699
Requires vision screening for children entering kindergarten.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H2699v5.html...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Leasing Property for Schools and Facilities
S.B. 2009
Authorizes local boards of education to enter into capital leases of real or personal property for schools and facilities. Provides that the...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Eminent Domain Restrictions
H.B. 1965
Restricts the statutory purposes for which eminent domain may be used by private condemnors, local public condemnors, and other public conde...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Passing a Stopped School Bus
H.B. 2880
Prevents a person who is guilty of passing a stopped school bus from receiving a prayer for judgment under any circumstances.
http://www.ncl...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Proper Use of Activity Buses
H.B. 1155
Directs each local board of education operating activity buses to adopt a policy for the proper use of buses for travel to athletic events d...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Special Education Laws
H.B. 1908
Revises special education laws. Enables the state board of education and local educational agencies to implement the Individuals with Disabi...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Role School Counselors Play in Providing Dropout Prevention
S.B. 571
Directs the state board of education to report on the role school counselors play in providing dropout prevention and intervention services ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 | Instructional Planning Time and a Daily Duty-Free Lunch
H.B. 1151
Provides for weekly instructional planning time and a daily duty-free lunch period for teachers.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Ho...
| More... |
Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Students Considered Domiciled
H.B. 1074
Clarifies the procedure for admitting children to the public schools and specifies conditions upon which certain students are considered dom...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THE 2006 SESSION 10/2005 |
Postsec. | University of North Carolina Board of Governors Student Member
H.B. 92
An act to provide that the student member of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina have the same right to vote as all o...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THE 2006 SESSION 10/2005 |
P-12 | Hiring of teachers
H.B. 706
AN ACT to amend the teacher certification law to facilitate the hiring of teachers. Vetoed 8/05.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bill...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
(H) RE-REFERRED COMMITTEE ON RULES, CALENDAR, AND OPERATIONS OF THE HOUSE 10/2005 |
P-12 | Facilitate hiring of teachers
H.B. 706
AN ACT to amend the teacher certification law to facilitate the hiring of teachers. Vetoed 8/05.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bill...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 09/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Tuition assistance program for members of the north carolina national guard
S.B. 725
AN ACT to modify the tuition assistance program for members of the north carolina national guard. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 | School testing program
H.B. 911
Streamline School Testing Program....
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 | Study Ways to Reduce Dropout Rate
S.B. 408
Directs the State Board of Education to identify research-based methods to reduce the dropout rate, especially in high-poverty schools with ...
| More... |
Attendance--Truancy |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 | Increased penalty for truancy
H.B. 779
AN ACT to increase the penalty for aiding and abetting a student's unlawful absence from school. Any person who aids or abets a student's un...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 | Evergreen Charter Schoolparticipating in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System
H.B. 485
Authorizes Evergreen Charter School to elect to participate in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system. http://www.ncleg.net/S...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 | Charter schools participating in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system and the North Carolina teachers' and state employees' major medical plan
H.B. 182
Charter schools participation in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system and the North Carolina teachers' and state employees' ...
| More... |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 | Statewide nutrition standards for school meals
H.B. 855
The State Board of Education, in direct consultation with a cross section of local directors of child nutrition services, shall establish st...
| More... |
Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Alternative schools
H.B. 1076
AN ACT to direct the state board of education to adopt standards for alternative learning programs, and to require local boards of education...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 | Teacher assistants becoming teachers
H.B. 1414
AN ACT to permit teacher assistants who are enrolled in teacher education programs to continue to work while they complete their student tea...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 | Admissions requirement to teacher education programs
H.B. 1310
An undergraduate student seeking a degree in teacher education must attain passing scores on a preprofessional skills test prior to admissio...
