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NC Gen Stat § 115C-83.4B (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 8 - General Education.|§ 115C-83.4B - Early Literacy Program.

 115C-83.4B. Early Literacy Program.(a) There is established the Early Literacy Program within the Department of Public Instruction. The Department of Public Instruction, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, shall use the Early Literacy Program to build strong foundational early literacy skills utilizing the Science of Reading for children in the North Carolina Prekindergarten (NC Pre-K) program.(b) As part of the Early Literacy Program, the Department of Public Instruction shall focus on at least the following components:(1) Provide a training program to educators and administrators working with children in the NC Pre-K program to ensure developmentally appropriate instruction grounded in the Science of Reading and outcomes promoting reading achievement in students. The Department of Public Instruction shall utilize a third-party independent teacher training program to deliver professional development that demonstrates evidence-based success with educators and administrators in establishing deep knowledge of literacy instruction.(2) Provide integration of age-appropriate resources, including digital and technological resources, in the NC Pre-K program for children to meet reading achievement goals.(3) Ensure administration of a formative assessment to children at the conclusion of their participation in the NC Pre-K program to determine their kindergarten readiness and the alignment of their literacy instruction with the Science of Reading. The Department shall also ensure that the results of each child's formative assessment are shared with the child's kindergarten teacher at the beginning of the next school year.  (2021-8, s. 3(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-83.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 8 - General Education.|§ 115C-83.5 - Developmental screening and kindergarten entry assessment.

 115C-83.5. Developmental screening and kindergarten entry assessment.(a) The State Board of Education shall ensure that every student entering kindergarten shall be administered a developmental screening of early language, literacy, and math skills within 30 days of enrollment.(b) The State Board of Education shall ensure that every student entering kindergarten shall complete a kindergarten entry assessment within 60 days of enrollment.(c) The developmental screening instrument may be composed of subsections of the kindergarten entry assessment.(d) The kindergarten entry assessment shall (i) address the five essential domains of school readiness: language and literacy development, cognition and general knowledge, approaches toward learning, physical well-being and motor development, and social and emotional development and (ii) yield both qualitative and quantitative data in each of these domains. Data obtained through administration of the kindergarten entry assessment shall be used to populate relevant fields in a longitudinal data base. The language and literacy component of the kindergarten entry assessment may be used as a formative and diagnostic reading assessment as provided in G.S. 115C-83.6.(e) The kindergarten entry assessment shall be (i) administered at the classroom level in all local school administrative units; (ii) aligned to North Carolina's early learning and development standards and to the standard course of study; and (iii) reliable, valid, and appropriate for use with all children, including those with disabilities and those who are English language learners.(f) The results of the developmental screening and the kindergarten entry assessment shall be used to inform the following:(1) The status of children's learning at kindergarten entry.(2) Instruction of each child.(3) Efforts to reduce the achievement gap at kindergarten entry.(4) Continuous improvement of the early childhood system.  (2012-142, s. 7A.1(b); 2014-5, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-83.6A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 8 - General Education.|§ 115C-83.6A - (Applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year) Approval of literacy intervention plans.

 115C-83.6A. (Applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year) Approval of literacy intervention plans.(a) Each local school administrative unit shall submit to the Department of Public Instruction a plan for the literacy interventions it will offer, including reading camps, in the following school year no later than October 1. The plan shall include information about the local school administrative unit's efforts to staff reading camps with the most qualified teachers possible, including the unit's efforts to attract teachers associated with high growth in reading based on EVAAS data and teachers who have earned a reading bonus. The plan shall incorporate any feedback received from the Department on the previous year's plan. As part of their plans, local school administrative units are encouraged to partner with other local school administrative units and with community organizations to enhance literacy interventions.(b) The Department of Public Instruction shall review each local school administrative unit's plan and approve only those literacy interventions that (i) provide instruction that is closely aligned with the goals and meet the requirements in this Part and (ii) comply with the literacy intervention standards published by the State Board of Education. No later than February 15, the Department shall notify each local school administrative unit of approval or denial of its plan and shall provide feedback if the plan is denied. No later than February 15, the Department shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on which local school administrative units have literacy intervention plans that were (i) approved and (ii) denied. No later than March 15, if its plan was denied, a local school administrative unit may submit an amended plan to the Department of Public Instruction. The Department shall notify the local school administrative unit if the amended plan is approved or denied no later than April 15.(c) State-provided literacy intervention funds shall not be released to any local school administrative unit for which a literacy intervention plan has not been approved by the Department of Public Instruction by April 15. Any local school administrative unit denied approval shall use local funds to fulfill the requirement to provide literacy interventions as provided in this Part.  (2021-8, s. 6(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-83.6B (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 8 - General Education.|§ 115C-83.6B - (Applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year) Individual Reading Plans.

