| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
 High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 07/2012 |
P-12 |
Makes the successful completion of instruction in CPR a high school graduation requirement by the 2014-2015 school year. Requires schools to maintain documentation in an electronic database that students have successfully completed CPR instruction to meet Healthful Living Essential Standards. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H837v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 837
Source: ncleg.net |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 07/2012 |
P-12 |
Permits military-trained applicants who have been awarded a military occupational specialty and military-spouse applicants who are licensed in another jurisdiction to receive occupational licenses in the State. SESSION LAW 2012-196 http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H799v6.pdf
Title: H.B. 799
Source: ncleg.net |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 07/2012 |
P-12 |
Provides that all education employee associations have equal access to employees at schools and prohibits schools from favoring or endorsing an education employee association. Provides that all education employee associations must have equal access to charter school employees. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S755v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 755
Source: ncleg.net |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Directs the Division of Child Development and Early Education to establish income eligibility requirements for the NC Pre-K program not to exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the State median income. Determines that up to twenty percent (20%) of children enrolled may have family incomes in excess of seventy-five percent (75%) of median income if they have other designated risk factors. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H966v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 966
Source: Westlaw/StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2012 |
Community College |
Permits a community college to refrain from participating in a federal direct loan program that students can use to borrow money. Vetoed by governor, overriden by legislature. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H7v0.pdf
Title: H.B. 7
Source: ncleg.net |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Creates the North Carolina longitudinal data system - a statewide data system that contains individual-level student data and workforce data from all levels of education and the State's workforce, and its and governing board; and provides that private colleges and universities, nonpublic schools, and the north carolina independent colleges and universities are not liable for a breach of confidentiality caused by the act or omission of a state agency, local school administrative unit, community college, or constituent institution of the University of North Carolina. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H964v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 964
Source: ncleg.net |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 |
Directs the State Board of Education, to further make certain that teacher preparation programs remain current and reflect a rigorous course of study that is aligned to State and national standards, to ensure students preparing to teach in elementary schools through traditional or lateral entry (i) have adequate coursework in the teaching of reading and mathematics; (ii) are assessed prior to certification to determine that they possess the requisite knowledge in scientifically based reading and mathematics; (iii) continue to receive preparation in applying formative and summative assessments through technology-based assessment systems; and (iv) are prepared to integrate arts education across the curriculum. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S724v5.pdf
Title: S.B. 724
Source: ncleg.net |
Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
Signed into law 01/2012 |
P-12 |
Eliminates the option of active or retired public school employees to pay an employees' organization through a periodic deduction from payroll or a retirement account. Session Law 2012-1.
http://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/PDF/2011-2012/SL2012-1.pdf
Title: S.B. 727
Source: ncleg.net |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 08/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that in order to maintain high academic standards and the integrity of NC Pre-K, the Department of Health and Human Services is directed to do the following, after consultation with the Department of Public Instruction: (1) Continue both the critical infrastructure and sufficient per child funding to ensure that current standards are not reduced; (2) Require all lead teachers to obtain (within a prescribed timeframe) and maintain Birth-Kindergarten licensure or a pre-school add-on license; (3) Determine, in consultation with the Early Childhood Advisory Council, whether NC Pre-K should operate as a distinct program within the Division of Child Development and Early Education; and (4) Continue to base the academic standards of NC Pre-K upon the following five domains of child development, which are essential to the success of pre-kindergarten programs: (a) approaches to learning, (b) cognitive development, (c) language development and communication, (d) emotional and social development, and (e) health and physical development. http://www.governor.state.nc.us/newsItems/ExecutiveOrderDetail.aspx?newsItemID=1951
Title: E.O. 100
Source: http://www.governor.state.nc.us |
Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 |
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 and who for one or two semesters during the taxable year is enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12 in a nonpublic school or in a public school at which tuition is charged. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H344v7.pdf
Title: H.B. 344
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that the State Board of Education (SBE) is an authorized accrediting entity for public schools. Requires the SBE to adopt rigorous academic standards for accrediation taking into consideration: (1) Standards of regional and national accrediting agencies; (2) Common Core Standards; and (3) Any other appropriate information. Prohibits the State Board of Community Colleges and University of North Carolina institutions from considering accrediation of an applicatn student's secondary school as a factor affecting admissions, loans, scholarships or other educational activity at the school, unless the accrediation was conducted by a state agency. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H342v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 342
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Budget Technical Corrections Legislation:
Section 7.31 - Repeals the statutory provisions of the Teacher Academy, created to establish a statewide network of high quality, integrated, comprehensive, collaborative, and substantial professional development for teachers, provided through summer programs.
Section 7.32. Repeals the statutory provisions of the Professional Teaching Standards Commission, created to establish high standards for North Carolina teachers and the teaching profession.
Section 14. Reinstates personal education plans, and restores school improvement plans.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H22v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 22
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Removes all statutory references to school improvement plans, building school improvement teams, local safe school plans, and local school system technology plans.
Pages 48-52 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - School Improvement Plans, School Improvement Teams, etc.
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs the State Board of Education (SBE) to continue to participate in the development of the Common Core State Standards in conjunction with the consortium of other states, review all national assessments developed by both multistate consortia, and implement the assessments that the SBE deems most appropriate to assess student achievement on the Common Core State Standards. Requires, to the extent funds are made available, the SBE to plan for and require the administration of the ACT test for all students in the eleventh grade unless the student has already taken a comparable test and scored at or above a level set by the SBE.
Requires, to the extent funds are made available for this purpose, the SBE to plan for and require the administration of diagnostic tests in the eighth and tenth grades that align to the ACT test in order to help diagnose student learning and provide for students an indication of whether they are on track to be remediation-free at a community college or university. Requires, to the extent funds are made available for this purpose, the SBE to plan for and require local school districts to make available the appropriate WorkKeys tests for all students who complete the second level of vocational/career courses. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S479v5.html
Title: S.B. 479
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Career/Technical Education |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the Agricultural Education Program in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at North Carolina State University (NCSU) to (1) develop the secondary agricultural education curricula, and (2) recommend the curricula and corresponding assessment instruments to the state board, which must adopt the curricula for inclusion in the Standard Course of Study. Requires that this curricula include as part of its core content the Future Farmers of America (FFA) student youth organization and the Supervised Agricultural Experience learning program. Effective with the 2011 federal grant, directs the state board to transfer a prorated share of funds from all federal Career and Technical Education (CTE) funds available for state-level use to the Agricultural Education and FFA Program in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at NCSU. Requires that the transfer of funds be a percentage of the total based on the grades 9-12 duplicated agricultural education enrollment as compared to the total CTE grades 9-12 duplicated enrollment. Requires that these funds be used to support the secondary Agricultural Education Program state-level administration, leadership, curriculum and professional development, operations, innovations and expansions, and the FFA and the Supervised Agricultural Education learning program. Page 53 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Agricultural Education
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Removes the cap on charter schools. Allows the state board of education discretion in granting final approval of charter school applications. Raises the enrollment growth cap to 20 percent. Permits charter schools to charge fees charged by the local school administrative unit. Strengthens the standards for retaining a charter for a charter school. Requires the state board of education to report to the general assembly on charter schools. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S8v8.html
Title: S.B. 8
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Amends civic literacy curriculum requirements related to the founding of the United States. Deletes the requirements that high school students learn and be required to demonstrate understanding of the found of the U.S. and replaces with a specific requirement that high school students take a semester-long course entitled "American History I – The Founding Principles." Details specific ideas, philosophies, and rights that must be taught as part of the course and stablishes that a passing grade in the course will be a high school graduation requirement beginning with the 2014-2015 school year. Requires the state department of education to report by October 15 of each odd-numbered year to the Legislature covering the implementation of the new curriculum.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H588v6.pdf
Title: H.B. 588
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Class Size |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Declares findings of the general assembly regarding benefits of small class sizes in grades 1-3, and disadvantages of larger class sizes. Establishes legislative intent to reduce class size in grades 1 through 3 to a class size allotment not exceeding 1:15 as funds become available. Page 41 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Class Size Reduction for Grades 1-3
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Establishes The Arts Education Commission in the General Assembly to: (1) Review, prioritize, and recommend implementation strategies for the recommendations of the Comprehensive Arts Education Plan for K-12; (2) Recommend the content and process to establish an arts education report card; (3) Recommend ways to assess and promote opportunities for students to learn the skills of creativity and innovation; (4) Work with state department of education on the creation of arts education assessment models based on existing assessments and tests; (5) Recommend the establishment of arts education accountability incentives for schools under the accountability component of the Accountability and Curriculum Reform Effort for specified areas; and (6) Study and recommend a permanent financing strategy for K-12 arts education. Requires the Commission to report to the General Assembly by May 1, 2012, at which time the Commission terminates.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H758v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 758
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. |
Requires the Commission on Workforce Development, acting as the lead agency, with the cooperation of other participating agencies, including but not limited to, the North Carolina Community College System, The University of North Carolina, and the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities to initiate the "No Adult Left Behind" Initiative (Initiative) geared toward achievement of major statewide workforce development goals. Provides that the Initiative may also include community-based nonprofit organizations that provide services or assistance in the areas of worker training, workforce development, and transitioning North Carolinians between industries in the current global labor market. Provides that the first goal of the Initiative is to increase dramatically to forty percent (40%) the percentage of North Carolinians who earn associate degrees, other two-year educational credentials, and baccalaureate degrees. Permits specific fields of study may be selected for the most intense efforts. Directs the Commission on Workforce Development to, as the lead agency along with the North Carolina Community College System and The University of North Carolina as key cooperating institutions: (1) Collaborate to provide model evening-weekend certificate and degree programs designed specifically for working adults and other nontraditional students; (2) Work together to promote systemic changes designed to increase access and foster success among adult workers and other nontraditional students; and (3) Make it a priority to provide model evening-weekend certificate and degree programs in high-demand disciplines, occupations, and fields closely linked to economic development or that are the focus of public initiatives. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S166v5.html
Title: S.B. 166
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Finance |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Permits local school administrative units to transfer funds for school building administration for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the state board's ABC transfer policy, by submitting an ABC Transfer Form to the department of public instruction. For funds related to principal positions, requires that the salary transferred be based on the first step of the principal III salary schedule. Requires that, for funds related to assistant principal months of employment, the salary transferred must be based on the first step of the assistant principal salary schedule. Prohibits a local school administrative unit from converting certified position allotments to dollars in order to hire the same type of position. Page 52 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Transferring Funds for School Building Administration
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Finance--District |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board to establish a school calendar pilot program in the Wilkes County Schools, the Montgomery County Schools, and the Stanly County Schools, to determine whether and to what extent a local school administrative unit can save money by consolidating the school calendar. Provides that the school calendar for the 2011-2012 calendar year for the pilot school systems must include a minimum of 185 days or 1,025 hours of instruction covering at least 9 calendar months; permits a participating school system to meet minimum 185 days of instruction by adding instructional hours to previously scheduled days. Directs the state board to report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by March 15, 2012, on the administration of the pilot program, cost savings realized, and its impact on student achievement. Provides that if the state board finds that it will enhance student performance to do so, the state board may grant a pilot school system a waiver to use up to 5 instructional days or an equivalent number of instructional hours as teacher workdays. Bill text (page 53 of 342): http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
State board report: http://www.ncleg.net/documentsites/committees/JLEOC/Reports%20Received/2012%20Reports%20Received/School%20Calendar%20Pilot%20Program.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - School Calendar Pilot Program
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board of education (SBE) to streamline the paperwork process and to alleviate unnecessary, duplicative paperwork. Requires the to permit all reports to be submitted electronically and adopt policies to consolidate and streamline application for state funds. Requires local boards of education to identify software protocols to minimize repetitious data entry. Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to collaborate with More-At-Four to review all reporting requirements and reduce the frequency of reporting as appropriate. Provides that school districts will be granted permission to decline to file additional plans or paperwork if the School Improvement Plan adequately covers the subject. Eliminates the pre-payment of teachers starting July 1, 2012 and provides that from July 1, 2012 forward teachers will be paid for the days that they work in each month instead of the whole month. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H720v6.pdf
Title: H.B. 720
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Finance--Student Fees |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Removes requirement that the state board implement a $500 tuition charge for students attending the Governor's School of North Carolina. Replaces with provision permitting the state board to implement a tuition charge (dollar amount not specified) to cover the costs of the school. Page 46 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Tuition Charge for Governor's School
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Authorizes local boards of education to jointly establish a regional school to serve enrolled students in two or more local school districts that will expand student opportunities for educational success through high quality instructional programming. Provides that regional schools may include partnerships with other education partners, including institutions of higher education and private businesses or organizations, and will foster, encourage, and promote the development of knowledge and skills in career clusters of critical importance to the region. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S125v7.html
Title: S.B. 125
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Reduces the number of boards and commissions. Repeals: The Taskforce of School Based Management; The Taskforce on the Coordination of Children's Services; The Blue Ribbon Taskforce on State Health Plan for Teachers; The N.C. Teacher Academy Board of Trustees; The N.C. Teaching Fellows Commision (effective July 15, 2015); The N.C. Professional Teaching Standards Commission; The Governor's Commission on Early Childhood Vision Care; The Joint Legislative Commission on Dropout Prevention and High School Graduation; The N.C. Education Standards and Accountability Commission; and The State Board of Education Selection Committee for Superintendent. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S593v6.pdf
Title: S.B. 593
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations to study the feasibility of creating a single department to support state departments, agencies, and offices, including human resource management, information technology, purchasing, and budget and financial management. Directs the commission to report to the house of representatives and senate appropriations committees on its findings and recommendations upon the convening of the 2012 Regular Session of the 2011 General Assembly. In the conduct of this study, permits the commission to consider the Governor's proposed Department of Management and Administration as included in Executive Order 85, dated March 25, 2011, entitled "Consolidation and Reorganization of Executive Branch Agencies to Improve the Efficiency of State Government."