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Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 | Rewards for growth
S.B. 630
The personnel in participating schools that achieve a level of expected growth greater than one hundred percent (100%) at a level to be dete...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 | Public Comment Period
H.B. 635
Requires at least one public comment period per month at a regular meeting of a local board of education, county board of commissioners, or ...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12,
Community College | Community College Learn & Earn Program
S.B. 566
Provides that tuition will be waived for all courses taken by high school students at community colleges colleges, including students in ear...
| More... |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
Postsec. | Historically american indian university
H.B. 371
AN ACT designating the university of north carolina at pembroke as North Carolina's historically american indian university.
http://www.ncl...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 | Seclusion and Restraint of Students
H.B. 1032
Clarifies the permissible use of seclusion and restraint in public schools and to provide for training in management of student behavior.One...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
Postsec. | Campus Police Act
S.B. 527
AN ACT to enhance the capacity of private institutions of higher education to protect the safety and welfare of their students, faculty, and...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Community College Training Lateral Entry Teachers
H.B. 563
The State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Board of Community Colleges, shall develop and implement policies permitting in...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Community College System
H.B. 583
The Community Colleges System Office is designated as the primary lead agency for delivering workforce development training, adult literacy ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT)
H.B. 403
AN ACT to amend the law regarding the purchase of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) for the public schools.
http://www.ncleg....
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | AN ACT to give FLEXIBILITY to make up instructional days missed during the 2004‑2005 school year
H.B. 415
If, due to inclement weather, a local board of education complies with this subdivision by scheduling 1,000 hours of instruction on less tha...
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Health |
To governor 04/2005 |
P-12 | Student Asthma Medications
H.B. 496
Requires local school boards to adopt policies permitting students diagnosed with asthma to possess and self-administer certain asthma or an...
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Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Rule Adoption 01/2005 |
P-12 | Preservice Requirements
10A NCAC 09 .0710
Clarifies rules regarding preservice requirements for lead teachers, teachers and aides. NORTH CAROLINA REG 5057 (SN)...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 | Charter School Retirement Election
H.B. 1723
Authorizes existing charter schools to elect to participate in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System and the North Carolina T...
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 | School Calendar and Teacher Workdays
H.B. 1464
Reduces the number of noninstructional teacher workdays by five; provides that public schools shall open after august 25 and close not after...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Alternative Learning Program Funding
H.B. 1455 and 1456
Implements the recommendation of the house interim committee on providing an appropriate education for students on long-term suspension to d...
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Health |
To governor 07/2004 |
P-12 | Parental Notification of Meningitis Vaccines
S.B. 444
Ensures that educational materials are provided so that public, private and charter schools can provide information to parents and guardians...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
Postsec. | Military Students College Tuition
S.B. 1058
Provides that a member of the military or a dependent relative of a member of the military who attends a constituent university or a communi...
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Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 | Teacher Requirements
H.B. 1459
Requires the state board to determine whether teacher preparation programs should require courses in diversity training, anger management, c...
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State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Active 05/2004 |
P-12 | Education First Task Force
N/A
The governor formed the Education First Task Force, charged with coming up with recommendations that would result in an education that goes ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Vetoed 09/2003 |
P-12 | Teacher Certification
S.B. 931
Eliminates the portfolio requirement for teacher certification. Vetoed, but eligible for consideration by the General Assembly during the 2...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Educational Reviews
S.B. 35
Authorizes the state board of education to grant or renew certain charter schools; requires review of certain charter schools....
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | State Fund for Certain Moneys
S.B. 965
An Act to amend the North Carolina Constitution to provide that the General Assembly may place clear proceeds of civil penalties, civil forf...
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Health |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Tobacco Free Schools
S.B. 583
Protects children in the public schools from exposure to tobacco by requiring local boards of education to adopt written policies prohibitin...
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Health |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | Administering Medication
S.B. 226
Prohibits the administration of medication to a child in a licensed or unlicensed child care facility without proper authorization from the ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Community College Students
H.B. 223
Permits the State Board of Community colleges to use certain funds to provide financial assistance to students with disabilities referral by...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 | School Personnel
S.B. 701
The General Assembly finds that the elimination of administrative and fiscal limitations on job-sharing arrangements would make employment i...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Child Welfare Laws
S.B. 421
Enhances the state's ability to protect children; after a student has 10 absences, if a principal finds that the parent has not made a
good ...
