North Carolina § 116-239 - 8. Chancellor; powers and duties.

§ 116-239. 8. Chancellor; powers and duties.

The chancellor of a constituent institution designated by the Board of Governors to establish a laboratory school shall submit a proposal in accordance with G.S. 116-239.7 that is consistent with any requirements established by the Subcommittee on Laboratory Schools in accordance with this Article. The chancellor shall be the administrative head of a laboratory school approved by the Subcommittee and shall provide general direction for the establishment and operation of a laboratory school. The chancellor, with advice and input from the advisory board established in subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall adopt policies, operating procedures, and the courses of study to govern the operation of the laboratory school. The chancellor may designate the duties required by this Article to other personnel as necessary. The chancellor shall also have the following powers and duties: Advisory board. - The chancellor shall establish an advisory board to provide advice and guidance to the chancellor as follows: Composition of the advisory board. - The advisory board shall consist of up to 10 members who shall be appointed by the chancellor or serve ex officio as follows: The dean of the constituent institution's educator preparation program. A member of the board of trustees of the constituent institution. Two faculty members from the institution. At least one of the faculty members shall be faculty from the constituent institution's educator preparation program. The superintendent of the local school administrative unit in which the laboratory school is located. A member of the community who resides in the local school administrative unit in which the laboratory school is located. Up to four other members that the chancellor deems necessary. Duties. - The advisory board shall have the following duties: Monitor the operations of the laboratory school and the distribution of moneys allocated for such operations. Recommend to the chancellor necessary policy, program, and administration modifications. Evaluate biennially the performance of the principal and recommend corresponding action to the chancellor. Annually review evaluations of the laboratory school's operation and research findings. Laboratory school course of study. - The chancellor shall establish the standard course of study for the laboratory school. This course of study shall set forth the subjects to be taught in each grade and the texts and other educational materials on each subject to be used in each grade. The chancellor shall design its programs to meet at least the student performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education and the student performance standards contained in Chapter 115C of the General Statutes. The chancellor shall conduct student assessments required by the State Board of Education. The chancellor shall adopt a school calendar consisting of a minimum of 185 days or 1,025 hours of instruction covering at least nine calendar months. The chancellor shall ensure that financial literacy instruction is provided as required by the State Board of Education pursuant to G.S. 115C-81.65, including required professional development for teachers of the EPF course. Standards of performance and conduct. - The chancellor shall establish policies and standards for academic performance, attendance, and conduct for students of the laboratory school. The policies of the chancellor shall comply with Article 27 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes. Operation and maintenance of laboratory schools. - The Board of Governors and the State Board of Education shall jointly determine standards for establishing the costs to local school administrative units for providing the facilities and services identified in this subdivision for operation and maintenance of a laboratory school. The standards shall include the lease amount by square foot for facility leases, which shall incorporate the cost of the outstanding debt service for the facility. A local school administrative unit shall provide, at the laboratory school's request, any of the following facilities and services to the laboratory school, but the costs of those facilities and services charged to the laboratory school shall not exceed the established standards for determination of costs. The following shall be determined in a memorandum of understanding between the chancellor and the local school administrative unit for the operation and maintenance of the laboratory school as needed: Facilities and leases. - Upon request, the local school administrative unit in which the laboratory school is located shall lease adequate facilities to the constituent institution for use as a laboratory school. Unless the laboratory school requests not to include any of the following, the lease shall include use of or access to any existing buildings, parking areas, playgrounds, driveways required for ingress and egress, furniture, classroom space, a cafeteria or multipurpose room, moveable equipment, appliances, playground materials, including a library collection, instructional materials, and classroom and other technology equipment necessary to operate the laboratory school. The lease term shall be terminated if the laboratory school ceases operation. Upon request, the local school administrative unit shall maintain the facilities and premises of the laboratory school and keep them in good repair and tenantable condition by providing all routine custodial services and routine facilities maintenance services, including routine indoor maintenance, routine mowing, trimming, and maintenance of exterior landscaping and snow removal, and timely repair of the facilities and premises. The chancellor is authorized to execute the lease agreement and memoranda of agreement for the operation of a laboratory school. Transportation services. - Upon request, the local school administrative unit in which the laboratory school is located shall provide transportation to students who reside in the local school administrative unit and attend the laboratory school, including any students who are homeless and require assistance pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 11301, et seq., the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. The requirement to provide transportation to students residing in the local school administrative unit shall (i) apply regardless of where a laboratory school student resides in the unit or how the unit's transportation policies and practices are applied to other students and (ii) upon request, include providing transportation of students and personnel for laboratory school extracurricular activities and educational trips in the same manner as other schools in the unit for that school year. Food services. - Upon request, the local school administrative unit in which the laboratory school is located shall administer the National School Lunch Program for the laboratory school in accordance with G.S. 115C-264. Student support services. - Upon request, the local school administrative unit in which the laboratory school is located shall provide any of the following student support services for the operation of the laboratory school, including: Services required by the Department of Public Instruction for children with disabilities. Children and family support services, including social worker and school nurse services. Other health services, including dental screenings, vision screenings, and similar health services that apply to other students enrolled in the local school administrative unit. Parent involvement coordinator services. School counselor services. School attendance. - Every parent, guardian, or other person in this State having charge or control of a child who is enrolled in the laboratory school and who is less than 16 years of age shall cause such child to attend school continuously for a period equal to the time that the laboratory school shall be in session. No person shall encourage, entice, or counsel any child to be unlawfully absent from the laboratory school. Any person who aids or abets a student's unlawful absence from the laboratory school shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The principal shall be responsible for implementing such additional policies concerning compulsory attendance as shall be adopted by the chancellor, including regulations concerning lawful and unlawful absences, permissible excuses for temporary absences, maintenance of attendance records, and attendance counseling. Reporting. - The chancellor shall comply with the reporting requirements established by the State Board of Education in the Uniform Education Reporting System. Assessment results. - The chancellor shall provide data to the local school administrative unit on the performance of students on any testing required by the State Board of Education. Education of children with disabilities. - The chancellor shall require compliance with laws and policies relating to the education of children with disabilities. Health and safety. - The chancellor shall require that the laboratory school meet the same health and safety standards required of a local school administrative unit. The Department of Public Instruction shall ensure that laboratory schools comply with G.S. 115C-375.2A. The chancellor shall provide the laboratory school with a supply of emergency epinephrine auto-injectors necessary to carry out the provisions of G.S. 115C-375.2A. School Risk Management Plan. - Each laboratory school, in coordination with local law enforcement agencies, is encouraged to adopt a School Risk Management Plan (SRMP) relating to incidents of school violence. In constructing and maintaining these plans, a laboratory school may utilize the School Risk and Response Management System (SRRMS) established pursuant to G.S. 115C-105.49A. These plans are not considered a public record as the term "public record" is defined under G.S. 132-1 and shall not be subject to inspection and examination under G.S. 132-6. Schematic diagrams and school crisis kits. - Laboratory schools are encouraged to provide schematic diagrams and keys to the main entrance of school facilities to local law enforcement agencies, in addition to implementing the provisions in G.S. 115C-105.52. School safety exercises. - At least once a year, a laboratory school is encouraged to hold a full schoolwide lockdown exercise with local law enforcement and emergency management agencies that are part of the laboratory school's SRMP. Safety information provided to the Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management. - A laboratory school is encouraged to provide the following: (i) schematic diagrams, including digital schematic diagrams and (ii) emergency response information requested by the Division for the SRMP. The schematic diagrams and emergency response information are not considered public records as the term "public record" is defined under G.S. 132-1 and shall not be subject to inspection and examination under G.S. 132-6. North Carolina school report cards. - A laboratory school shall ensure that the report card issued for it by the State Board of Education receives wide distribution to the local press or is otherwise provided to the public. A laboratory school shall ensure that the overall school performance score and grade earned by the laboratory school for the current and previous four school years is prominently displayed on the school Web site. If a