Page 13 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Single Department to Support Agency Operations
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Permits the department of Public Instruction, after consultation with the Office of State Budget and Management and the Fiscal Research Division, to reorganize if necessary to implement the budget reductions set out in this act. Directs the department to report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on any reorganization.
Page 53 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Department of Public Instruction Reorganization
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Requries funds appropriated for the school breakfast program to be used to provide school breakfasts at no cost to students of all grade levels qualifying for reduced-price meals in all schools participating in the National School Breakfast Program (NSBP). Provides that if appropriated funds are insufficient to provide school breakfasts at no cost to students qualifying for reduced-price meals, local child nutrition programs will charge the students qualifying for reduced-price meals the allowable amount for a reduced-price breakfast under the guidelines of the NSBP. Requires the State Board of Education to report by November 15, 2011, to the Legislature on an overview of the federally supported food service programs. Directs the state auditor to audit child nutrition services of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
Title: S.B. 415
Source: Westlaw/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that the required rules governing interscholastic athletic activities adopted by the State Board of Education must provide:
1. That all coaches, school nurses, athletic directors, first responders, volunteers, students who participate in interscholastic athletic activities, and the parents of those students will annually receive a concussion and head injury information sheet. School employees, first responders, volunteers, and students must sign the sheet and return it to the coach before they can participate in interscholastic athletic activities, including tryouts, practices, or competition. Parents must sign the sheet and return it to the coach before their children can participate in any such interscholastic athletic activities.
2. If a student participating in an interscholastic athletic activity exhibits signs or symptoms consistent with concussion, the student must be removed from the activity at that time and not be allowed to return to play or practice that day. The student must not return to play or practice on a subsequent day until the student is evaluated by and receives written clearance for such participation.
3. That each school must develop a venue specific emergency action plan to deal with serious injuries and acute medical conditions in which the condition of the patient may deteriorate rapidly. The plan shall include a delineation of roles, methods of communication, available emergency equipment, and access to and plan for emergency transport.
4. That each school must maintain complete and accurate records of its compliance with the requirements pertaining to head injuries. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/HTML/H792v5.html
Title: H.B. 792
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the fiscal research division, in consultation with the department of public instruction and the department of health and human services, to review all state- and federally-funded public school nurse positions to determine the most effective and cost-efficient ways to provide needed nursing service to public school students. Requires the fiscal research division to report to the house and senate education committees by May 2012. Pages 13-14 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - School Nurses
Source: www.ncleg.net |
High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires the State Board of Education (SBE) to implement a three-year Dropout Recovery Pilot Program in New Hanover County Schools and three other local school districts selected by the SBE. Provides that the purpose of the pilot program is to reengage students and increase the graduation rates in North Carolina through an educational program that provides flexible scheduling and a blended learning environment with individualized and self-paced learning options. Provides that under the pilot program, the educational services and programming must be provided by an education partner that is a nonprofit or for-profit entity approved by the SBE. Requires the pilot program to provide: (1) Facilities that are easily accessible to the students being served; (2) Flexible scheduling, including at least two different program schedules; (3) Differentiated instruction that shall include individualized, group, and online instructional components; and (4) The capacity for assessing, recording, and responding to the students' academic progress on a daily basis using assessments that are aligned with State and local standards and requirements. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/HTML/H822v4.html
Title: H.B. 822
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Directs the state board of education and North Carolina Community College System to establish the Career and College Promise program to offer opportunities for high school students to dually enroll in community college courses that provide pathways (CTE pathway, college transfer pathway, cooperative innovative high schools program) leading to a certificate, diploma, or degree and providing entry-level jobs skills. Requires that credits earned through Promise allow students to complete a postsecondary credential in less time than would normally be required. Directs all existing dual enrollment programs (i.e., Huskins, Concurrent Enrollment, Cooperative and Innovative High Schools, Learn and Earn, and Learn and Earn Online) to be consolidated and replaced by Career and College Promise. Permits University of North Carolina (UNC) System institutions, subject to approval by the UNC Board of Governors, to offer as a Career and College pathway a cooperative innovative high schools program; requires that the pathway align with the K-12 curriculum and career and college ready standards adopted by the state board. Requires the North Carolina Community College System and department of public instruction to jointly develop and implement a program accountability plan to evaluate short- and long-term outcomes for Career and College Promise. Identifies minimum outcomes to be measured. Directs community colleges to generate budget FTE for instruction provided through the Promise. Establishes reporting requirement regarding the number and cost of high school FTE served as a result of the Career and College Promise program. Repeals § 115D-1.1 (permitting enrollment of a student under 16 in a community college) and § 115D-1.2 (providing for the Learn and Earn Online program).
Repeals language (1) prohibiting generation of community college budget FTE if a community college contracts with a local school administrative unit for a high school teacher to teach a college course, and (2) permitting local community college administrative boards and local school boards to establish cooperative programs permitting high school students to complete college courses for credit. Replaces with language permitting community colleges to offer (in collaboration with local school administrative units), cooperative innovative high school programs, academic transition pathways leading to a career technical education certificate or diploma, and college transfer certificates requiring completion of 30 semester credit hours transfer courses, including English and math, for high school juniors and seniors.
Pages 37-38 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Career and College Promise
Source: www.ncleg.net |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Directs the North Carolina Community College System, University of North Carolina General Administration, and the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities to develop a plan for articulation of a college transfer certificate to all UNC institutions and participating independent colleges and universities. Requires that North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc., also be included in the development of the plan if it chooses to participate. Provides that college transfer certificates must require the successful completion of 30 credit hours of college transfer courses, including English and math, for qualified high school junior and seniors. Page 39 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - College Transfer Certificate
Source: www.ncleg.net |
High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Establishes new criteria for a school to be defined a cooperative innovative high school, and requires a cooperative innovative high school approved by the state board prior to July 2011 to meet new requirements by July 2014; provides any program that fails to meet the requirements by that date is no longer authorized as a cooperative innovative high school. Extends purpose of cooperative innovative high school programs to permit programs to target first-generation college students. Requires that all cooperative innovative high school programs (1) Enable students to concurrently obtain a high school diploma and begin or complete an associate degree program, certificate or vocational program, or earn up to 2 years of college credit within 5 years, and (2) provide outreach to potential participating students to promote academic preparation for and awareness of programs. Specifies that no additional state funds may be offered to an approved cooperative innovative high school unless appropriated by the general assembly.
Removes (1) several previously-required program components, (2) specifications for programs targeted at students at risk of dropping out, (3) specifications for programs offering accelerated learning, (4) provision specifiying program locations (i.e., school within a school, etc.), (5) provisions related to five-year career academy operating as a cooperative innovative high school.
Pages 39-41 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Cooperative Innovative High School Programs
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
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 entitled to 12 months of employment for a principal. Page 52 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Principal Employment in Small Schools
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that corporal punishment will not be administered on a student whose parent or guardian has stated in writing that corporal punishment must not be administered to that student. Provides that parents/guardians must be given a form to make such an election at the beginning of the school year or when the student first enters the school during the year. Provides that if the parent or guardian does not return the form, corporal punishment may be administered on the student. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S498v4.html
Title: S.B. 498
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Allows the parent of multiple birth siblings who are assigned to the same grade level and school to request a consultative meeting with the school principal to consider that the initial school placement of the siblings be in the same classroom or in separate classrooms. Requires the request to be be made no later than five days before the first day of each school year or five days after the first day of attendance of students during the school year if the students are enrolled in the school after the school year commences. Permits the school to recommend to the parent the appropriate classroom placement for multiple birth siblings and provide professional educational advice to assist the parent with the decision regarding appropriate classroom placement. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S726v5.html
Title: S.B. 726
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes the State Board of Proprietary Schools in the North Carolina Community Colleges System Office. Provides that the State Board of Proprietary Schools has the authority to recommend for adoption and to administer all policies, regulations, and standards which it deems necessary for the operation of the Office of Proprietary Schools. Requires the State Board of Community Colleges, having the authority under state law to grant and issue licenses to proprietary schools by and through the State Board of Proprietary Schools, to receive written recommendation from the State Board of Proprietary Schools concerning applicants for licenses and annual renewal applications for licenses. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v6.pdf
Title: S.B. 685
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
Postsec. |
Articulates legislative priority that high school graduates enter the workforce or higher education fully prepared. To implement this priority, directs the joint education oversight committee to study and report to the 2012 regular session with a comprehensive plan that addresses, among other issues, (1) Ways to hold high schools accountable for the higher education performance of their students, including requiring funding for developmental education to come from high schools; and (2) The most cost-effective way to provide remedial education in higher education, including funding summer term developmental courses at community colleges based on successful course completions, focusing remediation at the community colleges, and redirecting university appropriations for remedial education to the community colleges. Provides that any program implemented needs to be structured so that ongoing, evaluable performance and outcome data is available.
Bill (page 37 of 342): http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Committee recommendations (pages 24-25 of 27): http://www.ncleg.net/documentsites/committees/JLEOC/Report%20to%20the%20General%20Assembly%20Session/2012%20Ed%20Oversight%20Final%20Report.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Postsecondary Remediation
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Establishes a Blue Ribbon Task Force to study the length of the school year, cost of implementation, current cost of remediation, effects current calendar has of math and science scores. Provides that a report is due to the General Assembly by December 31, 2012. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H765v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 765
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that a person must "knowingly" carry a firearm onto school grounds to be criminally liable of a Class I felony. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H650v6.pdf
Title: H.B. 650
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Amends the statues governing reportable offenses in schools by adding to the bases of knowledge triggering the obligation of a principal to report to law enforcement. Provides that school principals must report if they have a "reasonable belief" that a specified criminal act occurred. Removes the criminal penalty for failure to report and establishes instead that a principal in violation may be subject to demotion or dismissal. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S394v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 394
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School Safety--Code of Conduct |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Clarifies the definitions of the following terms: alternative education services; corporal punishment; educational property; explusion; firearm; long-term suspension; parent; destructive device; principal; school official; school personnel; short-term suspension; substantial evidence; and superintendent. Requires local boards of education to adopt policies to govern the conduct of students and establish procedure to be followed by school officials in disciplining students. Details what such policies must include. Encourages school officials to use a full range of responses to violations of disciplinary rules, such as conferences, counseling, and peer mediation.
Reasonable force - Provides that school personnel may use reasonable force to control behavior or to remove a person from the scene in those situations when necessary for any of the following reasons: (1) To correct students; (2) To quell a disturbance threatening injury to others; (3) To obtain possession of weapons or other dangerous objects on the person, or within the control, of a student; (4) For self-defense; (5) For the protection of persons or property; and (6) To maintain order on educational property, in the classroom, or at a school-related activity on or off educational property.
