§ 115C-105.38A – Teacher competency assurance.
115C-105.38A. Teacher competency assurance. (a) General Knowledge Test. – (1) Each assistance team assigned to a low-performing school during the 1997-98 school year shall review the team’s evaluations of certified staff members to determine which staff members have been designated by the team as Category 3 teachers. The assistance team shall then determine whether lack […]
§ 115C-105.39 – Dismissal or removal of personnel; appointment of interim superintendent.
115C-105.39. Dismissal or removal of personnel; appointment of interim superintendent. (a) Within 30 days of the initial identification of a school as low-performing by the State Board under G.S. 115C-105.37(a), the superintendent shall take one of the following actions concerning the school’s principal: (i) recommend to the local board that the principal be retained in […]
§ 115C-105.39A – Identification of low-performing local school administrative units.
115C-105.39A. Identification of low-performing local school administrative units. (a) Identification of Low-Performing Local School Administrative Units. – The State Board of Education shall identify low-performing local school administrative units on an annual basis. A low-performing local school administrative unit is a unit in which the majority of the schools in that unit that earned an […]
§ 115C-105.40 – Student academic performance standards.
115C-105.40. Student academic performance standards. The State Board of Education shall develop a plan to create rigorous student academic performance standards for kindergarten through eighth grade and student academic performance standards for courses in grades 9-12. The performance standards shall align, whenever possible, with the student academic performance standards developed for the National Assessment of […]
§ 115C-105.41 – Students who have been placed at risk of academic failure and transition plans.
115C-105.41. Students who have been placed at risk of academic failure and transition plans. (a) In order to implement Part 1A of Article 8 of this Chapter, local school administrative units shall identify students who are at risk for academic failure and who are not successfully progressing toward grade promotion and graduation, beginning in kindergarten. […]
§ 115C-105.37 – Identification of low-performing schools.
115C-105.37. Identification of low-performing schools. (a) Identification of Low-Performing Schools. – The State Board of Education shall identify low-performing schools on an annual basis. Low-performing schools are those that earn an overall school performance grade of D or F and a school growth score of "met expected growth" or "not met expected growth" as defined […]
§ 115C-105.37A – Continually low-performing schools; definition; assistance and intervention; reassignment of students.
115C-105.37A. Continually low-performing schools; definition; assistance and intervention; reassignment of students. (a) Definition of Continually Low-Performing Schools. – A continually low-performing school is a school that has received State-mandated assistance and has been designated by the State Board as low performing for at least two of three consecutive years. If the State Board identifies a […]
§ 115C-105.37B – Reform of continually low-performing schools.
115C-105.37B. Reform of continually low-performing schools. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the State Board of Education is authorized to approve a local board of education’s request to reform any school in its administrative unit which the State Board of Education has identified as one of the continually low-performing schools in North Carolina. […]
§ 115C-105.38 – Assistance teams; review by State Board.
115C-105.38. Assistance teams; review by State Board. (a) The State Board of Education may assign an assistance team to any school identified as low-performing under this Article or to any other school that requests an assistance team and that the State Board determines would benefit from an assistance team. The State Board shall give priority […]
§ 115C-105.20 – School-Based Management and Accountability Program.
115C-105.20. School-Based Management and Accountability Program. (a) The General Assembly believes that all children can learn. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the mission of the public school community is to challenge with high expectations each child to learn, to achieve, and to fulfill his or her potential. With that mission as […]