Bill Summary for H 729 (2021-2022)

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May 11 2021

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House Bill 729 (Public) Filed Wednesday, April 28, 2021
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ALL GOVERNING BOARDS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL UNITS TO REQUEST RESIDENCY LICENSES AND TO CHANGE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CHARTER SCHOOLS ADVISORY BOARD AND CREATE A STAGGER FOR THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD.
Intro. by Yarborough, Hardister, Bradford, Brody.

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House committee substitute amends the 1st edition as follows. 

Deletes the content of previous Part II., which enacted GS 115C-218.27 providing that a charter school is not obligated to give a local board of education demographic information on its student body or any individual student enrolled at the charter school except to the extent the information is necessary for the local school administrative unit to verify that a student enrolled in the charter school resides within the local school administrative unit. Makes conforming organizational changes to the act. 

Part III. 

Revises proposed GS 115C-218.107 to state the NCGA's intent to ensure that all State funds (was, funds) for public school students attending charter schools are provided in amounts on a basis comparable (was, that are comparable) to funds provided for public school students attending other public school units.

Part IV.

Revises the proposed changes to GS 115C-270.20, amending the requirements for licensure for a residency license to include when the license is requested by the governing board of a public school unit (was, requested by a charter school board of directors as an alternative to the local board).