Corporal punishment - Directs each school board to determine whether corporal punishment will be permitted in its district. Specifies what the policies adopted for the administration of corporal punishment must include. Requires each school board to report annually to the state board of education on the number of times that corporal punishment was administered.
Suspension - Details when a principal has the authority to impose short- and long-term suspension on a student and what a student subject to short- and long-term suspension must be provided. Provides the procedures for imposing short- and long-term suspension.
Alternative education services - Provides that students who are long-term suspended must be offered alternative education services unless the superintendent provides a significant or important reason for declining to offer such services. Details what constitues a significant or important reason for declining such services.
365-day supension for gun possession - Requires all local boards to develop and implement policies and procedures requiring suspension for 365 calendar days of any student who is determined to have brought or been in possession of a firearm or destructive device on educational property or to a school-sponsored event off educational property.
Expulsion - Provides that upon recommentation of the superintendent, a board of education may expel any student 14 years of age or older whose continued presence in school constitutes a clear threat to the safety of other students or school staff. Provides the procedures for an expulsion. Allows students suspended for 365 days or expelled to, after 180 calendar days from the date of suspension or expulsion, request in writing readmission to the school district. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H736v7.pdf
Title: H.B. 736
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Special Education--Finance |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board to allocate additional funds for children with disabilities on the basis of $3,585.88 per child. Requires that each local school administrative unit receive funds for the lesser of (i) all children who are identified as children with disabilities or (ii) 12.5% of its 2011-2012 allocated average daily membership in the local school administrative unit. Requires that such dollar amounts be adjusted in accordance with legislative salary increments, retirement rate adjustments, and health benefit adjustments for personnel who serve children with disabilities.
Pages 41-42 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Funds for Children with Disabilities
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board to allocate an additional $1,192.90 per academically or intellectually gifted child for fiscal year 2011-2012 and $1,192.90 per child for fiscal year 2012-2013. Requires that a local school administrative unit receive funds for a maximum of 4% of its 2011-2012 allocated average daily membership, regardless of the number of children identified as academically or intellectually gifted in the unit. Requires that dollar amounts allocated under these provisions also adjust in accordance with legislative salary increments, retirement rate adjustments, and health benefit adjustments for personnel who serve academically or intellectually gifted children. Page 42 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Funds for Gifted Children
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires school districts to report annually to the State Board of Education (SBE) on the number of children with immediate family members in the military and whether the school district has an employee trained to handle the unique needs of children with immediate family members in the military. Requires the SBE to report the information collected by districts to the Legislative Education Oversight Committee. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S597v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 597
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Eliminates the Legislative Study Commission on Children and Youth and transfers all duties to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee. Modifies Education Oversight Committee study duties from "shall" to "may" and broadens the scope of the Committees' duties to include studying the needs of children and youth. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H595v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 595
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Articulates legislative priority that high school graduates enter the workforce or higher education fully prepared. To implement this priority, directs the joint education oversight committee to study and report to the 2012 regular session with a comprehensive plan that addresses, among other issues, implementation of a 3rd grade literacy policy, including the advisability of a program for 3rd grade reading specialists modeled on Florida's reading specialist program. Provides that any program implemented needs to be structured so that ongoing, evaluable performance and outcome data is available.
Page 37 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Committee report (recommendations on page 24 of 27): http://www.ncleg.net/documentsites/committees/JLEOC/Report%20to%20the%20General%20Assembly%20Session/2012%20Ed%20Oversight%20Final%20Report.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Third Grade Literacy Recommendations
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Student Supports--Remediation |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Repeals § 115C-105.41, which required (1) districts to identify students who are at risk for academic failure, (2) development of a personal education plan for academic improvement with focused intervention and performance benchmarks, no later than the end of the first quarter, or after a teacher has had up to 9 weeks of instructional time with a student, (3) focused intervention and acceleration activities to include research-based best practices, and (4) parental notice of personal education plan and parent inclusion in implementation and ongoing review of personal education plans. Page 52 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Identification of Students at Risk of Academic Failure, Personal Education Plans
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Provides that principals must (previously read "may") require the parent/guardian of a child presented for admission to a school for the first time to furnish a certified copy of the child's birth certificate or other satisfactory evidence of birth. Adds a certificate of required immunizations to the required documents that a principal must receive from a parent/guardian of a student presented for admission to a school for the first time. Provides that secondary proof of age may only be established through competent and verifiable evidence, including a medical record of the child's birth issued by the treating physician or the hospital in which the child was born or a certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a church, mosque, temple or other religious institution that maintains birth records of its members.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H744v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 744
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Prohibits state board from requiring more than 5 semester hours or 7 1/2 units of renewal credits to renew a North Carolina Standard Professional 2 professional educator's license.
Page 52 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Renewal of Professional Educator's License
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Modifies the law governing teacher career status. Creates a definition of "inadequate performance" for teachers: failure to perform at a proficient level on any standard of the Department of Public Instruction's teacher evaluation instrument or otherwise performing in a manner that is below standard. Modifies the procedure for dismissal or demotion of career employee. Requires an annual evaluation of licensed employees assigned to all schools identified as low-performing. Requires local boards to use performance standards and criteria adopted by State Board of Education (SBE) and allows local boards to adopt additional evaluation criteria and standards. Mandates probationary teacher observations in schools not identified as low-performing at least 3 times annually by a principal and at least one time annually by a teacher. Provides that if a teacher receives a performance rating that is below proficient or otherwise below standard a principal may place the teacher on a mandatory improvement plan equivalent to those in low-performing schools. Establishes that after reassessment of the teacher on the areas of deficiency identified in the mandatory improvement plan, if the teacher is not proficient in any of the performance standards identified or has not demonstrated sufficient improvement towards those standards, the superintendent may recommend demotion or dismissal. Establishes immunity for negligence for acts or omissions taken with regards to teacher evaluation/observations and institution of mandatory improvement plans. Replaces the word "certificate" with "license" throughout the law governing the system of employment for public school teachers. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S466v5.html
Title: S.B. 466
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Technology--Equitable Access |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Requires the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) program to report to the state board and maintain an administrative office at the department of public instruction. Requires that the director of NCVPS ensure that students in rural and low-wealth county local school administrative units have access to e-learning courses. Requires that e-learning instructional opportunities include courses required in the standard course of study for high school graduation and AP offerings not otherwise available. Repeals section 7.4 of S.L. 2010-31, regarding the NCVPS allotment formula (page 21 of 189 http://www.ncleg.net/fiscalresearch/budget_legislation/budget_legislation_pdfs/2010%20Appropriations%20Act.pdf). Directs the state board to take specified steps to implement an allotment formula for NCVPS beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. Directs NCVPS to provide the NCVPS program at no cost to all students enrolled in North Carolina public schools, Department of Defense schools, and schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Directs the state board, in establishing the fee structure and payment structure for NCVPS, to consider recommendations from the eLearning Commission and the NCVPS Advisory Board. Directs the state board to establish a separate per student tuition for out-of-state, home-schooled, and private school students. Requires the board to direct NCVPS to develop a plan by September 15, 2011 to generate revenue from the sale of courses to out-of-state educational entities; requires that such revenue be used to offset instructional costs to local school administrative units and charter schools. Beginning in 2011, requires that the director of NCVPS submit a report on NCVPS to the state board by December 1 of each year. Requires that the report use data from the previous fiscal year and include statistics on actual versus projected costs to local school administrative units and charter schools, student enrollment, virtual teacher salaries, and measures of academic achievement. Requires that the NCVPS director continue specified efforts related to quality of course offerings, elimination of course duplication, and alignment of courses to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Directs the state board to reduce each district or charter school's classroom teacher allotment on the basis of ADM in grades 6-12 to provide $2,866,923 for NCVPS in the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Requires that the allotment reduction continue in future fiscal years and be adjusted annually based upon the percentage growth in NCVPS enrollment. Also requires that in fiscal year 2011-2012, the allotment to districts and charter schools be reduced to provide $2 million to create an NCVPS enrollment reserve, to be used to cover the NCVPS instructional costs of local school administrative units or charter schools with enrollments exceeding projected NCVPS enrollment. Beginning in fiscal year 2012-2013, requires the state board to annually reduce each local school administrative unit's or charter school's classroom teacher allotment, or other allotment, as determined by the state board, on the basis of ADM in grades 6-12 an amount that is the difference between $2,000,000 and the balance of the NCVPS enrollment reserve.
Pages 54-56 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS)
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Technology--Funding Issues |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 |
P-12 |
Effective June 30, 2011, ends specified funding for (1) the School Connectivity Initiative and (2) the Friday Institute at North Carolina State University to evaluate the effectiveness of using technology and its impact on 21st-century teaching and learning outcomes. Page 46 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - Technology-Related Funding
Source: www.ncleg.net |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
Directs local boards of education to adopt and implement policies that encourage high school to work partnerships. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/HTML/H769v4.html
Title: H.B. 769
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. |
Provides financial assistance in the form of forgivable loans for service to qualified students who are committed to working in the state in order to respond to critical employment shortages. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S137v6.html
Title: S.B. 137
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 |
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 least nine calendar months (previous law required a minimum of 180 days and 1,000 hours). Requires the local board to designate when the 180 instructional days or 1,000 hours will occur. Provides that if, due to inclement weather, a local board complies with this requirement by scheduling 1,000 hours of instruction on less than 180 days, the school district is deemed to have a minimum of 180 days of instruction, teachers employed for a 10-month term are deemed to have been employed for 180 instructional days, and all other employees must be compensated as if they had worked their regularly scheduled hours for 180 instructional days.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H197v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 197
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Finance--Federal |
Vetoed 04/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Allows community colleges to opt out of participation in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.
Govenor's Veto Message: http://www.governor.state.nc.us/NewsItems/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?newsItemID=1803
Bill text: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/HTML/H7v3.html
Title: H.B. 7
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us; http://www.governor.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 04/2011 |
P-12 |
Transfers governance of the State Health Plan from the legislature to the State Treasurer, who would manage the plan with the help of an appointed committee (Governor Perdue supports this provision of the bill); Requires state workers and teachers to pay a monthly premium for insurance coverage.
Governor's Veto Message: http://www.governor.state.nc.us/NewsItems/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?newsItemID=1803
Bill Text: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/HTML/S265v6.html
Title: S.B. 265
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us; http://www.governor.state.nc.us |
Assessment |
Became law without governor's signature 03/2011 |
P-12 |
Eliminates statewide standardized testing in the public schools, except as required by federal law or as a condition of a federal grant. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H48v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 48
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
Postsec. |
Amends the definition of "Proprietary school" to include an educational institution that meets all of the following conditions:
1. Is privately owned by a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation
2. Is established as a business entity or as a nonprofit charitable organization
3. Offers instruction to individuals who (i) have completed their elementary and secondary education or (ii) are beyond the age of compulsory secondary school attendance and have demonstrated an ability to benefit from that instruction for the attainment of educational objectives, vocational objectives, or both
4. Charges tuition or receives any consideration from a student for any portion of the instruction in any form, including written or audiovisual material
5. Educates, trains, or claims or offers to educate or train students in a program leading toward (i) examinations for licensing in a profession or vocation, (ii) employment at a beginning or advanced level, or (iii) a postsecondary educational credential below the associate degree level.
The term proprietary school includes a branch or extension of a private postsecondary educational institution of another state that is located in North Carolina or that offers educational services or education at a physical location within North Carolina.
The legislation also requires proprietary school policy and regulations to provide for, at a minimum, a full refund if a student withdraws before the first day of class or the school cancels the class and 75% refund if the student withdraws within the first 25% of the period of enrollment for which the student was charged.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/SessionLaws/HTML/2011-2012/SL2011-21.html
Title: S.B. 20
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
High School--College Readiness |
Issued 09/2010 |
P-12 |
Creates the Governor's Education Transformation Commission. Charges the commission with:
(A) (1) Making recommendations on the strategic direction of all aspects of the Race to the Top (RttT) to support the implementation of the Career and College - Ready, Set, Go! Initiative (CC-RSG) (which focuses on the governor's goal of every student's graduating ready for a career, college or technical training); (2) Communication and marketing for the RttT and CC-RSG in local communities and across the state; (3) Ensuring continuous alignment between the governor's CC-RSG initiative and other state transformational plans; and (4) the revision of existing state policies, rules or regulations that may inhibit the state from achieving the targets outlined in the CC-RSG.
