GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1204
     

 
Short Title:	ABCs Bonus/Schools Teach All Students.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Shubert;  Harrington, Capps, and Davis.	
Referred to:	Education.	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO Tie THE ABCs OF Public education program's bonuses to the academic achievement of students in all demographic groups.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑105.35 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑105.35.  Annual performance goals.
The School-Based Management and Accountability Program shall (i) focus on student performance in the basics of reading, mathematics, and communications skills in elementary and middle schools, (ii) focus on student performance in courses required for graduation and on other measures required by the State Board in the high schools, and (iii) hold schools accountable for the educational growth of their students. To those ends, the State Board shall design and implement an accountability system that sets annual performance standards for each school in the State in order to measure the growth in performance of the students in each individual school.
The school accountability model shall be designed to measure the performance of all student demographic groups and all student performance levels and shall be implemented on a statewide basis. The model shall take into account student performance within student demographic and student performance-level groups and shall incorporate the performance of all such groups into the overall school accountability model."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 115C‑105.36(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The personnel  in a school are eligible for financial awards in amounts set by the State Board if that school  achieves a level of expected growth in all demographic and student performance-level groups that is greater than one hundred percent (100%) at a level to be determined by the State Board of  Education. Schools and personnel shall not be required to apply for these awards. For the purpose of this section, "personnel" includes the principal, assistant principal, instructional personnel, instructional support personnel, and teacher assistants (i) serving students in one or more of the grades kindergarten through 12 or (ii) assigned to a public school prekindergarten program that is located within a public elementary school and is designed to prepare students for kindergarten at that school."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to the student performance model for the 2001-2002 school year and to personnel performance awards for student performance during the 2001-2002 school year.