A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish a pilot program to permit a charter school, central park school for children, to function as a neighborhood school.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The State Board of Education shall establish a five‑year pilot program to permit  Central Park School for Children, a charter elementary school in Durham, to function as a neighborhood school.  During the pilot program, Central Park School for Children shall give priority for admission to applicants who live within a one‑half mile radius of the school, which is an area that reflects the racial and ethnic composition of the City of Durham.
SECTION 2.  The State Board of Education shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by September 15 of each year on the implementation of the pilot program and the impact of the pilot program on student achievement, enrollment and diversity of enrollment at the school, and parent satisfaction with the school.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.