North Carolina § 115C-83 - 1. State goal.

§ 115C-83. 1. State goal.

The goal of the State is to ensure that every student read at or above grade level by the end of third grade and continue to progress in reading proficiency so that he or she can read, comprehend, integrate, and apply complex texts needed for secondary education and career success. History (2012-142, s. 7A.1(b).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2012-142, s. 7A.1(b), enacted this section as G.S. 115C-83.1 A. It has been renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2012-142, s. 7A.1(i), made this part effective July 2, 2012, and applicable beginning with the 2013-2014 school year. The developmental screening and kindergarten entry assessment required by this section shall be administered beginning with the 2014-2015 school year. Session Laws 2012-142, s. 7A.12, as added by Session Laws 2012-145, s. 2.1, provides: "The Department of Public Instruction may establish 11 positions to administer the provisions of Section 7A.1 of this act." Session Laws 2012-142, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2012.'" Session Laws 2012-142, s. 27.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2012-2013 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2012-2013 fiscal year." Session Laws 2012-142, s. 27.7, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2013-360, s. 8.23, provides: "Local school administrative units shall consider the utilization of public-private partnerships in implementing the requirements of the North Carolina Read to Achieve Program. The Department of Public Instruction may recommend nonprofit organizations with expertise in literacy training in low-performing schools and the ability to leverage private resources to partner with the local school administrative units in implementing the program." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2013.'" Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.5, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2013-363, s. 3.9, provides: "Notwithstanding Section 7A.1(i) of S.L. 2012-142 or any other provision of law to the contrary, the developmental screening and kindergarten entry assessment required by G.S. 115C-83.5 shall be administered beginning with the 2014-2015 school year in at least fifty percent (50%) of local school administrative units with statewide administration implemented no later than the 2015-2016 school year." Session Laws 2014-5 s. 10, provides: "The State Board of Education shall implement the developmental screening instrument as provided in G.S. 115C-83.5 in each school in a local school administrative unit enrolling kindergarten students, and according to the approved time line for the administration of the Kindergarten Entry Assessment as provided under Section 3.9 of S.L. 2013-363. Additional components of the Kindergarten Entry Assessment shall be fully implemented in each school in a local school administrative unit enrolling kindergarten students beginning with the 2016-2017 school year." Session Laws 2017-57, s. 7.9(a)-(c), provides: "(a) From the funds appropriated to implement Section 7A.1 of S.L. 2012-142, as amended, for the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium only, the Department of Public Instruction shall use those funds for the following 13 time-limited positions that support the kindergarten through third grade assessments pursuant to G.S. 115C-174.11 : "Position Title 65017164 Project Administrator 65017165 Project Lead 65017166 Project Lead 65017167 Program Assistant V 65017169 Northeast Consultant 65017170 Southeast Consultant 65017171 North Central Consultant 65017172 Sandhills Consultant 65017173 Piedmont Triad Consultant 65017174 Southwest Consultant 65017250 Northwest Consultant 65017251 Western Consultant 65021990 Project Coordinator "(b) The positions listed in subsection (a) of this section shall be in addition to the 11 permanent, full-time positions authorized by Section 7A.12 of S.L. 2012-142. "(c) This section expires June 30, 2019." Session Laws 2017-57, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2017.'" Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.6, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2019-212, s. 5, provides: "The Department of Public Instruction shall examine the End-of-Grade English Language Arts assessment administered in third grade as compared to the Read to Achieve alternative assessment in order to determine whether the End-of-Grade English Language Arts assessment should be modified to better meet the goals of Read to Achieve, pursuant to Part 1A of Article 8 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes. Based on its examination, the Department shall develop any modifications needed. No later than March 15, 2020, the Department shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the results of its examination and any modifications developed." Session Laws 2021-8, s. 1, provides: "This act shall be known as the "Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021." Session Laws 2021-8, s. 5(a), (b), provides: "(a) The State Board of Education shall develop literacy instruction standards to ensure that instruction methods throughout the State are consistent and closely aligned with the objectives of Part 1A of Article 8 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes (Read to Achieve). The State Board shall incorporate only the most effective literacy instruction methods aligned with the Science of Reading into the standards developed. No later than May 15, 2022, the State Board of Education shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the literacy instruction standards developed. No later than June 30, 2022, the State Board shall provide to local boards of education the standards developed. "The Department of Public Instruction shall develop a literacy implementation plan that would implement the standards developed by the State Board of Education. No later than June 30, 2022, the Department shall provide to local boards of education (i) a model literacy implementation plan that implements the standards developed and (ii) an example of a literacy implementation plan that would not implement the standards developed and explanatory guidance on why it would not implement the standards. "Each local school administrative unit shall evaluate its literacy curriculum and instruction methods and shall modify as necessary to adhere to the standards developed by the State Board and align with the model literacy implementation plan provided by the Department. No later than December 15, 2022, and in a form prescribed by the State Board, each local school administrative unit shall submit to the State Board a concise explanation of its literacy curriculum and instruction, as aligned with the standards and model literacy implementation plan. "(b) Regional case managers, or other appropriate staff as determined by the Department of Public Instruction, shall work to ensure that the standards developed by the State Board are implemented statewide by reviewing the curriculum and instruction methods of each local school administrative unit in each service area and by consulting with each local school administrative unit as needed to bring literacy instruction into compliance. Review and modification of all literacy instruction statewide shall be complete no later than November 15, 2023. Modifications shall be implemented into curriculum and instruction as soon as possible, and all curriculum and instruction as modified under this section shall be in place beginning with the 2024-2025 school year." Session Laws 2021-8, s. 7(f), provides: "Within funds available, including federal funds received by a local school administrative unit for the purpose of responding to the impacts of COVID-19, each local school administrative unit shall carry out the elements of the Excellent Public Schools Act contained in Part 1A of Article 8 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes." Session Laws 2021-8, s. 10(a), provides: "The Department of Public Instruction shall create a uniform template for all data collected pursuant to Part 1A of Article 8 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes (Read to Achieve) beginning with data collected during the 2013-2014 school year and for each school year thereafter. The template shall include clear designations for each data component reported. A numerical value shall be provided for all data values pertaining to school-wide measures, including those data values reporting fewer than 10 students. Where a measure is disaggregated in a manner that may allow the identity of a student to be disclosed, data values reporting 10 or fewer students may be suppressed to protect student privacy. Data values that are suppressed for this purpose shall be denoted in a different manner than data values left incomplete or unreported. Data values shall be compiled for each data component for each school year, beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, and shall be provided to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee in the uniform template created pursuant to this subsection no later than April 15, 2022."