(B) Participating with the RTTT coordinators and partners to develop and implement programs.
(C) Advising the governor regarding other issues, changes or modifications needed to help the governor reach her goal that every student will graduate ready for a career, college or technical training.
Provides the executive order remains in effect until September 27, 2014, unless rescinded earlier. http://www.governor.state.nc.us/NewsItems/UploadedFiles/91987489-2f25-4cfe-a2a0-96cf33935c64.pdf
Title: E.O. 65
Source: www.governor.state.nc.us |
Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Signed into law 08/2010 |
Postsec. |
Provides that any energy savings realized by constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina must remain available to the institution and a portion of those energy savings must be used for other energy conservation measures. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1292v6.pdf
Title: H.B. 1292
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Prior to the 2010-11 school year, directs the state board to:
(1) Develop a growth model establishing annual improvement goals in the four-year cohort graduation rate by local school administrative units.
(2) Establish as a short-term goal that local school administrative units meet the annual growth model goals for improvement in the four-year cohort graduation rate beginning with the graduating class of 2011 and continuing annually thereafter.
(3) Establish as statewide minimum goals four-year cohort graduation rates of 74% by 2014; 80% by 2016; and 90% by 2018.
(4) Establish as a long-term goal with benchmarks and recommendations to reach a statewide four-year cohort graduation rate of 100%.
Directs the state board to report annually to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee beginning no later than November 15, 2010 on the aforementioned goals, benchmarks, and recommendations. Requires that the goals, benchmarks, and recommendations appropriately differentiate for students with disabilities and other student subgroups in each four-year cohort. Requires that the report include goals and benchmarks by local school administrative unit, the strategies and recommendations for achieving the goals and benchmarks, any evidence/data supporting the strategies and recommendations, and the identity of state board employees overseeing local school administrative units in achieving the goals and benchmarks. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1246v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 1246 - Improving Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Provides that cooperative innovative high schools have the same exemptions from statutes and rules as charter schools, other than those pertaining to personnel. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1201v3.pdf
Title: S.B. 1201
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires school districts to identify students who are at risk for academic failure and who are not successfully progressing toward grade promotion and graduation, beginning no later than the fourth grade. Identification shall occur as early as can reasonably be done and can be based on grades, observations, state assessments, and other factors, including reading on grade level, that impact student performance that teachers and administrators consider appropriate, without having to await the results of end-of-grade or end-of-course tests. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1248v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 1248
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires superintendents to report to the state board of education on career employees who resign without the written agreement of the superintendent and have been recommended for dismissal; Provides that the employee will be viewed as having consented to: (1) having written notice of the superintendent's intention to recommend dismissal placed in the employee's personnel file and (2) the release, upon request, to prospective employers of the fact that the superintendent has reported the employee to the state board and that pending a state board investigation to determine whether to pursue action against the employee's license, the employee will be deemed to have voluntarily surrendered his or her license for up to 45 days from the date of the resignation. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1377v6.pdf
Title: H.B. 1377
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board of education to appoint a task force of members from the Department of Public Instruction and the Department of Cultural Resources to create a Comprehensive Arts Education Development plan for the public schools. The task force must specifically consider policies to implement arts education in the public schools, including: (1) an arts requirement in grades K-5, (2) availability of all four arts disciplines in grades 6-8, with students required to take at least one arts discipline each school year, and (3) availability of electives in the arts at the high school level. The task force must further consider a high school graduation requirement in the arts and the further development of the A+ Schools Program. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S66v5.pdf
Title: S.B. 66
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Prohibits local boards of education from using public funds to endorse or oppose a referendum, election or a particular candidate for elective office. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/HTML/H593v6.html
Title: H.B. 593
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Eliminates permanently the high school graduation project as a statewide requirement (the project had been temporarily suspended as a statewide requirement last year but was scheduled to be reinstated beginning with the 2011-12 school year); Provides that local boards retain discretionary authority to require a high school graduation project. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1864v3.pdf
Title: H.B. 1864
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
P-3 Child Care |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires teaching staff working in licensed child care centers as of October 1, 2010, to have their education certified by the NC Institute for Child Development Professionals (NCICDP) by July 1, 2012. Teaching staff hired to work in licensed child care centers after October 1, 2010, must have their education certified by the NCICDP within 60 days of their hiring. Also requires child care administrators to have their education certified with an Administrator Endorsement by July 1, 2012. Child care administrators hired after July 1, 2012, must have their education certified with an Administrator Endorsement within 60 days of their hiring." http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1119v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 1119
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Religion |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires principals, community colleges and universities to authorize a minimum of two excused absences each academic year for religious observances required by the faith of a student or the student's parents; provides that the student's parents may be required to give the principal written notice of the request for an excused absence a reasonable time prior to the religious observance; mandates that the student be given the opportunity to make up any tests or other work missed due to an excused absence for a religious observance. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H357v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 357
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Prohibits schools from administering corporal punishment on a student with a disability whose parent or guardian has stated in writing that corporal punishment will not be administered on that student. Requires schools to provide to the parents or guardians a form on which they can make such an election. Requires school districts to make an annual report to the state board of education on the number of times that corporal punishment was administered in their district. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1682v5.pdf
Title: HB 1682
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
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. armed forces who is the sole legal custodian of the child, and is stationed in another state, and is deployed for duty away from the permanent duty station, and child living with an adult in North Carolina as a result of deployment away would be eligible for school enrollment in the other state. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1246v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 1246 - Enrollment of Child under 5 Who Is Child of Military Personnel
Source: www.ncga.state.nc.us |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires school improvement teams to use the Education Value Added Assessment System (EVAAS) or a compatible and comparable system approved by the State Board of Education, to analyze student data to identify root causes for problems and to determine actions to address them. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1669v2.pdf
Title: H.B. 1669
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Establishes the Agriscience and Biotechnology Regional School Planning Commission to develop and plan a regional school of agriscience and biotechnology. The Commission must ensure that the plan model is replicable, sustainable, and scaleable. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1199v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 1199
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
STEM |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Requires the education cabinet to set as a priority an increase in the number of students earning postsecondary credentials in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to reduce the gap between needed credentialed workers and available jobs in those fields by 2015. Also requires the education cabinet to encourage cooperative efforts between secondary schools and institutions of higher education to prepare students for postsecondary study in STEM and to determine measurements for assessing the number of
available jobs in the fields of STEM in the state, and the number of students earning postsecondary credentials in STEM fields of science,
at all institutions of higher education in the state. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1198v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 1198
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board of education to adopt rules and policies for the voluntary shared leave program to allow an employee at a public school to donate sick leave to a nonfamily member employee of a public school; Provides that a donor of sick leave to a nonfamily member recipient may not donate more than 5 days of sick leave per year to any one nonfamily member recipient; Provides that the combined total of sick leave donated to a recipient from nonfamily member donors shall not exceed 20 days per year; Prohibits donated sick leave from being used for retirement purposes, and employees who donate sick leave must be notified in writing of the state retirement credit consequences of donating sick leave. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H213v6.pdf
Title: H.B. 213
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board of education to develop or identify academically rigorous honors level courses in healthful living education that can be offered at the high school level. Requires these honors-level courses to be more rigorous than standard-level courses and include advanced content, provide multiple opportunities for students to take greater responsibility for their learning, and require higher-quality work from the students than standard courses. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/HTML/H901v5.html
Title: H.B. 901
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Whole-School Reform Models |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the state board of education to approve a local board of education's request to reform any school in its administrative unit which the state board has identified as one of the continually low-performing schools in NC; upon approving a reform request, the state board may authorize the local board of education to adopt one of the following models in accordance with state board requirements: (1) transformation model, (2) restart model, (3) turnaround model (4) school closure model; requires the state board to adopt rules to develop requirements for the
models for school reform establish a procedure for annual reporting requirements and for removing or continuing the authorization to reform.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S704v5.pdf
Title: S.B. 704
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.ust |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
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 of instructional time with a student; provides that local school administrative units shall give notice of the personal education plan and a copy of the personal education plan to the student's parent or guardian. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H804v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 804
Source: http://www.ncleg.net |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires credit education for all students; provides that each student receive personal financial literacy instruction that includes the true cost of credit, choosing and managing a credit card, borrowing money for an automobile or other large purchase, home mortgages, credit scoring and credit reports, and other relevant financial literacy issues; requires the State Board of Education to determine into which courses and grade levels the curriculum shall be integrated. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1474v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 1474
Source: http://www.ncleg.net |
Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Relates to voting laws; Expands instruction on the importance of voting in the high school social studies curriculum; Encourages local education boards to promote registration and preregistration of students.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H908v6.pdf
Title: H.B. 908
Source: http://www.ncleg.net |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires all cities, counties, local boards of education, unified governments, sanitary districts, and consolidated city-counties to adopt a Code of Ethics for the governing board; requires the members of those governing boards to receive education on ethics laws applicable to local government officials. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1452v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 1452
Source: http://www.ncleg.net |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Requires boards of directors of charter schools to implement the guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education for the development and implementation of individual diabetes care plans; requires local boards of education and boards of directors of charter schools to report annually to the State Board of Education about their compliance with these guidelines.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S738v5.pdf
Title: S.B. 738
Source: http://www.ncleg.net |
Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes a student protection fund for proprietary school (i.e., all private schools operated for profit, with some exceptions) students to compensate students who have suffered a loss of tuition, fees, or any other instructional-related expenses paid to the school by reason of the failure of the school to offer or complete student instruction, if the school ceases to operate; provides licensee bonding requirements; provides the annual assessment rates for such schools to the fund.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S860v7.pdf
Title: S.B. 860
Source: http://www.ncleg.net |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Ensures that acts of violence in schools are reported to the local superintendent or the superintendent's designee; requires local boards of education to adopt a policy on notification to the parents or legal guardians of students alleged to be victims of any act required to be reported to law enforcement and the superintendent. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1078v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 1078
Source: http://www.ncleg.net |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Adds the offense of taking indecent liberties with a student to the list of sex offenses that require registration under the Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program, as recommended by the House Select Committee on Sex Offender Issues.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H209v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 209
Source: http://www.ncleg.net |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that the Division of Motor Vehicles shall not issue or renew commercial drivers licenses with endorsements that qualify a person to drive a commercial passenger vehicle or school bus for anyone required to register under the sex offender and public protection registration programs; provides for the right to file a petition for a hearing on the matter.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1117v3.pdf
Title: H.B. 1117
Source: http://www.ncleg.net |
Student Achievement |
Signed into law 08/2009 |
P-12 |
Directs local boards of education to encourage community academic booster organizations to support student academic achievement; Requires local boards to develop policies approving use of volunteer organizations and individual volunteers; Requires local boards to develop policies to make information on tutoring and academic support services available to parents and students. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1028v6.pdf
Title: S.B. 1028
Source: http://www.ncleg.net |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Establishes the joint legislative Joining Our Businesses and Schools (JOBS) Study Commission to study issues related to economic development through instructional program frameworks that aid in the transition to postsecondary education and future careers, including technical and vocational needs of each economic development region, employment and workforce preparation needs of the State as a whole, and the shortage of highly skilled employees such as technicians, teachers, and allied health practitioners.
The Commission shall also study issues related to economic growth by the creation of measures and metrics which define the readiness of a community to deliver to all stakeholders the services that equip the workforce to be competitive in a STEM-intensive economy, including ensuring that students throughout the education pipeline gain the skills learned from science, technology, engineering, math, and other rigorous subjects. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1069v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 1069
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Middle School |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Employee Leave for Parent Conferences:
- Requires local boards of education to work with business leaders to encourage local businesses to adopt personnel policies to permit parents to attend student conferences.
Transitioning to High School:
- Encourages local boards to implement programs (e.g., Ninth Grade Academies) that assist students in making a successful transition between the middle school and high school years.
Parental Involvement in Student Achievement and Graduation Preparation:
- Encourages local boards of education to adopt policies to promote and support parental involvement in student learning and achievement at school and at home and to encourage successful progress toward graduation.
Suspension and Expulsion
- Encourages local boards of education are encouraged to adopt policies and best practices to reduce suspension and expulsion rates and to provide alternative learning programs for continued academic progress for students who have been suspended.
