Bill Summary for H 776 (2015-2016)

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Apr 16 2015

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 776 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 14, 2015
AN ACT DIRECTING LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO ENSURE THAT THE STUDENT POPULATION AT EACH SCHOOL IS ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE.
Intro. by Hamilton.

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Amends GS 115C-47 to require local boards of education to ensure that the student population at each school to be economically diverse through ensuring that the percentage of students at a school who qualify to receive free or reduced price meals does not exceed by more than 15 percentage points the district-wide percentage of such students at the grade levels represented by the school. Makes the same requirements applicable to charter schools under GS 115C-218.45. Applies beginning with the 2015-16 school year.