House amendments make the following changes to the 4th edition, as amended.

Amendment #8

Amends proposed GS 115C-238.29F, concerning the charter school and board of directors being subject to the Public Records Act, to provide that information contained in GS 115C-320(a)(1) (employee names) is not open to inspection. 

Amendment #9

Adds a new provision which provides that if H 712 of the 2013 Regular Session becomes law, then the lead-in language for Section 7 of that act will be amended by deleting the citation to "Article 9 of Chapter 115 of the General Statutes" and replace it with "Article 9 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes."

Amendment #10

Amendment #10 makes changes to amendment #5, deleting proposed language to GS 115C-238.29D(f) providing for charter school grade expansion. Amendment provides new language that allows a charter school, without prior approval of the State Board of Education (Board), to offer one grade higher than the charter school currently offers if the charter school meets three criteria: (1) the school has student academic outcomes comparable to outcomes of students in the local school administrative unit; (2) the school has provided financially sound audits for the year prior to the expansion; and (3) the school is in compliance with State law, federal law, the school's own bylaws, and the provisions set out in its charter granted by the Board. 

Also requires the charter school to provide documentation of the requirements above to the Board. The charter school is permitted to expand to offer a higher grade unless the Board finds that the charter school has failed to meet any of the requirements above or other exceptional circumstances exist. 

Amends the effective date as provided for in Amendment #5, now providing that GS 115C-238.29D(f)(4), as enacted above, will expire on September 1, 2015.  

Amendment #11

Amends proposed GS 115C-238.29F(b1), rewriting the proposed language to provide that a charter school will not discriminate against any student with respect to any category protected under the US Constitution or under federal law applicable to the states (deleted language that prohibited discrimination only on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, gender, or disability).