- Requires local boards to include in school policy on pregnant and parenting students (already required) a provision for assistance and support to encourage pregnant and parenting students to remain enrolled in school and graduate.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H187v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 187
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Establishes a Financial Literacy Council to coordinate and expand the statewide delivery of financial education for all North Carolinians; the council will consider and make recommendations to address (among other things) the current personal financial literacy programs in the public schools and how to integrate financial education in K-12; the council will consult with the public schools, community colleges, and public and private university systems to further its mission. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1019v5.pdf
Title: S.B. 1019
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 |
Modifies the hearing process applicable to probationary teachers by providing the teacher a right to notice and hearing prior to the
board's vote on whether to grant the teacher career status; requires the superintendent to provide written notice to a probationary teacher no
later than May 15 of the superintendent's intent to recommend nonrenewal and the teacher's right, within 10 days of receipt of the superintendent's recommendation, to (i) request and receive written notice of the reasons for the superintendent's recommendation for nonrenewal and the information that the superintendent may share with the board to support the recommendation for nonrenewal; and (ii) request a hearing for those teachers eligible for a hearing under state statute.
Also provides a career teacher right to notice and hearing prior to the board's vote on employment. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S962v5.pdf
Title: S.B. 962
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Amends the law relating to school improvement plans; requires that such plans be data-driven; requires school improvement teams to analyze student data to identify root causes for problems and to determine actions to address them; decreases the period of time for which a school improvement plan is required to remain in effect; requires that the State Board of Education review and approve school improvement plans. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1446v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 1446
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
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 city and county officials for which willful discharge of duties was already unlawul; provides for removal from office. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H43v3.pdf
Title: H.B. 43
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Removes the requirement that local school administrative units (LEAs) provide only abstinence until marriage education and requires LEAs to provide reproductive health and safety education in grades seven through nine; requires such education to include instruction on sexually transmitted diseases, contraceptive methods, and sexual assault and abuse; requires LEAs to provide a comprehensive school health education program that meets all the requirements of this subsection and all the objectives established by the State Board.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H88v8.pdf
Title: H.B. 88
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Removes the high school graduation project as a requirement for graduation from high school prior to July 1, 2011; permits local boards of education to require their students to complete a high school graduation project; directs the Program Evaluation Division of the General Assembly to study the cost and effectiveness of requiring a high school graduation project.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H223v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 223
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
P-3 Child Care |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that public schools seeking voluntary child care facility licensure may use the same building standards for prekindergarten classrooms as for Kindergarten classrooms meeting certain requirements. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1031v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 1031
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
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 from school; requires written notice to the student's parent by the end of the workday during which the suspension for more than 10 days or expulsion is recommended when reasonably possible, but in no event later than the end of the following workday; requires notice to include certain information. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H218v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 218
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs the Office of State Personnel, Department of Public Instruction, North Carolina Community Colleges, and the University of North Carolina to develop an employee benefits statement that reflects the current value of employee benefits provided to state, public school, and community college employees. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1221v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 1221
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Authorizes community colleges to offer noncredit courses in safe driving to high school students on a self-supporting basis during the academic year or the
summer. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H391v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 391
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Grants additional purchasing flexibility to community colleges by permitting purchase of an item that is neither available under State term contracts nor substantially similar to an item available under State term contracts; directs the State Board of Community Colleges and the Department of Administration to jointly adopt policies and procedures for monitoring the implementation of such purchases. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H490v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 490
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Clarifies the meaning of public school buildings as related to after-school child care programs as "any building which is currently approved for school occupancy and which houses a public or private elementary school to include the playgrounds and athletic fields as part of the school building when that building is used to serve school-age children in after-school child care programs"; establishes procedures for approving education criteria for after-school child care program coordinators and group leaders. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1030v6.pdf
Title: S.B. 1030
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides that prior to July 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, each local board of education shall certify to the State Board of Education (SBE) that its high school and middle school science laboratories are equipped with appropriate personal protective equipment for students and teachers; requires the SBE, in consultation with local boards of education and the Board
of Governors of The University of North Carolina, to evaluate and modify the academic requirements for students preparing to teach science in middle and high schools to ensure that there is adequate preparation in issues related to science laboratory safety; provides that no board of education shall apply for a certificate of occupancy for any new middle or high school building until the plans for the science laboratory areas of the building have been reviewed and approved to meet accepted safety standards for school science laboratories and related preparation rooms and stockrooms. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H42v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 42
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Authorizes law enforcement agencies to disseminate an assessment of criminal intelligence information to a school principal when necessary to avoid imminent danger to the life of a student or employee of the school or to the public school property. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/HTML/H1327v5.html
Title: H.B. 1327
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Provides for the use of automated camera or video recording systems to detect and prosecute individuals who pass stopped school buses; increases the penalty for striking and causing the death of a person when passing a stopped school bus. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H440v5.pdf
Title: H.B. 440
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
Enacts the School Violence Prevention Act; defines bullying or harassing behavior; provides that bullying or harassing behavior includes, but is not limited to, acts reasonably perceived as being motivated by any actual or perceived differentiating characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, socioeconomic status, academic status, gender
identity, physical appearance, sexual orientation, or mental, physical, developmental, or sensory disability, or by association with a person who has or is perceived to have one or more of these characteristics. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S526v5.pdf
Title: S.B. 526
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Requires the State Board of Education and Department of Health and Human Services to determine responsibility for children with disabilities placed in private psychiatric residential treatment facilities by public agencies other than local educational agencies.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2306v0.pdf
Title: H.B. 2306
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 08/2008 |
P-12 |
Rewrites provisions pertaining to health and long- term care benefits for teachers, state employees, retired state employees and dependents; relates to noncontributory premiums, the Health Plan Administrative Commission, eligibility, foster children dependent coverage, extension of dependent child coverage, plan enrollment, immunization and prescription drug charges, reconstructive breast surgery, clinical trials, Medicare Advantage, over the counter drug coverage and health incentive programs.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2443v0.pdf
Title: H.B. 2443
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Authorizes use of remaining end-of-year tuition assistance program funds for repayment of outstanding eligible student loans for deployed members of the North Carolina National Guard.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1304v4.html
Title: H.B. 1304
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Waives fees as well as tuition for residents over the age of 65 attending classes at a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina or at a community college.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1076v0.pdf
Title: H.B. 1076
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 |
Amends the definition of educational services for students with disabilities; amends the law to allow a designee or designees of a student's Individual Education Plan team to evaluate the continued appropriateness of homebound instruction for discipline purposes for students with disabilities as recommended by the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee; adds a protection for children not determined eligible for special education.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H12v4.html
Title: H.B. 12
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Students--Mobility |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 |
Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; removes barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents.
Title: S.B. 1541
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2008 |
P-12 |
Permits national board certified teachers to serve as full-time mentors, as recommended by the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2360v0.pdf
Title: H.B. 2360
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Authorizes criminal history record checks of employees of and applicants for employment with the department of public instruction.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1659v4.html
Title: H.B. 1659
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Modifies the public records laws applicable to the University of North Carolina and the North Carolina community colleges. Protects the privacy of applicants who are not admitted or who do not enroll; provides that certain audit records are public documents.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1023v3.html
Title: S.B. 1023
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Increases the safe zones near child care centers and school grounds regarding illegal drug sales from 300 feet to 1,000 feet. Expands the safe zone for public parks to include all public parks, not just those with playgrounds. Increases the distance of those safe zones to 1,000 feet.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S8v3.html
Title: S.B. 8
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires public school buses or other vehicles for student transportation that are capable of operating on diesel fuel to be capable of operating on diesel fuel with a minimum biodiesel concentration of b-20.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1452v4.html
Title: S.B. 1452
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Clarifies the educational requirement for the teacher assistant scholarship fund. Requires that an applicant for a scholarship from the fund be enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education pursuing teacher licensure.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H851v3.html
Title: H.B. 851
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires the State Board of Education to establish a pilot program authorizing the implementation of alternative teacher salary plans to enable local school administrative units to develop and implement plans that will improve student performance by financially rewarding teachers through performance pay plans, recruiting teachers to the school unit, and recruiting teachers to hard-to-fill positions in specific subject areas.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H966v5.html
Title: H.B. 966
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 08/2007 |
P-12 |
Gives teachers credit for the excess personal leave time that they earn. Ensures that teachers can take personal leave with five days' notice. Authorizes the conversion of personal leave time to sick leave for retirement purposes.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S914v2.html
Title: S.B. 914
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Issued 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Accelerates teacher and other personnel recruitment and the implementation of needed academic support programs for at-risk children in light of Judicial mandates, budget developments and impending school openings.
http://www.governor.state.nc.us/news/executiveorders/2007/07-July/20-Accelerating%20Teacher%20and%20Other%20Personnel%20Recruitment%20and%20the%20Implementation%20of%20Needed%20Academic%20Support%20Programs.pdf
Title: Executive Order No. 120
Source: http://www.governor.state.nc.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Allows an existing charter school to participate in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system and the state teachers' and state employees' comprehensive major medical plan.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1471v0.html
Title: H.B. 1471
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Class Size |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
The purpose of the ROPE Scholars Pilot Program is to strengthen middle grades education in order to provide students with the opportunity to graduate from high school with the core academic skills needed for postsecondary education and high-skilled employment, and thereby to reduce the high school dropout rate, increase high school and college graduation rates and decrease the need for remediation in institutions of higher education.
It is the intent of the ROPE Scholars Program to:
-Reduce class size to one teacher to every 17 students
-Provide annual salary increments of up to $5,000 per year to teachers certified in the fields of mathematics, science, or special education
-Provide a coordinator position at each participating school to assist in community and parental support
-Encourage students participating in the program, through agreements executed between the local school administrative unit and students and their parents or guardians, to:
(1) Maintain a 95% attendance rate each year; (2) Achieve a minimum of a "B" average; (3) Take the PSAT and the SAT or the ACT and achieve an adequate score, as determined by the state board; (4) Meet the standards for admission established by the board of governors of the University of North Carolina (5) Engage in community service work each month during the school year for the number of hours determined by the state board; and (6) Evidence good character by not engaging in unlawful conduct.
-Provide students who successfully participate in the program with college scholarships.
Directs the state board to develop a competitive process through which units may apply to participate in the pilot program. The number of participating units will be limited to three units in the 2008-09 fiscal year. The units will be selected from different geographical areas of the state and shall include at least one urban and one rural unit. The state board will develop a process to evaluate the effectiveness of the program, and is required to prepare a report for the legislative oversight committee that includes the cost of implementing the pilot program and indicates state laws, rules and policies that would preclude the implementation of the pilot.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1030v0.html
Title: S.B. 1030
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Finance |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Implements fiscal efficiencies within the university system and state government as recommended by the University of North Carolina President's Advisory Committee on Efficiency and Effectiveness (PACE).
