Enacts new GS 115C-105.42 to require a personal learning plan for each public school student in North Carolina who does not have an individualized education program (IEP) as defined in GS 115C-106.3 or a personal education plan (PEP) in accordance with GS 115C-105.41. Defines a personal learning plan as a document that provides an ongoing record of a student’s learning progress, and that remains with the student throughout the student’s time in a North Carolina public school. Delineates the purposes of a personal learning plan and specifies the features it must include.
Effective when the act becomes law and applies beginning with the 2011-12 school year.