Bill Summary for S 411 (2023-2024)

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Mar 29 2023

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
Senate Bill 411 (Public) Filed Wednesday, March 29, 2023
AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO EDUCATION LAWS.
Intro. by P. Newton, Daniel, Hise.

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Amends GS 115C-174.18 to require a student in home school who has completed a course or test that shows equivalent competency to passing Algebra I to be given one opportunity to take the PSAT/NMSQT or PLAN at a school within the local school administrative unit which the student would have been assigned to if the student attended public school. Allows the local school administrative unit to charge the student the cost of the test. Makes organization changes to the statute.

Amends GS 115C-174.26 to allow a student in home school that meets the requirements to sit for an advanced exam to take the exam at a school within the local school administrative unit that the student would have been assigned to if the student attended public school. Limits the authority to set the requirements needed to sit for the exam to the chief administrator of the home school and the organization issuing the exam. Prohibits a local board of education from requiring a student in home school to complete a specific course to sit for the exam; allows charging the student the cost of the test. Amends the information that local boards of education must provide to students and parents on advanced courses to also include the registration process for advanced exams. Requires a local board to provide information on the registration for advanced exams for students in home school when requested by a student or parent participating in home schooling.

Amends GS 115C-5 to define home school as a nonpublic school that operates under Part 3 (home schools) of Article 3 of GS Chapter 115C.