House amendment makes the following changes to the 3rd edition.

Adds a new Part XIregarding the elimination of unnecessary reporting by educators and renumbersthe remaining part and sectionaccordingly. Amends GS 115C-105.27(b), to require that the strategies for improving student performance include a plan to identify and eliminate unnecessary and redundant reporting requirements for teachers and to streamline the schools reporting system and procedures, including requiring reports to be in electronic form when possible and incorporating relevant documents into the student accessible components of the Instructional Improvement System.

Amends GS 115C-307(g) to authorize a school improvement team (team)to request the superintendent to consider eliminating a redundant reporting requirement for the teachers at its school. Requires the team to identify, in its school improvement plan,a more expeditious method of providing the information to the local board of education. Directs the superintendent to recommend to the board whether the reporting requirement should be eliminated for that school. Permits the team to request a hearing before the board as provided in GS 115C-45(c), if the superintendent does not recommend the elimination of the reporting requirement.