A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the State board of education to develop a growth model for establishing short‑term annual goals for improving the four‑year cohort graduation rate, and to establish a long‑term goal of increasing the statewide four‑year cohort graduation rate.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Prior to the 2010‑2011 school year, the State Board of Education shall:
(1)	Develop a growth model establishing annual goals for continuous and substantial improvement in the four‑year cohort graduation rate by local school administrative units.
(2)	Establish as a short-term goal that local school administrative units meet the annual growth model goals for improvement in the four‑year cohort graduation rate beginning with the graduating class of 2011 and continuing annually thereafter.
(3)	Establish as a long‑term goal a statewide four‑year cohort graduation rate of ninety percent (90%) by 2016.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.