laboratory school earned an overall school performance grade of D or F, the laboratory school shall provide notice of the grade in writing to the parent or guardian of all students enrolled in that school. Policy against bullying. - A laboratory school is encouraged to adopt a policy against bullying or harassing behavior, including cyberbullying, that is consistent with the provisions of Article 29C of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes. If a laboratory school adopts a policy to prohibit bullying and harassing behavior, the laboratory school shall, at the beginning of each school year, provide the policy to staff, students, and parents as defined in G.S. 115C-390.1(b)(8). Access for youth groups. - Laboratory schools are encouraged to facilitate access for students to participate in activities provided by any youth group listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society, such as the Boy Scouts of America, and its affiliated North Carolina groups and councils, and the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, and its affiliated North Carolina groups and councils. Student participation in any activities offered by these organizations shall not interfere with instructional time during the school day for the purposes of encouraging civic education. Child sexual abuse and sex trafficking training program. - The chancellor shall adopt and ensure implementation of a child sexual abuse and sex trafficking training program in accordance with G.S. 115C-375.20. School-based mental health plan required. - A laboratory school shall adopt a school-based mental health plan, including a mental health training program and suicide risk referral protocol, in accordance with G.S. 115C-376.5. a1. Terms of members. - The term of each member shall be for four years, and any vacancy shall be filled with a person of the same classification as his or her predecessor for the balance of the unexpired term. No advisory board member shall serve more than two complete consecutive terms. The chancellor shall stagger the terms of the initial appointees in a manner that results in the expiration of terms of no more than three members in any year. a2. Organization; meetings; expenses. - The chancellor shall call the organizational meeting of the advisory board. The advisory board shall meet at least quarterly. The advisory board shall annually elect a chair and a vice-chair. There shall be no limitation on successive terms that may be served by a chair or vice-chair. The advisory board shall adopt internal organizational procedures or bylaws necessary for efficient operation. Advisory board members shall not receive per diem or travel expenses for the performance of their duties. History (2016-94, s. 11.6(a); 2017-57, s. 7.26(k); 2017-117, s. 1; 2018-5, s. 10.1(a); 2019-82, s. 4(c); 2019-245, s. 4.4(d); 2020-7, s. 1(e); 2020-56, s. 2(d).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2017-57, s. 7.26(l), made the amendment to subdivision (14) of this section by Session Laws 2017-57, s. 7.26(k), applicable beginning with the 2017-2018 school year. Session Laws 2018-5, s. 10.1(e), made the amendment of subdivision (b)(4) of this section by Session Laws 2018-5, s. 10.1(a), applicable beginning with the 2018-2019 school year. Session Laws 2018-5, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2018.'" Session Laws 2018-5, s. 39.7, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2018-135, 3rd Ex. Sess., s. 1.1, provides: "Calendar Flexibility. - Notwithstanding G.S. 115C-75.8(d)(9) , 115C-84.2(a)(1), 115C-150.12, 115C-218.85(a)(1), 115C-238.53(d), 115C-238.66(1)d., 116-239.8(b)(2)c., Section 6(e) of S.L. 2018-32, and any other provision of State law to the contrary, if the governing body of a public school unit closed any school under its control due to unusual and extraordinary inclement weather conditions related to Hurricane Florence, calendar flexibility for instructional time missed due to Hurricane Florence during the months of September 2018 and October 2018 shall be provided as follows: "(1) If the school is located in a public school unit that is located in a county designated before, on, or after the effective date of this act under a major disaster declaration by the President of the United States under the Stafford Act (P.L. 93-288) as a result of Hurricane Florence, in the discretion of its governing body, the public school unit may (i) make up any number of the instructional days or equivalent hours missed, (ii) deem as completed any number of the instructional days or equivalent hours missed up to a total of 20 days, or (iii) implement any combination of both of the above. "(2) If the school is located in a public school unit that is not located in a county designated under a major disaster declaration by the President of the United States under the Stafford Act (P.L. 93-288) as a result of Hurricane Florence, the following shall apply: "a. If the public school unit's scheduled calendar will already meet 185 instructional days or 1025 instructional hours, no additional days or hours for that school are required to comply with G.S. 115C-84.2 . "b. For all other schools, for days missed in excess of two days, in the discretion of its governing body, the public school unit may do either or a combination of the following: "1. Make up any number of the instructional days or equivalent hours missed. "2. Deem as completed any number of the instructional days or equivalent hours missed. "For the purposes of this act, "public school unit" is defined as a local school administrative unit, regional school, innovative school, laboratory school, charter school, or residential school for the deaf or the blind." Session Laws 2018-135, 3rd Ex. Sess., s. 1.2, provided for compensation for teachers and school employees in public schools that missed instructional days due to Hurricane Florence, and Session Laws 2018-135, 3rd Ex. Sess., s. 1.3, required a report, due March 15, 2019, from the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the chairs of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Appropriations•ase Budget Committee, the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, and the Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly on instructional days missed due to the hurricane, days made up, days not made up pursuant to the act, and compensation paid under s. 1.2. Session Laws 2019-82, s. 5, provides: "The State Board of Education shall begin the process for review and revision of the standard course of study for social studies in grades kindergarten through 12 in the 2019-2020 school year and shall revise the high school standard course of study in accordance with the requirements of this section for the EPF course and the Founding Principles of America and North Carolina: Civic Literacy course. The State Board shall review the high school standard course of study to determine the high school grade level during which the EPF course and the Founding Principles of America and North Carolina: Civic Literacy course may be completed. The State Board of Education shall not require more than four full-course credits in social studies for high school graduation." Session Laws 2019-245, s. 4.5, provides, in part: "Each entity required by Section 4.4(a), (b), (c), and (d) to adopt and implement a child sexual abuse and sex trafficking training program shall do so by January 1, 2020, and training shall be required for school personnel beginning with the 2020-2021 school year." Session Laws 2019-245, s. 9(a) is a severability clause. Session Laws 2019-245, s. 9(b) provides: "Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions." Session Laws 2020-3, s. 2.1, as amended by Session Laws 2020-49, s. 3(a), provides: "For the purposes of this Part, the following definitions apply: "(1) Authority. - State Education Assistance Authority. "(2) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency. - The period beginning March 10, 2020, and continuing until the Governor signs an executive order rescinding Executive Order No. 116 (Declaration of a State of Emergency to Coordinate Response and Protective Actions to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19). "(3) Federal testing waiver. - The testing waiver granted to the State Board of Education by the United States Department of Education for the 2019-2020 school year, pursuant to section 8401(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, which, pursuant to G.S. 115C-174.11 , eliminated the collection of certain student assessment data for the 2019-2020 school year. "(4) Modified calendar school. - A school that a local board designated as having a modified calendar for the 2003-2004 school year or any school that was part of a planned program in the 2003-2004 school year for a system of modified calendar schools, so long as the school operates under a modified calendar. "(5) State Board. - The State Board of Education. "(6) Year-round school. - A school with a single or multi-track instructional calendar that was adopted prior to March 1, 2020, and provides instructional days in compliance with Section 2.11(b)(1) of this Part throughout the entire school calendar year, beginning July 1 and ending June 30, by utilizing at least one of the following plans: "a. A plan dividing students into four groups and requiring each group to be in school for assigned and staggered quarters each school calendar year. "b. A plan providing students be scheduled to attend an average of between 44 and 46 instructional days followed by an average of between 15 and 20 days of vacation, repeated throughout the school calendar year. "c. A plan dividing the school calendar year into five nine-week sessions of classes and requiring each student to attend four assigned and staggered sessions out of the five nine-week sessions to complete the student's instructional year." Session Laws 2020-3, s. 2.2, provides: "The purpose of this Part is to clarify or modify certain requirements in consideration of actions and circumstances related to the COVID-19 emergency, including, but not limited to, the federal testing waiver and the closure of schools for in-person instruction during the 2019-2020 school year." Session Laws 2020-3, s. 2.4(b), provides: "Display of School Report Cards. - Notwithstanding G.S. 115C-47(58) , 115C-75.8(d)(7), 115C-218.65, 115C-238.66(11), 116-239.8(b)(14), and Section 6(d)(2) of S.L. 2018-32, public school units are not required to display school report card information for the 2020-2021 school year based on data from the 2019-2020 school year, but shall display a brief explanation that school report cards were not issued for the 2020-2021 school year because assessment data was not collected during the 2019-2020 school year due to COVID-19." Session Laws 2020-3, s. 2.10(a), provides: "Instructional Time Requirements. - A public school unit that provides remote instruction as required by this subsection shall be deemed to have satisfied the minimum days and hours required by G.S. 115C-75.8(d)(9) , 115C-84.2(a)(1), 115C-150.12, 115C-218.85(a)(1), 115C-238.53(d), 115C-238.66(1)d., 116-239.8(b)(2)c., and Section 6(e) of S.L. 2018-32 for the 2019-2020 school year. For the purposes of this subsection for the 2019-2020 school year, remote instruction is defined as learning that takes place outside of the traditional school setting using various media and formats, including, but not limited to, video conference, telephone conference, print material, online material, or learning management systems. Each public school unit shall provide remote instruction for the remainder of its scheduled 2019-2020 school year." Session Laws 2020-3, s. 2.11(a)-(c), as amended by Session Laws 2020-49, s. 3(b), provides: "(a) Remote Instruction Plans. - The governing body of each public school unit shall develop a Remote Instruction Plan (Plan) for the 2020-2021 school year and shall submit its Plan to the State Board no later than July 20, 2020. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a detailed framework for delivering quality remote instruction to all students within the public school unit during the 2020-2021 school year, as provided in subsection (b) of this section. In describing how the public school unit will implement remote instruction, the Plan shall address all of the following: "(1) Consulting with teachers, administrators and instructional support staff, parents, students, community partners, and other stakeholders in developing the Plan and effectively communicating the Plan to all involved parties. "(2) Training for teachers and staff on effective use of the remote instruction resources utilized by the public school unit and the process for student submission of completed work. The Plan shall identify any learning management system, online instructional resource, or offline instructional resource that will be made available to all students in a grade-level across the public school unit. "(3) Defining and clearly communicating staff roles and expectations for remote instruction days, including teacher workdays, teacher accessibility, and noncertified staff workdays and responsibilities. The Plan may include variances for staff expectations when remote instruction days are also used as teacher workdays. "(4) Surveying student and teacher home connectivity and providing for remote instruction that is appropriate for teachers and students with limited connectivity capability, including the opportunity for students to download remote learning materials in advance when practicable. "(5) Engaging with community partners on services that parents and students can utilize on remote instruction days, including community partners willing to provide free broadband access or connectivity for remote instruction and community partners with child care options, and communicating remote instruction schedules with those partners. "(6) Developing effective design and delivery of remote instruction lessons within professional learning communities. "(7) Teaching and practice opportunities for students on accessing and using remote instruction platforms and methods, including how to locate, complete, and submit assignments. The Plan shall include regular opportunities for students to use the platforms and methods during nonremote instruction days to ensure student success during remote instruction. "(8) Communicating learning targets to students on each remote instruction day and ensuring that lesson design provides instructional time, practice, and application components to demonstrate learning. The Plan shall include a process for monitoring the quality of remote instruction materials. "(9) Ensuring that remote instructional time, practice, and application components support learning growth that continues towards mastery of the standard course of study. The Plan shall include work measurement guidelines appropriate to each grade level, including deadlines for submission of assignments and methods to assess and grade learning during remote instruction. "(10) Ensuring that students with disabilities have equal access to the remote instruction provided by their public school units and that remote instruction is provided in a manner consistent with each student's individualized education program (IEP) or 504 plan. Remote learning day supports shall be considered and included, as appropriate for the student, when an IEP or 504 plan is initially developed or at any subsequent review or revision of an IEP or 504 plan. "(11) Tracking and reporting attendance on remote instruction days, including protocols for determining attendance, the reporting system to be used, and how attendance procedures will be communicated to parents before remote instruction begins. "(12) Providing online and offline contact options for students to communicate with teachers or staff for remote instruction days that are not used as teacher workdays. "(13) Providing technology support for students experiencing technical difficulties on remote instruction days. "(b) School Calendar. - Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the requirements of G.S. 115C-84.2 , including the requirement that a school calendar consist of 215 days, apply to the 2020-2021 school calendar for local school administrative units. The provisions of this subsection supersede any school calendar adopted by a public school unit prior to the enactment of this Part. For the 2020-2021 school year only, the following applies to the school calendar for public school units: "(1) Notwithstanding any provisions of G.S. 115C-75.8(d)(9) , 115C-84.2(a)(1), 115C-150.12, 115C-218.85(a)(1), 115C-238.53(d), 115C-238.66(1)d., 116-239.8(b)(2)c., and Section 6(e) of S.L. 2018-32 to the contrary, each public school unit shall adopt a calendar that includes 190 days of instruction as follows: "a. 185 days or 1,025 hours of instruction that include five remote instruction days in accordance with the Plan developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Each of the five remote instruction days may be scheduled in the discretion of the public school unit, except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection. "b. An additional five instructional days that shall be satisfied only by five individually separate and distinct full instructional days and not by an accumulation of instructional