| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT TO MODIFY THE CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING LOW -PERFORMING 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | SCHOOLS. 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 115C-105.37(a) reads as rewritten: 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | "(a) Identification of Low-Performing Schools. – The State Board of Education shall 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | identify low-performing schools on an annual basis. Low-performing schools are those that earn 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | an overall school performance grade of D or F and a school growth score of "met expected 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | growth" or "not met expected growth" as defined by G.S. 115C-83.15." 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | SECTION 2. G.S. 115C-105.37(b) reads as rewritten: 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | "(b) Parental Notice of Low-Performing School Status. – Each school that the State Board 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | identifies as low-performing shall provide written notification to the parents and guardians of 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | students attending that school within 30 days of the identification that includes the following 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | information: 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | (1) A statement that the State Board of Education has found that the school has 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | earned an overall school performance grade of D or F and a school growth 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | score of "met expected growth" or "not met expected growth" and has been 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | identified as a low-performing school as defined by G.S. 115C-105.37. The 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | statement shall include an explanation of the school performance grades and 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | growth scores. 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | …." 21 |
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| 33 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to identification 22 |
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| 34 | 35 | | of low performing schools based on data from the 2025-2026 school year. 23 |
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