115C-218.55. Nondiscrimination in charter schools. A charter school shall not discriminate against any student on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, gender, or disability. (1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 731, s. 2; 1997-430, s. 5; 1997-443, s. 8.19; 1997-456, s. 55.4; 1998-212, s. 9.14A(a); 1999-243, s. 8; 2001-462, s. 1; 2004-118, s. 3; 2004-203, s. […]
115C-218.6. Review and renewal of charters. (a) The State Board of Education shall review the operations of each charter school at least once prior to the expiration of its charter to ensure that the school is meeting the expected academic, financial, and governance standards. (b) The State Board of Education shall renew a charter upon […]
115C-218.60. Student discipline. The school is subject to and shall comply with Article 27 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes, except that a charter school may also exclude a student from the charter school and return that student to another school in the local school administrative unit in accordance with the terms of its […]
115C-218.65. North Carolina School Report Cards. A charter school shall ensure that the report card issued for it by the State Board of Education receives wide distribution to the local press or is otherwise provided to the public. A charter school shall ensure that the overall school performance score and grade earned by the charter […]
115C-218.7. Material revisions of charters. (a) A material revision of the provisions of a charter shall be made only upon the approval of the State Board of Education. (b) Enrollment growth of greater than twenty percent (20%) shall be considered a material revision of the charter if the charter is currently identified as low-performing. The […]
115C-218.70. Driving eligibility certificates. In accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of Education, the designee of the school’s board of directors shall do all of the following: (1) Sign driving eligibility certificates that meet the conditions established in G.S. 20-11. (2) Obtain the necessary written, irrevocable consent from parents, guardians, or emancipated juveniles, […]
115C-218.75. General operating requirements. (a) Health and Safety Standards. – A charter school shall meet the same health and safety requirements required of a local school administrative unit. The Department of Public Instruction shall ensure that charter schools provide parents and guardians with information about meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their vaccines at the beginning […]
115C-218.8. Nonmaterial revisions of charters. It shall not be considered a material revision of a charter and shall not require prior approval of the State Board for a charter school to do any of the following: (1) Increase its enrollment during the charter school’s second year of operation and annually thereafter in accordance with G.S. […]
115C-218.80. Display of the United States and North Carolina flags and the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. A charter school shall (i) display the United States and North Carolina flags in each classroom when available, (ii) require the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance on a daily basis, and (iii) provide age-appropriate instruction on […]
115C-218.85. Course of study requirements. (a) Instructional Program. – (1) The school shall provide instruction each year for at least 185 days or 1,025 hours over nine calendar months. (2) The school shall design its programs to at least meet the student performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education and the student performance […]
115C-218.90. Employment requirements. (a) Employees. – (1) An employee of a charter school is not an employee of the local school administrative unit in which the charter school is located. The charter school’s board of directors shall employ and contract with necessary teachers or contract with an education management organization or charter management organization to […]
115C-218.94. Identification of low-performing and continually low-performing charter schools. (a) Identification of Low-Performing Charter Schools. – The State Board of Education shall identify low-performing charter schools on an annual basis. Low-performing charter schools are those that earn an overall school performance grade of D or F and a school growth score of "met expected growth" […]
115C-218.95. Causes for nonrenewal or termination; disputes. (a) The State Board of Education may terminate, not renew, or seek applicants to assume the charter through a competitive bid process established by the State Board upon any of the following grounds: (1) Failure to meet the requirements for student performance contained in the charter; (2) Failure […]