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Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Community Colleges
S.B. 773
Authorizes community colleges to enter into public/private partnerships for construction projects....
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Governance |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | State Board of Education
S.B. 698
Adds 3 advisory members to the state board of education, one of whom is a superintendent; another is principal of the year; and the third is...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | School Principal Contracts
S.B. 955
The initial contract between a school administrator and a local board of education shall be for two to four years, ending on June 30 of
the ...
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No Child Left Behind--School Support |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | No Child Left Behind
H.B. 797
Duty to Assist Schools in Meeting Adequate Yearly Progress. - Requires the state board to:
a. Identify which schools are meeting...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Interagency Coordinating Council
H.B. 932
Establishes regional interagency coordinating councils under the laws relating to early intervention services for children from birth to fiv...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Hazing Laws
H.B. 1171
Amends the laws regarding hazing. Specifies that it is unlawful to subject another student to physical injury as part of an initiation, or ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Safeguard Children
S.B. 993
Enhances the ability of the State Board of Education to safeguard schoolchildren through automatic revocation of teacher certificates upon c...
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Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 | Probationary Period for Career Teachers
H.B. 38
Shortens the probationary period for career teachers when they change school systems or return to teaching after leaving the profession....
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Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | School Competency Test
H.B. 801
Modifies the state competency testing program to ensure that high school students who do not pass the competency test are given an opportuni...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Innovative Education Initiatives Act
S.B. 656
Creates the Innovative Education Initiatives Act to develop cooperative efforts between secondary schools and institutions of higher educati...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | Meningitis and Hepatitis B Immunization
H.B. 825
Requires any private or public institution that offers a postsecondary degree to provide meningococcal disease immunization information to s...
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P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Early College Attendance
H.B. 601
Encourages early entry of motivated students into four-year college programs....
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Charter Schools and State Retirement
S.B. 39
Authorizes certain charter schools to elect to participate in the teachers' and State employees' retirement system and the North Carolina te...
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Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Veterans Day
H.B. 421
Makes veterans day a holiday for school personnel....
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School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | School Safety Officers
S.B. 555
Clarifies that it is a felony for a school safety officer to have sexual contact or take indecent liberties with a student....
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Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Community College Shared Leave
H.B. 432
Provides that state employees, public school employees, and community college employees may share leave voluntarily....
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No Child Left Behind--School Support |
Adopted 10/2002 |
P-12 | 16 NC ADC 6G.0307
N/A
Establishes assistance teams to advise local school personnel and boards....
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
To governor 10/2002 |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. | Job Sharing, Benefits
S.B. 1443
Provides that the state board shall facilitate job sharing by public school teachers; authorizes the legislative research commission to stud...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 09/2002 |
P-12 | Takeover of Schools
S.B. 1275
Requires the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee to report to the state board if a local board and school are not responsive to ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 09/2002 |
P-12,
Community College | Sections Pertaining to Dropout Data, Dropout Retention, Teacher Quality
S.B. 1275
Directs the state board to improve the state's tracking of dropout data; encourages the concurrent enrollment of state technical high school...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
P-12 | Teachers in Charter Schools
H.B. 190
Permits local flexibility with regards to the hiring of teachers who leave public schools to teach in charter schools....
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
P-12 | Exchange Teacher Programs
H.B. 1724
Clarifies the status of teachers participating in foreign exchange programs for purposes of retirement and tenure; includes any nonimmigrant...
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No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 07/2002 |
P-12 | Supplemental Education Services
N/A
Application cover letter (7/22/02): http://www.ncpublicschools.org/esea/intro_letter.pdf
Supplemental Education Services information, applic...