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H749v0.html
Title: H.B. 749
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Repeals the law allowing the state board to remove local school board members.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H349v0.html
Title: H.B. 349
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires local boards to adopt written policies prohibiting the use of tobacco products by any person in public school buildings and school facilities, on the public school campus and in or on other school property.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1086v0.html
Title: S.B. 1086
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Permits local boards to enter into lease purchase or installment purchase contracts for food service equipment.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H705v0.html
Title: H.B. 705
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
High School |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs the department of public instruction to identify the various models being utilized to deliver educational and other services at the high school level to children with disabilities in the state. As a part of its study, the department must consider the efficacy of the models currently being used in the state and review the research for best practice models that are being implemented in other states. The department will report its findings and any recommended legislation or policy changes by March 1, 2008, to the joint legislative education oversight committee.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H17v4.html
Title: H.B. 17
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Authorizes homebound instruction for discipline purposes when it is the least restrictive alternative for students with disabilities. Requires a regular evaluation of the appropriateness of the homebound instruction.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H14v0.html
Title: H.B. 14
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Establishes standards for homebound special education instruction including standards related to appropriate teacher qualifications, services included in the childs Individual Education Plan, and behavior intervention services designed to address the behavior violation that caused the disciplinary change of placement.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H20v0.html
Title: H.B. 20
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Leadership |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs the State Board of Education to adopt new standards for school administrator preparation programs offered by institutions of higher education.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H536v2.html
Title: H.B. 536
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Ensures that parents receive actual notice of a student's expulsion or suspension from school.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1739v0.pdf
Title: H.B. 1739
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Requires the president of the University of North Carolina (UNC) to appoint a task force to examine the application of the state personnel act to UNC with a goal of making recommendations that will improve the ability of the University to attract, reward, and retain high quality employees, enable the UNC to better meet the needs of its employees, and improve the efficiency of UNC personnel operations.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1353v2.html
Title: S.B. 1353
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Amends the law relating to community college performance standards. Provides that the state board may withhold funds from a college that may qualify as an exceptional institution while the college is under investigation by a state or federal agency or if its performance does not meet the standards. Provides that the board release the funds when the investigations are complete and the issues are resolved.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H642v0.html
Title: H.B. 642
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Modifies the law regarding meetings of community college trustees. Permits a majority of the trustees to call a meeting.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H581v0.html
Title: H.B. 581
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Authorizes community colleges to implement a tuition surcharge surcharge of up to 33 1/3% of the statewide tuition rate to fund a new instructional program that is necessary to attract industry to the area, and to use the proceeds of an endowed scholarship, consistent with the terms of the endowment, to offset the cost of the tuition charge.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1065v2.html
Title: S.B. 1065
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Authorizes community college boards to secure loans under the Energy Improvement Loan Program for projects that include energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy systems including improvements to HVAC systems, energy management controls, high efficiency lighting and building envelope improvements.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H177v4.html
Title: H.B. 177
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires passenger safety restraint systems be installed and used on new school buses operated by public or private schools.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S812v0.html
Title: S.B. 812
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Modifies the law pertaining to the confidentiality of school personnel files. Provides that information contained in a personnel file that is relevant to possible criminal misconduct may be made available to law enforcement and the district attorney to assist in the investigation of arson, theft or embezzlement of board of education property, or required reporting by a school principal of certain crimes occurring on school premises.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H550v0.html
Title: H.B. 550
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
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 reason to know the report is false, that an act of mass violence is going to occur on educational property or at a curricular or extracurricular activity sponsored by a school. Provides for penalties and restitution.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1347v0.html
Title: H.B. 1347
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
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 school activity bus, or providing contracted transportation services for a public or private school in any vehicle.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H183v0.html
Title: H.B. 183
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Permits local boards of education to provide for an administrative initial screening of pupil reassignment appeals.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H488v0.html
Title: H.B. 488
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires a commercial drivers license that has a school bus endorsement to expire three years after it is issued.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1546v0.html
Title: H.B. 1546
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Makes passing a stopped school bus and striking a person and causing serious bodily injury a felony.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S924v0.html
Title: S.B. 924
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Establishes a pilot program to provide funds for local school administrative units to retrofit school buses in order to reduce diesel emissions from certain diesel school buses registered in counties located in areas designated as nonattainment or maintenance for ozone or particulate matter.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1912v5.html
Title: H.B. 1912
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Designates the month of October as Disability History and Awareness Month. Requires local Boards of Education to provide instruction on disability history and awareness.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S753v0.html
Title: S.B. 753
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs the board of governors of the state university to report on the efficacy of the preparation of teachers to teach students with disabilities.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H26v0.html
Title: H.B. 26
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Clarifies the definition of residence for the delivery of special education
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H18v0.htmlservices.
Title: H.B. 18
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Appropriates funds for a study of the job training programs available for incarcerated inmates.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H648v0.html
Title: H.B. 648
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Modifies the requirements for participation in a community college lateral entry program for teacher training.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H583v0.html
Title: H.B. 583
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Revises the law providing for creditable service in the teachers' retirement system for members who served in the uniformed services.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1414v4.html
Title: H.B. 1414
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Allows National Board Certified Teachers who serve as mentors, literacy coaches, or in other instructional leadership positions at high needs schools to retain the salary increment for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification. Allows National Board Certified Teachers, teachers of the year, and other accomplished teachers to use research-based practices in the classroom.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1479v0.html
Title: S.B. 1479
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides that a member of the teachers' and state employees' retirement system may not be denied short-term disability benefits due to an absence for military service. Relates to long-term disability benefits for members of the teachers' and state employees' retirement system.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1415v6.html
Title: H.B. 1415
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Provides for lifetime certification for teachers after 50 years of teaching.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1308v2.html
Title: H.B. 1308
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board to adopt a policy requiring teachers to take credits in their academic subject area as part of the licensure renewal process.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1292v3.html
Title: S.B. 1292
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board to establish a pilot program for lateral entry teachers in up to eight local school administrative units. Establishes that under the pilot program, participating local school administrative units shall review the college transcripts of lateral entry teachers and determine a program of study that the teachers must complete and the state board will certify these lateral entry teachers based upon the recommendation of the pilot units.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1115v4.html
Title: S.B. 1115
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Modifies the provision that permits retired teachers to return to the classroom without a loss of retirement benefits. Specifies that computation of post-retirement earnings of a beneficiary shall not include earnings while the beneficiary is employed to teach in a permanent full-time or part-time capacity that exceeds 50% of the applicable workweek in a public school.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H956v7.html
Title: H.B. 956
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs the joint legislative education oversight committee to study strategies for recovering costs due to damaged and lost textbooks.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H232v0.htmll
Title: H.B. 232
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 |
Modifies school admission requirements. Moves cut-off date for enrollment to August 31 from October 16.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H150v0.html
Title: H.B. 150
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 |
Directs the board of education to adopt rules providing for excused absences from school for legislative and governor's pages.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1464v0.html
Title: H.B. 1464
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 |
Requires local boards of education to ensure that students in grades nine through twelve receive annual health instruction including information about the manner in which a parent may lawfully abandon a newborn baby with a responsible person.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H485v0.html
Title: H.B. 485
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Encourages the public schools, the community college system and the University of North Carolina to offer American Sign Language for credit as a modern foreign language.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H915v0.html
Title: H.B. 915
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Finance |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 |
Modifies the law pertaining to the resolution of disputes between the state board of education and the board of county commissioners regarding school funding.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1519v0.html
Title: H.B. 1519
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Ensures that educational materials are provided so that schools provide information to parents and guardians concerning cervical cancer, cervical dysplasia, human papillomavirus and the vaccines available to prevent these diseases; provides that local boards of education shall ensure that schools provide parents and guardians with that information and to children entering grades 5 through 12.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S260v4.pdf
Title: S.B. 260
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 05/2007 |
P-12 |
Effective with students entering grade 9 in the 2009-2010 school year, eliminates four courses of study leading to high school graduation. Replaces with Future Ready Core, which includes 4 units English, 4 units math, 3 units social studies, 3 units science, 1 health/physical education unit, 6 elective units and 4 units in a "concentration" linked to the student's interests and postsecondary goals.
http://sbepolicy.dpi.state.nc.us/policies/HSP-N-004.asp?pri=01&cat=N&pol=004&acr=HSP
Title: 16 NCAC 6D.0503
Source: sbepolicy.dpi.state.nc.us |
Curriculum--Mathematics |
Signed into law 08/2006 |
P-12 |
Creates a pilot program providing for a salary supplement for newly hired teachers of mathematics or science at the middle or high school level. Directs the state board of education to develop the pilot program and select three local school administrative units to participate in the pilot program, targeting low-performing local school administrative units. Allocates funds for program.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1741v8.html
Title: S.B. 1741
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/ |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 08/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Creates the Graduate Nurse Scholarship Program for Faculty Production to provide scholarship loans to students in master's and doctoral degree programs in nursing fields that would permit them to become nursing faculty at a state community college or university.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1741v8.html
Title: S.B. 1741
Source: http://www.ncleg.net |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board of education to develop programs for use in schools on the meaning and importance of memorial day.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H836v5.html
Title: H.B. 836
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/ |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Directs local boards of education, charter schools, the North Carolina School of the Arts, and the North Carolina school of science and mathematics to require the display of the united states and North Carolina flags and to require recitation of the pledge of allegiance on a daily basis.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S700v4.html
Title: S.B. 700
Source: http://www.ncleg.net |
Finance |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Recodifies provisions of the executive budget act and the capital improvement planning act into a state budget act that revises and clarifies the procedures for preparing, enacting and administering the state buget. Requires all state agencies and non-state entities expending any state funds to expend them in accordance this policy.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H914v4.html
Title: H.B. 914
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Enacts the schoolchildren 's health act. Provisions relate to: (1) sealing arsenic-treated wood in playgrounds and testing the soil on school grounds for contamination; (2) reducing students' exposure to diesel emissions from school buses; (3) studying mold and mildew prevention; (4) establishing guidelines for Integrated Pest Management; (5) the use of pesticides; (6) parental and school staff notification of of pesticide use; and (7) encouraging local boards of education to remove mercury used as teaching aids.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1502v0.html
Title: H.B. 1502
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/ |
Health |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Requires vision screening for children entering kindergarten.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H2699v5.html
Title: H.B. 2699
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/ |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Authorizes local boards of education to enter into capital leases of real or personal property for schools and facilities. Provides that the taxing power of a unit may not be pledged to secure any moneys due under a contract. Requires a capital lease to state that it does not constitute a pledge of such taxing powers. Prohibits assignment of students.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S2009v3.html
Title: S.B. 2009
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/ |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Restricts the statutory purposes for which eminent domain may be used by private condemnors, local public condemnors, and other public condemnors. Provides for local boards of education and rights of way. Requires a planning commission to determine that a parcel is blighted and provides that eminent domain may only be used to take a blighted parcel.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1965v5.html
Title: H.B. 1965
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/ |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Prevents a person who is guilty of passing a stopped school bus from receiving a prayer for judgment under any circumstances.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H2880v4.html
Title: H.B. 2880
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/ |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Directs each local board of education operating activity buses to adopt a policy for the proper use of buses for travel to athletic events during the regular season and playoffs and travel to other school-sponsored activities. Directs the departments of public instruction and transportation to develop a program for issuing a statewide permit to commercial motor coach companies seeking to contract with local school systems for the transportation of students, school personnel and other persons authorized by the school system for school-sponsored trips.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1155v4.html
Title: H.B. 1155
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/ |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Revises special education laws. Enables the state board of education and local educational agencies to implement the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Relates to early intervention, homeless children, public hearings, educational funding, the departments of health and human services, juvenile justice, and corrections, mediation, interpreters for hearing-impaired students, contracts with service providers, drug and alcohol addicted children, school buses, expulsion and textbooks.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1908v0.html
Title: H.B. 1908
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Directs the state board of education to report on the role school counselors play in providing dropout prevention and intervention services to students in middle and high school and on the state board's implementation of its policy regarding school counselors. Provides for an analysis of the source of funds for the counselors.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S571v3.html
Title: S.B. 571
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/ |
Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
Signed into law 07/2006 |
P-12 |
Provides for weekly instructional planning time and a daily duty-free lunch period for teachers.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1151v5.html
Title: H.B. 1151
Source: http://www.ncleg.net |
Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 |
Clarifies the procedure for admitting children to the public schools and specifies conditions upon which certain students are considered domiciled within a local administrative unit.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1074v6.html
Title: H.B. 1074
Source: http://www.ncleg.net/ |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THE 2006 SESSION 10/2005 |
Postsec. |
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 other members. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H92v1.html
Title: H.B. 92
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality |
ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THE 2006 SESSION 10/2005 |
P-12 |
AN ACT to amend the teacher certification law to facilitate the hiring of teachers. Vetoed 8/05.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H706v4.html
Title: H.B. 706
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
(H) RE-REFERRED COMMITTEE ON RULES, CALENDAR, AND OPERATIONS OF THE HOUSE 10/2005 |
P-12 |
AN ACT to amend the teacher certification law to facilitate the hiring of teachers. Vetoed 8/05.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H706v4.html
Title: H.B. 706
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 09/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
AN ACT to modify the tuition assistance program for members of the north carolina national guard. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S725v4.html
Title: S.B. 725
Source: StateNet |
Assessment |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Streamline School Testing Program.
Title: H.B. 911
Source: StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Directs the State Board of Education to identify research-based methods to reduce the dropout rate, especially in high-poverty schools with diverse student populations. As part of its study, the State Board shall review the research for best practices, effective policies, and model programs in areas such as (i) academic rigor in the curriculum, (ii) early identification of at-risk students, (iii) effective supplemental services for at risk students, (iv) school size, (v) school climate, and (vi) adolescent literacy programs, as they relate to a reduction in the dropout rate.
The State Board shall report its findings to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by January 2006.