hours. "(2) Notwithstanding any provisions of G.S. 115C-84.2(d) to the contrary, each local school administrative unit shall adopt a school calendar in accordance with the following: "a. Except for schools defined in subdivision (4) or (6) of Section 2.1 of this Part, an opening date for students of August 17, 2020. "b. Except for schools defined in subdivision (4) or (6) of Section 2.1 of this Part, a closing date for students no later than June 11, 2021. "c. No remote instruction day shall be scheduled prior to August 24, 2020, unless the school operates on a year-round or modified calendar schedule. A year-round or modified calendar school shall not schedule a remote instruction day prior to the sixth instructional day of the year-round or modified calendar. "c1. A local board of education may alter the adopted calendar of a single-track year-round school in a manner that no longer meets the requirements of Section 2.1(6)b. of this act, if both of the following are met: "1. The local board of education determines the modification is necessary to ensure the health and safety of students. "2. The altered calendar complies with all other requirements for year-round schools in this section. "d. Remote instruction days may be scheduled for use as teacher workdays, including as teacher workdays on which teachers may take accumulated vacation leave, provided that remote instruction material is prepared and provided for students to use during the remote instruction days. Local school administrative units may, in their discretion, schedule remote instruction days as teacher workdays to facilitate completion of first semester course exams prior to a winter holiday period. This sub-subdivision only applies to the five remote instruction days scheduled as required by sub-subdivision a. of subdivision (1) of this subsection. "e. The following apply for a local school administrative unit granted a good cause waiver for the 2020-2021 school year: "1. The opening date for students shall not be earlier than August 17, 2020, except for schools defined in subdivision (4) or (6) of Section 2.1 of this Part. "2. Up to an additional five remote instruction days may be used, if those days are (i) provided in accordance with the requirements of this subsection for remote instruction days and (ii) used solely as make-up days for days on which schools have been closed due to inclement weather or other emergency situations. "(3) If the governing board of a public school unit determines that additional remote instruction beyond the five days required by subdivision (1) of this subsection is needed to ensure the health and safety of students, a public school unit may provide remote instruction in accordance with the Plan developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section as necessary to satisfy instructional time requirements. The public school unit shall ensure that it is in compliance with all required COVID-19 guidance related to the operation of elementary and secondary schools issued by the State Board of Education, the Department of Public Instruction, and the Department of Health and Human Services. "(c) Reporting Requirement. - No later than September 15, 2020, the State Board shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the implementation of subsection (a) of this section. The State Board shall submit with its report a copy of each Remote Instruction Plan submitted, and the report shall provide a statewide summary that includes the following: "(1) All online remote instruction resources used by public school units, listed by public school unit. "(2) All offline remote instruction resources used by public school units, listed by public school unit. "(3) A list of any public school unit using only offline remote instruction resources. "(4) The number and percentage of public school units that did and did not provide plans addressing every item required by subsection (a) of this section. "(5) Strengths, challenges, and trends noted by the State Board in its review of how public school units implement remote instruction. "(6) Any other data deemed by the State Board to be useful to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee in evaluating the delivery of statewide remote instruction." Session Laws 2020-3, s. 5, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2020-56, s. 2(i), made the rewriting of subdivision (b)(4) of this section by Session Laws 2020-56, s. 2(d), effective June 30, 2020, and applicable to leases and agreements entered into on or after that date and beginning with the 2021-2022 school year and subsequent school years. The rewriting of subdivision (b)(4) by Session Laws 2020-56, s. 2(d), shall not apply to or alter existing leases, contracts, or agreements without the consent of all parties to the lease, contract, or agreement. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2017-57, s. 7.26(k), effective July 1, 2017, substituted "earned an overall school performance grade" for "is awarded a grade" in the last sentence of subsection (14). For applicability, see editor's note. Session Laws 2017-117, s. 1, effective July 18, 2017, rewrote the section. Session Laws 2018-5, s. 10.1(a), effective July 1, 2018, in subdivision (b)(4), in the first sentence, deleted "continue to" following "located shall" and added the second sentence. For applicability, see editor's note. Session Laws 2019-82, s. 4(c), effective July 8, 2019, added sub-subdivision (b)(2)d. Session Laws 2019-245, s. 4.4(d), effective December 1, 2019, added subdivision (b)(17). For applicability, see editor's note. Session Laws 2020-7, s. 1(e), effective June 8, 2020, added subdivision (b)(18). Session Laws 2020-56, s. 2(d), rewrote subdivision (b)(4). For effective date and applicability, see editor's note.