Amends GS Chapter 115C, Article 27, adding part names and enacting Part 2, Student Discipline Data Reporting, requiring the State Board of Education to submit an annual consolidated report, by March 15, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, which contains both the required information on acts of violence compiled under GS 115C-12(21) and public school dropout rates, punishment, suspensions, expulsions, and alternative placement compiled under GS 115C-12(27). Requires the report to also include data of disproportionalities, documented and analyzed as specified. Provides that information maintained by local school administrative units and all student discipline information reported to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) must be made available to the public via DPI's website in the form of an electronic spreadsheet. Provides that the spreadsheet must provide base student enrollment data and be disaggregated as specified.
Amends GS 115C-12, concerning the powers and duties of the State Board of Education, making conforming changes.
Directs DPI to study and develop guidelines for the consistent application of student discipline code violations, reporting to law enforcement agencies, and data reporting for the purposes of GS 115C-393. Provides that the development of the guidelines must involve four things, including the creation of standard definitions for local school administrative units' codes of student conduct and discipline policies. Requires DPI to report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, by November 15, 2015, regarding the results of the study and the adoption of the required guidelines.
Effective when bill becomes law, applying beginning with the 2015-16 school year.
STUDENT DISCIPLINE DATA REPORTS.
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AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE IN ITS REPORTS ON STUDENT DISCIPLINE AN ANALYSIS OF DISPROPORTIONALITIES IN REFERRAL OF STUDENTS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AND REPORTS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND TO MAKE DATA ON STUDENT DISCIPLINE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.Intro. by Meyer.
Status: Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Judiciary II (House Action) (Apr 15 2015)
Bill History:
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 House: Filed
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Wed, 15 Apr 2015 House: Passed 1st Reading
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Wed, 15 Apr 2015 House: Passed 1st Reading
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Bill H 819 (2015-2016)Summary date: Apr 17 2015 - View Summary
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