Bill text: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S408v3.pdf
Preliminary report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/sbe_meetings/0512/0512_HSP09.pdf
Title: S.B. 408
Source: StateNet |
Attendance--Truancy |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
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 unlawful absence from the School shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H779v3.html
Title: H.B. 779
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Authorizes Evergreen Charter School to elect to participate in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H485v3.html
Title: H.B. 485
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
Charter schools participation in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system and the North Carolina teachers' and state employees' major medical plan.
Title: H.B. 182
Source: StateNet |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
The State Board of Education, in direct consultation with a cross section of local directors of child nutrition services, shall establish statewide nutrition standards for school meals, a la carte foods and beverages, and items served in the After School Snack Program administered by the Department of Public Instruction and child nutrition programs of local school administrative units. The nutrition standards will promote gradual changes to increase fruits and vegetables, increase whole grain products, and decrease foods high in total fat, trans fat, saturated fat, and sugar. The nutrition standards adopted by the State Board of Education shall be implemented initially in elementary schools. All elementary schools shall achieve a basic level by the end of the 2007-2008 school year, followed by middle schools and then high schools.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H855v4.html
Title: H.B. 855
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
AN ACT to direct the state board of education to adopt standards for alternative learning programs, and to require local boards of education to develop proposals that are submitted to the State Board of education before establishing any alternative learning program or alternative school. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1076v5.html
Title: H.B. 1076
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
AN ACT to permit teacher assistants who are enrolled in teacher education programs to continue to work while they complete their student teaching. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1414v5.html
Title: H.B. 1414
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 08/2005 |
P-12 |
An undergraduate student seeking a degree in teacher education must attain passing scores on a preprofessional skills test prior to admission to an approved teacher education program in a North Carolina college or university. The State Board of Education shall permit students to fulfill this requirement by achieving the prescribed minimum scores set by the State Board of Education for the Praxis I tests or by achieving the appropriate required score, as determined by the State Board of Education, on the verbal and mathematics portions of the SAT. The minimum combined verbal and mathematics score set by the State Board of Education shall be between 900 and 1,200.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1310v4.html
Title: H.B. 1310
Source: StateNet |
Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
The personnel in participating schools that achieve a level of expected growth greater than one hundred percent (100%) at a level to be determined by the State Board of Education are eligible for financial awards in amounts set by the State Board. Schools and personnel shall not be required to apply for these awards. For the purpose of this section, "personnel" includes the principal and the instructional personnel (i) serving students in one or more of the grades kindergarten through 12 or (ii) assigned to a prekindergarten program that is located within the participating school and is designed to prepare students for kindergarten at that school.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S630v3.html
Title: S.B. 630
Source: StateNet |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires at least one public comment period per month at a regular meeting of a local board of education, county board of commissioners, or municipal governing board. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H635v5.html
Title: H.B. 635
Source: |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12,
Community College |
Provides that tuition will be waived for all courses taken by high school students at community colleges colleges, including students in early college and middle college high school programs. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S566v3.html
Title: S.B. 566
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
Postsec. |
AN ACT designating the university of north carolina at pembroke as North Carolina's historically american indian university.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H371v3.html
Title: H.B. 371
Source: StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12 |
Clarifies the permissible use of seclusion and restraint in public schools and to provide for training in management of student behavior.One section states that It is the policy of the State of North Carolina to:
(1) Promote safety and prevent harm to all students, staff, and visitors in the public schools.
(2) Treat all public school students with dignity and respect in the delivery of discipline, use of physical restraints or seclusion, and use of reasonable force as permitted by law.
(3) Provide school staff with clear guidelines about what constitutes use of reasonable force permissible in North Carolina public schools.
(4) Improve student achievement, attendance, promotion, and graduation rates by employing positive behavioral interventions to address student behavior in a positive and safe manner.
(5) Promote retention of valuable teachers and other school personnel by providing appropriate training in prescribed procedures, which address student behavior in a positive and safe manner.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H1032v6.html
Title: H.B. 1032
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
Postsec. |
AN ACT to enhance the capacity of private institutions of higher education to protect the safety and welfare of their students, faculty, and staff by enacting the campus police act. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S527v6.html
Title: S.B. 527
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Signed into law 07/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
The State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Board of Community Colleges, shall develop and implement policies permitting individuals with at least a bachelors degree to complete at a community college all or part of the coursework necessary for lateral entry into the teaching profession.
The North Carolina Community College System may offer courses, in accordance with policies adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to G.S. 115C-296(c), to individuals who choose to enter the teaching profession by lateral entry. The Community College System and the regional alternative licensing centers established by the Department of Public Instruction shall jointly identify the community college courses that are necessary and appropriate for lateral entry."
Title: H.B. 563
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Community College,
Postsec. |
The Community Colleges System Office is designated as the primary lead agency for delivering workforce development training, adult literacy training, and adult education programs in the State.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H583v5.html
Title: H.B. 583
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
AN ACT to amend the law regarding the purchase of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) for the public schools.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H403v2.html
Title: H.B. 403
Source: StateNet |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 |
If, due to inclement weather, a local board of education complies with this subdivision by scheduling 1,000 hours of instruction on less than 180 days, the local school administrative unit is deemed to have a minimum of 180 days of instruction, teachers employed for a 10‑month term are deemed to have been employed for 180 instructional days, and all other employees shall be compensated as if they had worked their regularly scheduled hours for 180 instructional days."
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H415v5.html
Title: H.B. 415
Source: StateNet |
Health |
To governor 04/2005 |
P-12 |
Requires local school boards to adopt policies permitting students diagnosed with asthma to possess and self-administer certain asthma or anaphylaxis medications.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H496v4.html
Title: H.B. 496
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Rule Adoption 01/2005 |
P-12 |
Clarifies rules regarding preservice requirements for lead teachers, teachers and aides. NORTH CAROLINA REG 5057 (SN)
Title: 10A NCAC 09 .0710
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Authorizes existing charter schools to elect to participate in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System and the North Carolina Teachers' and State Employees' Major Medical Plan. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/CurrentVersion/house/hbil1723.full.html
Title: H.B. 1723
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 08/2004 |
P-12 |
Reduces the number of noninstructional teacher workdays by five; provides that public schools shall open after august 25 and close not after june 10, except in unusual circumstances or in year-round schools; provide that salaries not decrease as a result of the reduction in teacher workdays or to change the pay cycle for noncertified employees; defines year- round school; ensures teachers are paid in August. Directs the state board to study noninstructional work days. Effective with 2005-06 school year. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/AllVersions/House/H1464vc.html
Title: H.B. 1464
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Implements the recommendation of the house interim committee on providing an appropriate education for students on long-term suspension to direct the state board of education to develop and recommend a funding formula for alternative learning programs and alternative schools. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/currentversion/ratified/house/hbil1455.full.html; http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/currentversion/ratified/house/hbil1456.full.html
Title: H.B. 1455 and 1456
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Health |
To governor 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Ensures that educational materials are provided so that public, private and charter schools can provide information to parents and guardians concerning meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their vaccines at the beginning of each school year. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/CurrentVersion/ratified/senate/sbil0444.full.html
Title: S.B. 444
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
Postsec. |
Provides that a member of the military or a dependent relative of a member of the military who attends a constituent university or a community college shall be charged only the in-State tuition rate; authorizes in-state tuition for nonresident members of the the North Carolina National Guard; clarifies laws prohibiting discrimination against persons who serve in the National Guard.
Title: S.B. 1058
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 07/2004 |
P-12 |
Requires the state board to determine whether teacher preparation programs should require courses in diversity training, anger management, conflict resolution, and classroom management. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/currentversion/ratified/house/hbil1459.full.html
Title: H.B. 1459
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Active 05/2004 |
P-12 |
The governor formed the Education First Task Force, charged with coming up with recommendations that would result in an education that goes far beyond "sound and basic" and one that would make North Carolina schools the envy of the nation.
The Education First Force was charged with the dual task of: (1) Ensuring that every student entering North Carolina schools graduate with an education enabling them to further their education successfully at two or four-year colleges and universities or enter the job market or military. (2) The Governor is challenging the Task Force to frame recommendations that would result in an education that goes far beyond "sound and basic." Instead, the Governor envisions a system of schooling that would result in an education that is superior and competitive, one that would make North Carolina schools the envy of the nation.
The Task Force has divided its workload into three sub-committees: Committee One: The Hallmarks of Excellence; Committee Two: The Strategic Use of Resources; and Committee Three: Preparing Graduates of North Carolina Schools. See below for details of sub-committees. http://www.governor.state.nc.us/Office/Education/eftf_overview.asp
Source: North Carolina State Web site |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Vetoed 09/2003 |
P-12 |
Eliminates the portfolio requirement for teacher certification. Vetoed, but eligible for consideration by the General Assembly during the 2004 Regular Session of the 2003 General Assembly.
Title: S.B. 931
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Authorizes the state board of education to grant or renew certain charter schools; requires review of certain charter schools.
Title: S.B. 35
Source: StateNet |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
An Act to amend the North Carolina Constitution to provide that the General Assembly may place clear proceeds of civil penalties, civil forfeitures, and civil fines collected by a state agency in a state fund to be used exclusively for maintaining free public schools.
http://www.ncleg.net/html2003/bills/AllVersions/Senate/S965vc.html
Title: S.B. 965
Source: North Carolina State Web site |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Protects children in the public schools from exposure to tobacco by requiring local boards of education to adopt written policies prohibiting the use of tobacco products in public school buildings.
Title: S.B. 583
Source: StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
Prohibits the administration of medication to a child in a licensed or unlicensed child care facility without proper authorization from the child's parent or guardian or a bona fide medical care provider. includes a child care facility operated by a public or private school; allows emergency medical treatment by a bona find medical care provider.
Title: S.B. 226
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Permits the State Board of Community colleges to use certain funds to provide financial assistance to students with disabilities referral by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Title: H.B. 223
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 08/2003 |
P-12 |
The General Assembly finds that the elimination of administrative and fiscal limitations on job-sharing arrangements would make employment in a public school an attractive option for well-qualified persons who do not wish to work full time. The state board is required to adopt rules to facilitate job sharing by public school employees. These rules must provide that an employee in a job-sharing position shall receive paid legal holidays, annual vacation leave, sick leave, and personal leave on a pro rata basis. Such an employee is to also receive service credit under the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System as provided in G.S. 135-4(b) and insurance benefits as provided in Article 3 of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/AllVersions/Senate/S701vr.html
Title: S.B. 701
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Attendance |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
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 faith effort to comply with the law, the principal is required to notify the district attorney and the director of social services of the county where the child resides. Upon receiving notification by the principal, the director of social services must determine whether to undertake an investigation. Relates to child welfare service worker training; creates a registry of all family foster and therapeutic foster home applicants; relates to the Child Fatality Review Team. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/AllVersions/Senate/S421vc.html
Title: S.B. 421
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Authorizes community colleges to enter into public/private partnerships for construction projects.
Title: S.B. 773
Source: StateNet |
Governance |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
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 an award-winning board member. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/AllVersions/Senate/S698vc.html
Title: S.B. 698
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Leadership |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
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 final 12 months of the contract. In the case of a subsequent contract between a principal or assistant principal and a local board of education, the contract must be for a term of four years. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/AllVersions/Senate/S955vc.html
Title: S.B. 955
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
No Child Left Behind--School Support |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Duty to Assist Schools in Meeting Adequate Yearly Progress. - Requires the state board to:
a. Identify which schools are meeting adequate yearly progress with subgroups as specified in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001;
b. Study the instructional, administrative, and fiscal practices and policies employed by the schools selected by the state board that are meeting adequate yearly progress specified in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; c. Create assistance models for each subgroup based on the practices and policies used in schools that are meeting adequate yearly progress. The schools of education at the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina Center for School Leadership Development, shall assist the state board in developing these models; and d. Offer technical assistance based on these assistance models to local school administrative units not meeting adequate yearly progress, giving priority to those local school administrative units with high concentrations of schools that are not meeting adequate yearly progress. Requires the state board to determine the number of local school administrative units that can be served effectively in the first two years. This technical assistance must include peer assistance and professional development by teachers, support personnel, and administrators in schools with subgroups that are meeting adequate yearly progress. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/AllVersions/House/H797vr.html
Title: H.B. 797
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Establishes regional interagency coordinating councils under the laws relating to early intervention services for children from birth to five years of age with disabilities; requires a Head Start representative for each region and one representative from the Military Early Intervention program, if a military base is present in the region; provides for coordination with Mental Health Local Management Entities and local educational agencies.
