Directs the State Board of Education (Board) to modify the State graduation requirements to include one required credit in arts education, to be completed any time in grades 6 through 12. Implementation begins with students entering the sixth grade in 2020. Requires the Board to include an exemption from the arts education requirement for students who transfer to a North Carolina public school beginning in the ninth grade or later if adhering to the requirement would result in a student being unable to graduate with the graduation class to which the student was assigned when transferring to North Carolina's public school system. Further directs the State Board of Education to (1) establish procedures and a timeline for a phased-in implementation of the new arts requirement; (2) establish the minimum criteria to meet the arts requirement; and (3) report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, by December 15, 2020, on the statewide implementation of the three interdependent components of comprehensive arts education (arts education, arts integration, and arts exposure) and this new graduation requirement.
ARTS EDUCATION REQUIREMENT.
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AN ACT TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE ONE ARTS EDUCATION CREDIT PRIOR TO GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL.Intro. by Elmore, Carney, Johnson.
Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate Action) (Mar 2 2017)
Bill History:
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Tue, 14 Feb 2017 House: Filed
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Wed, 15 Feb 2017 House: Passed 1st Reading
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Wed, 15 Feb 2017 House: Ref To Com On Education - K-12
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Tue, 28 Feb 2017 House: Reptd Fav
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Tue, 28 Feb 2017 House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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Tue, 28 Feb 2017 House: Placed On Cal For 03/01/2017
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Wed, 1 Mar 2017 House: Passed 2nd Reading
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Wed, 1 Mar 2017 House: Passed 3rd Reading
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Thu, 2 Mar 2017 House: Regular Message Sent To Senate
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Thu, 2 Mar 2017 Senate: Regular Message Received From House
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Thu, 2 Mar 2017 Senate: Passed 1st Reading
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Thu, 2 Mar 2017 Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
H 97
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