North Carolina § 115C-112 - 9. Duties of State agencies.

§ 115C-112. 9. Duties of State agencies.

The State Board, as part of its duty to monitor all local educational agencies to determine compliance with this Article and IDEA as provided in G.S. 115C-107.4, shall ensure that local educational agencies do the following: Conduct evaluations requested by a child's parent or guardian of suspected children with disabilities, as defined in G.S. 115C-107.3, in a timely manner as required by IDEA. Provide assessments for continuing eligibility to identified children with disabilities receiving scholarships as provided in Part 1H of this Article at the request of the parent or guardian to ensure compliance with G.S. 115C-112.6(c). The Authority shall analyze, in conjunction with the Department of Public Instruction, past trends in scholarship data on an annual basis to ensure that the amount of funds transferred each fiscal year by the Authority to the Department for reevaluations by local school administrative units of eligible students under G.S. 115C-112.6(c) are sufficient and based on actual annual cost requirements. History (2014-49, s. 7; 2014-101, s. 7.3; 2014-115, s. 68; 2015-241, s. 11.11(b); 2015-248, s. 10(b).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2014-49, s. 9, as amended by Session Laws 2015-264, s. 83, made this section, as enacted by Session Laws 2014-49, s. 7, and as amended by Session Laws 2014-101, s. 7.3, and Session Laws 2014-115, s. 68, effective July 1, 2014, and applicable to grants awarded beginning with the 2014-2015 school year. Session Laws 2014-101, s. 7.3, and Session Laws 2014-115, s. 68, amended the lead-in language of Section 7 of House Bill 712, 2013 Regular Session (enacted as Session Laws 2014-49) by substituting "Chapter 115C" for "Chapter 115" in the citation. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 11.11(c), provides: "The Authority shall adopt rules within 60 days of the date this act becomes law providing for pro rata return of funds if a student withdraws prior to the end of the semester from a school to which scholarship funds have been remitted." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 11.11(d), made the amendments to this section by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 11.11(b), applicable to scholarships awarded for the 2015-2016 school year and each subsequent school year. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015.'" Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.6, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2015-241, s. 11.11(b), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "agencies" for "Board of Education" at the end of the section heading; designated the existing provisions as subsection (a); and added subsection (b). For applicability, see editor's note. Session Laws 2015-248, s. 10(b), effective September 23, 2015, substituted "assessments for continuing eligibility" for "reevaluations" in subdivision (2) (now subdivision (a)(2)). For applicability, see editor's note. PART 2. NONDISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION.