North Carolina § 115C-83 - 10. (Applicable before the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year) Accountability measures.

§ 115C-83. 10. (Applicable before the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year) Accountability measures.

Each local board of education shall publish annually on a Web site maintained by that local school administrative unit and report in writing to the State Board of Education by September 1 of each year the following information on the prior school year: The number and percentage of third grade students demonstrating and not demonstrating reading proficiency on the State-approved standardized test of reading comprehension administered to third grade students. The number and percentage of third grade students who take and pass an alternative assessment of reading comprehension and the name of each alternative assessment used for this purpose with the number of students who passed it. The number and percentage of third grade students retained for not demonstrating reading proficiency. The number and percentage of third grade students exempt from mandatory third grade retention by category of exemption as listed in G.S. 115C-83.7(b). The number and percentage of first grade students demonstrating and not demonstrating reading comprehension at grade level. The number and percentage of second grade students demonstrating and not demonstrating reading comprehension at grade level. For each grade level, the number and percentage of students eligible for priority enrollment in reading camp under G.S. 115C-83.11(b) and, for each grade level, the number and percentage of those students who attend reading camp. Each local board of education shall report annually in writing to the State Board of Education by September 1 of each year the following information on the prior school year: A description of all reading interventions provided to students who have been retained under G.S. 115C-83.7(a). The number of first and second grade students attending a reading camp offered by the local board. The license area or areas, years of licensed teaching experience, grade level assignment, and any other specific subject-area assignments of each teacher providing instruction at a reading camp. The number and percentage of teachers providing instruction at a reading camp who were paid a reading performance bonus during the school year immediately preceding the reading camp and the grade level on which the bonus was based. Each local board of education shall report annually in writing to the State Board of Education by November 15 of each year, for the prior school year, (i) the number and percentage of third grade students who did not demonstrate proficiency upon entering reading camp and who became proficient after completing reading camp and (ii) for each grade level, the number and percentage of first and second grade students who demonstrated reading comprehension below grade level upon entering camp and who demonstrated reading comprehension at or above grade level after completing reading camp. The State Board of Education shall establish a uniform format for local boards of education to report the required information listed in subsections (a) and (b) of this section and shall provide the format to local boards of education no later than 90 days prior to the annual due date. The State Board of Education shall compile annually this information and submit a State-level summary to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by December 15, 2016, and annually thereafter. The State-level summary shall include, for each local school administrative unit, every component listed in subsections (a), (b), and (b1) of this section. The State Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction shall provide technical assistance as needed to aid local school administrative units to implement all provisions of this Part. Local boards of education shall fully complete all information required by this section in the uniform format provided by the State Board. Each local board of education shall publish annually on a Web site maintained by that local school administrative unit and report in writing to the State Board of Education by September 1 of each year the following information on the prior school year: The number and percentage of third grade students demonstrating and not demonstrating reading proficiency on the State-approved standardized test of reading comprehension administered to third grade students. The number and percentage of third grade students who take and pass an alternative assessment of reading comprehension and the name of each alternative assessment used for this purpose with the number of students who passed it. The number and percentage of third grade students retained for not demonstrating reading proficiency. The number and percentage of third grade students exempt from mandatory third grade retention by category of exemption as listed in G.S. 115C-83.7(b). The number and percentage of first grade students demonstrating and not demonstrating reading comprehension at grade level. The number and percentage of second grade students demonstrating and not demonstrating reading comprehension at grade level. For each grade level, the number and percentage of students eligible for priority enrollment in reading camp under G.S. 115C-83.11(b) and, for each grade level, the number and percentage of those students who attend reading camp. Each local board of education shall report annually in writing to the State Board of Education by September 1 of each year the following information on the prior school year: Each local board of education shall report annually in writing to the State Board of Education by November 15 of each year, for the prior school year, (i) the number and percentage of third grade students who did not demonstrate proficiency upon entering reading camp and who became proficient after completing reading camp and (ii) for each grade level, the number and percentage of first and second grade students who demonstrated difficulty with reading upon entering camp and who demonstrated reading comprehension at or above grade level after completing reading camp. Each local board of education shall report annually in writing to the State Board of Education by November 15 of each year the number and percentage of retained third grade students placed in an accelerated reading class or transitional