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No Child Left Behind |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 | 2002 Consolidated Plan
N/A
- 2002 Consolidated Plan Notes to US DOE (6/7/02): (http://www.ncpublicschools.org/esea/notes6-7.pdf)
- Application (6/7/02): (http://www.nc...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 12/2001 |
P-12 | At-risk student assistance
S.B. 1005 -- Sec. 28.17(e), 115C-105.41
Adds section concerning students who have been placed at risk of academic failure. Requires that schools identify students who have been pl...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 12/2001 |
P-12 | Student Information; suspensions for threats
S.B. 990
Prohibits persons contracting with the public schools from disclosing personally identifying information about students; authorizes suspensi...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 11/2001 |
P-12 | Teachers for Charter Schools
S.B. 139
Permits local flexibility with regards to the hiring of teachers who leave public schools to teach in charter schools; authorizes certain ch...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2001 |
P-12 | State History and Geography
H.B. 195
Session Law Number 363., Requires the public schools to provide courses of instruction on North Carolina history and geography to students i...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 08/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Community Colleges and Economic Development
S.B. 531
Session Law Number 368., Exempts certain community college activities from the Umstead Act; provides for use of community college personnel ...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2001 |
P-12 | Punishment for Drug Offenses
S.B. 751
Session Law Number 332., Increases the punishment for drug offenses committed at or near preschool educational program sites....
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Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Measures for Admissions, Placement
H.B. 1246
Directs the board of governors of the University of North Carolina, in cooperation with the state board of education and the state board of ...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Appeals Processes
S.B. 532
Session Law Number 260., Clarifies the right to appeal to a local board of education and to require notice of the dismissal, demotion or sus...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. | Nonresident Participation in Savings Trust Funds
S.B. 573
Session Law Number 243., Clarifies that nonresidents may participate in the Parental Savings Trust Fund to enable qualified parents to save ...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Performance Measures
H.B. 438
Clarifies the performance measures on which community colleges are evaluated for the purpose of performance budgeting....
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Notices to Parents
S.B. 811
Session Law Number 244., Ensures that the parents or guardians of students who are suspended or expelled for more than 10 days from school r...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Suspension/Expulsion Records
H.B. 620
Gives school superintendents flexibility regarding the expunction of records of a student's suspension or expulsion from school; requires ex...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Programs for Short-Term Suspensions
S.B. 71
Establishes a pilot program under which participating local school administrative units place all students who are on short-term out-of-scho...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Health Screening
H.B. 608
Modifies the health certificate requirements for public school employees to include tuberculosis or any physical or mental disease....
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Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Non-Certificated Administrators
S.B. 378
Permits an individual who has leadership, management and administrative ability in a field other than education to serve as a local superint...
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Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Program Audits
H.B. 386
Session Law Number 111. Modifies the audit procedures of community college programs....
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Education Cabinet Membership
S.B. 735
Session Law Number 123. Modifies the membership of the education cabinet to include representatives of independent colleges and universitie...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Submitting Community College Budgets
H.B. 421
Session Law Number 112. Modifies the procedure for submitting local budgets to the State Board of Community Colleges for approval. Capital...
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School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Employee Sexual Harassment
H.B. 1149
Requires local boards to adopt policies addressing the sexual harassment of school employees....
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Paperwork Reduction
S.B. 708
Eliminates unnecessary and duplicative paperwork in the public schools....
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12,
Community College | Military Personnel as Teachers
S.B. 803
Session Law Number 146. Directs the state university system, the community colleges system, and the department of public instruction to wor...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Penalty for School Bus Interference
S.B. 45
Clarifies and strengthens the law pertaining to persons who interfere with the operation of public school buses; relates to clarifying that ...
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Finance--Facilities |
Approved by voters 10/2000 |
Postsec. | Statewide Bond Referendum
V. 1
BOND REFERENDUM Issues the State of North Carolina Higher Education Improvement Bonds, constituting general obligation bonds of the State se...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Charter School Revision
H.B. 1302
Session Law Number 72. Exempts from tax motor fuel sold to charter schools; defines charter school board as nonprofit corporation with char...
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