Title: H.B. 932
Source: StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Amends the laws regarding hazing. Specifies that it is unlawful to subject another student to physical injury as part of an initiation, or as a prerequisite to membership, into any organized school group, including any society, athletic team, fraternity or sorority, or other similar group. Applies to any student in attendance at any university, college, or school in the state. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/AllVersions/House/H1171vc.html
Title: H.B. 1171
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Enhances the ability of the State Board of Education to safeguard schoolchildren through automatic revocation of teacher certificates upon conviction of certain crimes, and the use of investigative services as needed.
Title: S.B. 993
Source: StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 07/2003 |
P-12 |
Shortens the probationary period for career teachers when they change school systems or return to teaching after leaving the profession.
Title: H.B. 38
Source: StateNet |
Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 |
Modifies the state competency testing program to ensure that high school students who do not pass the competency test are given an opportunity to take an alternative test. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H801v4.pdf
Title: H.B. 801
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Creates the Innovative Education Initiatives Act to develop cooperative efforts between secondary schools and institutions of higher education to reduce dropout rates, increase high school and college graduation rates and decrease the need for higher education remedial programs; creates the cooperative innovative high school programs; permits public and private colleges and private businesses or organizations to participate; provides for funding. The General Assembly strongly endorses the Governor's goal of making North Carolina's system of
education first in America by 2010. With that as the goal, the Education Cabinet shall set as a priority cooperative efforts between secondary schools and institutions of higher education so as to reduce the high school dropout rate, increase high school and college graduation rates, decrease the need for remediation in institutions of higher education, and raise certificate, associate, and bachelor degree completion rates.
The Cabinet shall identify and support efforts that achieve the following purposes: (1) Support cooperative innovative high school programs; (2) Improve high school completion rates and reduce high school dropout rates; (3) Close the achievement gap; (4) Create redesigned middle schools or high schools; (5) Provide flexible, customized programs of learning for high school students who would benefit from accelerated, higher level coursework or early graduation; (6) Establish high quality alternative learning programs; (7) Establish a virtual high school; (8) Implement other innovative education initiatives designed to advance the state's system of education. Requires the Education Cabinet to identify federal, state, and local funds that may be used to support these initiatives. In addition, the Cabinet is strongly encouraged to
pursue private funds that could be used to support these initiatives. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2003/bills/AllVersions/Senate/S656vc.html
Title: S.B. 656
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. |
Requires any private or public institution that offers a postsecondary degree to provide meningococcal disease immunization information to students if the institution has a residential campus.
Title: H.B. 825
Source: StateNet |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
Encourages early entry of motivated students into four-year college programs.
Title: H.B. 601
Source: StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Authorizes certain charter schools to elect to participate in the teachers' and State employees' retirement system and the North Carolina teachers' and State employees' comprehensive major medical plan; assesses interest on premium payments not remitted by charter school employing units in a timely manner.
Title: S.B. 39
Source: StateNet |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Makes veterans day a holiday for school personnel.
Title: H.B. 421
Source: StateNet |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 |
Clarifies that it is a felony for a school safety officer to have sexual contact or take indecent liberties with a student.
Title: S.B. 555
Source: StateNet |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College |
Provides that state employees, public school employees, and community college employees may share leave voluntarily.
Title: H.B. 432
Source: StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--School Support |
Adopted 10/2002 |
P-12 |
Establishes assistance teams to advise local school personnel and boards.
Source: 16 NC ADC 6G.0307 |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
To governor 10/2002 |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. |
Provides that the state board shall facilitate job sharing by public school teachers; authorizes the legislative research commission to study issues related to employee benefits for school employees, community college employees, and state employees in job-sharing and part-time positions; provides that a teacher in a job-sharing position shall receive benefits, and service credit under the Teacher's and State Employees' Retirement System.
Title: S.B. 1443
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 09/2002 |
P-12 |
Requires the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee to report to the state board if a local board and school are not responsive to its recommendations. If the state board determines that the school and local board have failed to take appropriate steps to improve student performance, the state board is to assume all powers and duties previously conferred upon the local board and that school and will have general control and supervision of all matters pertaining to that school until student performance meets or exceeds the standards set for the school. The state board may delegate any powers and duties back to the local board before the school meets or exceeds the standards. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2001/bills/AllVersions/Senate/S1275vr.html
Title: S.B. 1275
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 09/2002 |
P-12,
Community College |
Directs the state board to improve the state's tracking of dropout data; encourages the concurrent enrollment of state technical high schools, career centers, and community colleges; directs the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee to study the correlation between the compulsory attendance age and dropout rates, and the fiscal and instructional accountability of local school administrative units; relates to teacher renewal credits. Encourages local boards to adopt policies that require superintendents to assign to the core academic course, in 7th through 9th grades, teachers who have at least four years' teaching experience and who have received within the last three years an overall rating on a formal evaluation that is at least above standard. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/html2001/bills/AllVersions/Senate/S1275vr.html
Title: S.B. 1275
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
P-12 |
Permits local flexibility with regards to the hiring of teachers who leave public schools to teach in charter schools.
Title: H.B. 190
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 08/2002 |
P-12 |
Clarifies the status of teachers participating in foreign exchange programs for purposes of retirement and tenure; includes any nonimmigrant alien employed in elementary or secondary public schools and participating in an exchange visitor program.
Title: H.B. 1724
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 07/2002 |
P-12 |
Application cover letter (7/22/02): http://www.ncpublicschools.org/esea/intro_letter.pdf
Supplemental Education Services information, application and approval process (7/18/02); deadline 8/16/02): http://www.ncpublicschools.org/esea/SESPapp.pdf
Source: North Carolina Department of Education Web site |
No Child Left Behind |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 |
- 2002 Consolidated Plan Notes to US DOE (6/7/02): (http://www.ncpublicschools.org/esea/notes6-7.pdf)
- Application (6/7/02): (http://www.ncpublicschools.org/esea/application.pdf)
- Assurances (6/7/02): (http://www.ncpublicschools.org/esea/assurances6-7.pdf)
Source: North Carolina Department of Education Web site |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 12/2001 |
P-12 |
Adds section concerning students who have been placed at risk of academic failure. Requires that schools identify students who have been placed at risk for academic failure. Stipulates that identification should occur as early as can be reasonable done and can be based on grades, observations, state assessments and other factors that impact student performance that teachers and administrators consider appropriate, without having to await the results of end-of-grade or end-of-course tests. At the beginning of the school year, a personal education plan must be developed for any student not performing at least at grade level, as identified by the state end-of-grade test. Parents are to be included in the implementation and ongoing review of personal education plans. Older language also stipulates that focused intervention and accelerated activities should include research-based best practices that meet the needs of students and may include coaching, mentoring, tutoring, summer school, Saturday school, and extended days. Requires local school administrative units to provide these activities free of charge to
students and provide transportation free of charge to all students who need it.
Title: S.B. 1005 -- Sec. 28.17(e), 115C-105.41
Source: Statutes |
School Safety |
Signed into law 12/2001 |
P-12 |
Prohibits persons contracting with the public schools from disclosing personally identifying information about students; authorizes suspensions for students who make certain false threats, perpetrate certain hoaxes or threaten an act of terrorism; makes emergency response plans confidential.
Title: S.B. 990
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 11/2001 |
P-12 |
Permits local flexibility with regards to the hiring of teachers who leave public schools to teach in charter schools; authorizes certain charter schools to elect to participate in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement Systems. Session Law 462.
Title: S.B. 139
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 08/2001 |
P-12 |
Session Law Number 363., Requires the public schools to provide courses of instruction on North Carolina history and geography to students in elementary and middle schools; enacts the Student Citizenship Act of 2001.
Title: H.B. 195
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 08/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Session Law Number 368., Exempts certain community college activities from the Umstead Act; provides for use of community college personnel or facilities, with the consent of the trustees of that college, in support of private business enterprise located on the college campus of in the college's service area for specific services in support of economic and business development.
Title: S.B. 531
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 08/2001 |
P-12 |
Session Law Number 332., Increases the punishment for drug offenses committed at or near preschool educational program sites.
Title: S.B. 751
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Directs the board of governors of the University of North Carolina, in cooperation with the state board of education and the state board of community colleges, to study the measures used for admissions, placement, and advanced placement decisions by the constituent institutions of the state's university system, to allow intellectually gifted youths to attend community colleges, and to allow certain youths to be employed at institutions of higher education. Session Law Number 312.
Title: H.B. 1246
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Session Law Number 260., Clarifies the right to appeal to a local board of education and to require notice of the dismissal, demotion or suspension without pay of noncertified employees.
Title: S.B. 532
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. |
Session Law Number 243., Clarifies that nonresidents may participate in the Parental Savings Trust Fund to enable qualified parents to save funds to meet the costs of postsecondary education expenses for eligible students; provides the fund is to be administered by the State Education Assistance Authority.
Title: S.B. 573
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Clarifies the performance measures on which community colleges are evaluated for the purpose of performance budgeting.
Title: H.B. 438
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Session Law Number 244., Ensures that the parents or guardians of students who are suspended or expelled for more than 10 days from school receive notice that is in the appropriate language when foreign language resources are readily avialable.
Title: S.B. 811
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 |
Gives school superintendents flexibility regarding the expunction of records of a student's suspension or expulsion from school; requires expunction when the condition in the preceding sentence exists and the school superintendent determines that the record is no longer needed to maintain safe and orderly schools or to adequately serve the child, and expunction is requested by the student's parent or guardian.
Title: H.B. 620
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Establishes a pilot program under which participating local school administrative units place all students who are on short-term out-of-school suspension in alternative learning programs.
Title: S.B. 71
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Modifies the health certificate requirements for public school employees to include tuberculosis or any physical or mental disease.
Title: H.B. 608
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Permits an individual who has leadership, management and administrative ability in a field other than education to serve as a local superintendent of schools.
Title: S.B. 378
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Session Law Number 111. Modifies the audit procedures of community college programs.
Title: H.B. 386
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Session Law Number 123. Modifies the membership of the education cabinet to include representatives of independent colleges and universities: The Education Cabinet shall consist of the Governor (Chair), the president of The University of North Carolina, the state superintendent of public instruction, the chair of the state board, the president of the North Carolina Community Colleges System, and the president of the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities. Allows, rather than requires, the Education Cabinet to invite other representatives of private education to participate in its deliberations as adjunct members.
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Title: S.B. 735
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec.,
Community College |
Session Law Number 112. Modifies the procedure for submitting local budgets to the State Board of Community Colleges for approval. Capital outlay requested funds are to be submitted to the local tax-levying authority. The local tax-levying authority approves or disapproves, and then the board of trustees submits the budget to the State Board of Community Colleges, which may then approve or disapprove that portion requesting state or federal funds.
Title: H.B. 421
Source: North Carolina Legislative Web Site |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Requires local boards to adopt policies addressing the sexual harassment of school employees.
Title: H.B. 1149
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 |
Eliminates unnecessary and duplicative paperwork in the public schools.
Title: S.B. 708
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12,
Community College |
Session Law Number 146. Directs the state university system, the community colleges system, and the department of public instruction to work cooperatively to expand opportunities for military personnel to take teacher education classes prior to discharge from the military; includes expansion of teacher education classes and programs on military bases and at alternate nearby sites, through Internet-based course offerings, and through cooperative education programs.
Title: S.B. 803
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 |
Clarifies and strengthens the law pertaining to persons who interfere with the operation of public school buses; relates to clarifying that it is unlawful to stop, impede, delay, or detain any public school bus or activity bus during any time that it is being operated for public school purposes.
Title: S.B. 45
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Finance--Facilities |
Approved by voters 10/2000 |
Postsec. |
BOND REFERENDUM Issues the State of North Carolina Higher Education Improvement Bonds, constituting general obligation bonds of the State secured by a pledge of the faith and credit and taxing power of the State for the purpose of providing funds, with any other available funds, to pay all or part of the cost of (i) renovating labs, classrooms, and buildings, and (ii) providing other capital improvements at the 16 campuses of the constituent institutions.
Title: V. 1
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 |
Session Law Number 72. Exempts from tax motor fuel sold to charter schools; defines charter school board as nonprofit corporation with charter to operate charter school.
Title: H.B. 1302
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet |