GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 930
     

 
Short Title:	NC Science & Math School/Shared Acad. Success.	()	
Sponsors:	Senator Lucas.	
Referred to:	Education/Higher Education.	
April 5, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO provide that the academic performance of a student attending the north carolina school of science and mathematics shall be CREDITed to both the student's home school and THE school of science and mathematics.

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 accountability system shall include methods for crediting the performance of students enrolled in the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics with both the student's home school and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics."
SECTION 2.  Article 30 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 116-239.  Accountability for student academic performance to be credited to student's home school and North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. 
The Board of Trustees and the Director of the School shall work with the State Board of Education to develop a method within the School-Based Management and Accountability Program as set out in Part 3 of Article 8B of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes that credits the performance of a student enrolled in the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics to both the student's home school and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.