third and fourth class combination under G.S. 115C-83.8(b) in the prior school year who were (i) promoted midyear as provided in G.S. 115C-83.8(c) or (ii) promoted directly to fifth grade for the school year following the retention. The State Board of Education shall establish a uniform format for local boards of education to report the required information listed in subsections (a) and (b) of this section and shall provide the format to local boards of education no later than 90 days prior to the annual due date. The State Board of Education shall compile annually this information and submit a State-level summary to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by December 15, 2016, and annually thereafter. The State-level summary shall include, for each local school administrative unit, every component listed in subsections (a), (b), (b1), and (b2) of this section. The State Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction shall provide technical assistance as needed to aid local school administrative units to implement all provisions of this Part. Local boards of education shall fully complete all information required by this section in the uniform format provided by the State Board. History (2012-142, s. 7A.1(b); 2014-115, s. 81; 2015-241, s. 8.48(c); 2017-102, s. 48(g); 2018-5, s. 7.24(a).) Section set out twice. - The section above is applicable before the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year. For the section applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, see the following section, also numbered 115C-83.10. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2012-142, s. 7A.1(b), enacted this section as G.S. 115C-83.1 J. It has been renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 8.48(e), provides: "Notwithstanding G.S. 115C-83.10 , as amended by subsection (c) of this section, the State Board of Education and local boards of educations shall include initial information on first and second grade students in the reports required under G.S. 115C-83.10 by October 15, 2016, and September 1, 2016, respectively." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 8.48(f), made the amendment to this section by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 8.48(c), effective beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. Session Laws 2018-5, s. 7.24(d), made the amendment of this section by Session Laws 2018-5, s. 7.24(a), applicable beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, and shall include the reporting of required data from the 2017-2018 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 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. 2.7(e), provides: "Reporting Requirements. - For the 2020-2021 school year, the following applies: "(1) Accountability reporting described in G.S. 115C-83.10 shall not be required based on data from the 2019-2020 school year, except that by September 1, 2020, local boards of education shall report to the State Board the following: "a. The number and percentage of first grade students on track and not on track to meet year-end expectations based on assessments completed on or before March 13, 2020. "b. The number and percentage of second grade students on track and not on track to meet year-end expectations based on assessments completed on or before March 13, 2020. "c. The number and percentage of third grade students on track and not on track to meet year-end expectations based on assessments completed on or before March 13, 2020. "d. The number and percentage of third grade students retained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for reading deficiencies. "(2) Reporting requirements described in G.S. 115C-218.85(b)(4) shall not be required based on data from the 2019-2020 school year, except that by September 1, 2020, charter schools and other public school units subject to charter school statutory requirements shall report to the State Board the following: "a. The number and percentage of third grade students on track and not on track to meet year-end expectations based on assessments completed on or before March 13, 2020. "b. The number and percentage of third grade students retained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for reading deficiencies. "(3) The State Board shall compile the information described in this subsection and shall submit a State-level summary of each component by local school administrative unit and charter school to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by October 15, 2020." Session Laws 2020-3, s. 5, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2014-115, s. 81, effective August 11, 2014, substituted "October 15" for "October 1" in the last sentence of subsection (c). Session Laws 2015-241, s. 8.48(c), effective July 1, 2015, added subdivisions (a)(5) and (a)(6); added the last sentence in subsection (b), and substituted "2015-2016" for "2014-2015" near the end of subsection (c). For applicability, see editor's note. Session Laws 2017-102, s. 48(g), effective July 12, 2017, substituted "December 15, 2016, and annually thereafter" for "October 15 of each year, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year" in subsection (c). Session Laws 2018-5, s. 7.24(a), effective July 1, 2018, in subdivision (a)(2), substituted "an alternative" for "the alternative" and added "and the name of each alternative assessment used for this purpose with the number of students who passed it"; added subdivision (a)(7); in the introductory paragraph of subsection (b), inserted "the following information on the prior school year"; deleted "The local board of education shall also include in the report" at the beginning of subdivision (b)(2); added subdivisions (b)(3) and (4); added subsection (b1); in subsection (c), added the last sentence; and added subsection (e). For applicability, see editor's note. Session Laws 2021-8, s. 6(i), effective April 9, 2021, substituted "literacy” for "reading” in subdivision (b)(1); added subdivision (b)(5); substituted "difficulty with reading” for "reading comprehension below grade level” in subsection (b1); added subsection (b2); and substituted "(b1), and (b2)” for "and (b1) in subsection (c). For applicability, see editor's note. § 115C-83.10. (Applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year) Accountability measures. (1) A description of all literacy interventions provided to students who have been retained