Enacts new GS 115C-105.41A to require a written agreement between parents and teachers that clarifies what families and schools can do to help students reach high academic standards. Specifies content of family-school compact for each child. Requires parents to participate in the development and design of their child’s family-school compact, and directs that each compact be evaluated regularly by the school for effectiveness.
Amends GS 115C-12 to require each local school administrative unit’s report card, as prepared by the State Board of Education, to note the degree with which the local school administrative unit complied with the provisions of GS 115C-105.41A regarding family-school compacts.
Applies beginning with the 2011-12 school year.