GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1200
     

 
Short Title:	Inform Parents of Student Progress.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Shubert;  Blue, Brubaker, Harrington, Davis, and Capps.	
Referred to:	Education.	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ENSURE THAT PARENTS RECEIVE A marked COPY OF Tests taken by their CHILDREN under the statewide testing program.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑174.10 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑174.10.  Purposes of the Statewide Testing Program.
The three testing programs in this Article have four purposes: (i) to assure that all high school graduates possess those minimum skills and that knowledge thought necessary to function as a member of society; (ii) to provide a means of identifying strengths and weaknesses in the education process in order to improve instructional delivery; (iii) to establish additional means for making the education system at the State, local, and school levels accountable to the public for results; and (iv) to provide parents and guardians with specific information on students' academic strengths and weaknesses."
SECTION 2.  Chapter 115C of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 115C-174.13A.  Parental right to receive test results.
A school shall provide to a student's parent or guardian the results of any test administered to the student pursuant to this Article. The information provided to the parent or guardian shall include (i) a copy of the test administered, (ii) the student's responses, (iii) corrections or notations made by the evaluator of the test, and (iv) the teacher's or other test evaluator's assessment of the student's academic strengths and weaknesses based on the test results."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.