under G.S. 115C-83.7(a) . (2) The number of first and second grade students attending a reading camp offered by the local board. (3) The license area or areas, years of licensed teaching experience, grade level assignment, and any other specific subject-area assignments of each teacher providing instruction at a reading camp. (4) The number and percentage of teachers providing instruction at a reading camp who were paid a reading performance bonus during the school year immediately preceding the reading camp and the grade level on which the bonus was based. (5) The number of kindergarten through third grade students with an Individual Reading Plan. History (2012-142, s. 7A.1(b); 2014-115, s. 81; 2015-241, s. 8.48(c); 2017-102, s. 48(g); 2018-5, s. 7.24(a); 2021-8, s. 6(i).) Section set out twice. - The section above is applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year. For the section applicable before the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year, see the preceding section, also numbered 115C-83.10. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2012-142, s. 7A.1(b), enacted this section as G.S. 115C-83.1 J. It has been renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 8.48(e), provides: "Notwithstanding G.S. 115C-83.10 , as amended by subsection (c) of this section, the State Board of Education and local boards of educations shall include initial information on first and second grade students in the reports required under G.S. 115C-83.10 by October 15, 2016, and September 1, 2016, respectively." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 8.48(f), made the amendment to this section by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 8.48(c), effective beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. Session Laws 2018-5, s. 7.24(d), made the amendment of this section by Session Laws 2018-5, s. 7.24(a), applicable beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, and shall include the reporting of required data from the 2017-2018 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 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. 2.7(e), provides: "Reporting Requirements. - For the 2020-2021 school year, the following applies: "(1) Accountability reporting described in G.S. 115C-83.10 shall not be required based on data from the 2019-2020 school year, except that by September 1, 2020, local boards of education shall report to the State Board the following: "a. The number and percentage of first grade students on track and not on track to meet year-end expectations based on assessments completed on or before March 13, 2020. "b. The number and percentage of second grade students on track and not on track to meet year-end expectations based on assessments completed on or before March 13, 2020. "c. The number and percentage of third grade students on track and not on track to meet year-end expectations based on assessments completed on or before March 13, 2020. "d. The number and percentage of third grade students retained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for reading deficiencies. "(2) Reporting requirements described in G.S. 115C-218.85(b)(4) shall not be required based on data from the 2019-2020 school year, except that by September 1, 2020, charter schools and other public school units subject to charter school statutory requirements shall report to the State Board the following: "a. The number and percentage of third grade students on track and not on track to meet year-end expectations based on assessments completed on or before March 13, 2020. "b. The number and percentage of third grade students retained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for reading deficiencies. "(3) The State Board shall compile the information described in this subsection and shall submit a State-level summary of each component by local school administrative unit and charter school to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by October 15, 2020." Session Laws 2020-3, s. 5, is a severability clause. 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. 6(m), made the amendments to this section by Session Laws 2021-8, s. 6(i), applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year. Session Laws 2021-8, s. 9(b), provides: "Based on data collected pursuant to G.S. 115C-83.10 and any other data useful for this purpose, the State Board of Education shall analyze the passage rates for alternative assessments in order to determine the comparative utility of each alternative assessment. No later than October 15, 2021, the State Board shall submit a report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the results of its analysis, along with the one alternative assessment it recommends using." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2014-115, s. 81, effective August 11, 2014, substituted "October 15" for "October 1" in the last sentence of subsection (c). Session Laws 2015-241, s. 8.48(c), effective July 1, 2015, added subdivisions (a)(5) and (a)(6); added the last sentence in subsection (b), and substituted "2015-2016" for "2014-2015" near the end of subsection (c). For applicability, see editor's note. Session Laws 2017-102, s. 48(g), effective July 12, 2017, substituted "December 15, 2016, and annually thereafter" for "October 15 of each year, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year" in subsection (c). Session Laws 2018-5, s. 7.24(a), effective July 1, 2018, in subdivision (a)(2), substituted "an alternative" for "the alternative" and added "and the name of each alternative assessment used for this purpose with the number of students who passed it"; added subdivision (a)(7); in the introductory paragraph of subsection (b), inserted "the following information on the prior school year"; deleted "The local board of education shall also include in the report" at the beginning of subdivision (b)(2); added subdivisions (b)(3) and (4); added subsection (b1); in subsection (c), added the last sentence; and added subsection (e). For applicability, see editor's note. Session Laws 2021-8, s. 6(i), effective April 9, 2021, substituted "literacy” for "reading” in subdivision (b)(1); added subdivision (b)(5); substituted "difficulty with reading” for "reading comprehension below grade level” in subsection (b1); added subsection (b2); and substituted "(b1), and (b2)” for "and (b1) in subsection (c). For applicability, see editor's note.