 115C-83.6B. (Applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year) Individual Reading Plans.(a) An Individual Reading Plan (IRP) shall be developed for any student in kindergarten through third grade demonstrating difficulty with reading development based on the results of either (i) the first diagnostic or formative assessment of the school year or (ii) the first diagnostic or formative assessment of the second semester of the school year. The IRP shall be continually adjusted based on multiple data sources as prescribed by the Department of Public Instruction, indicating that the student is not progressing toward grade-level standards in one or more major reading areas. Based on the most recently collected data, the IRP shall include the following information, specific to the identified student:(1) The specific reading skill deficiencies identified by assessment data.(2) Goals and benchmarks for growth.(3) The means by which progress will be monitored and evaluated.(4) The specific additional literacy interventions the student will receive.(5) The Science of Reading-based instructional programming the teacher will implement.(6) Any additional services the teacher deems appropriate to accelerate the student's reading skill and development.(b) A student's parent or guardian shall be given notice that the student has been identified as having difficulty with reading development and that an IRP has been developed. The notice shall provide the parent or guardian the following:(1) Specific strategies that can be easily understood and implemented to assist the student in reading at grade level.(2) Encouragement to select one or more strategies for use at home that build on the student's interests and are most likely to engage the student and result in reading improvement.(3) Direction to free online or hard copy literacy resources that can be accessed via a prominently displayed area on the homepage of the primary website maintained by the Department of Public Instruction and by the local school administrative unit.(c) A multitiered system of support intervention may be used to satisfy the requirements of this section if all of the components of subsection (a) of this section are incorporated in the intervention.(d) The Department shall develop the following model documentation of compliance with the requirements of this section:(1) An IRP checklist.(2) An alternative document for use with a multitiered system of support intervention.  (2021-8, s. 6(e).)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-83.7A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 8 - General Education.|§ 115C-83.7A - Reading camps.

 115C-83.7A. Reading camps.(a) Reading camps shall meet the following requirements:(1) Offer at least 72 hours of reading instruction to yield positive reading outcomes for participants.(2) Be taught by compensated, licensed teachers selected based on demonstrated student outcomes in reading proficiency or in improvement of difficulties with reading development.(3) Allow volunteer mentors to read with students at times other than during the 72 hours of reading instruction.(4) (Effective July 1, 2022, and applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year) Be provided as outlined in the local school administrative unit's literacy intervention plan.(b) Each local school administrative unit shall provide a signing bonus in an amount determined by the local board of education that is at least one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) to any teacher who meets all of the following criteria:(1) Is associated with high growth in reading based on EVAAS data.(2) Was awarded a reading performance bonus administered by the Department of Public Instruction.(3) Accepts employment to provide instruction during a reading camp.(c) Each local school administrative unit shall provide a reading camp performance bonus to a teacher who provided instruction at a third grade reading camp in a per-student amount determined by the local board of education that is at least one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for each student not demonstrating reading proficiency assigned to that teacher who demonstrates reading proficiency on an alternative assessment at the end of the reading camp.(d) Notwithstanding G.S. 135-1(7a), any bonus awarded pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section is not compensation under Article 1 of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes, the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System.(e) A teacher who has earned a reading performance bonus and who provides instruction throughout a full reading camp shall be deemed to have completed two of the continuing education credits related to literacy required by G.S. 115C-270.30(b)(2).  (2021-8, s. 7(b), (c).)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-83.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 8 - General Education.|§ 115C-83.9 - Notification requirements to parents and guardians.

 115C-83.9. Notification requirements to parents and guardians.(a) Parents or guardians shall be notified in writing, and in a timely manner, that the student shall be retained, unless he or she is exempt from mandatory retention for good cause, if the student is not demonstrating reading proficiency by the end of third grade. Parents or guardians shall receive this notice when a kindergarten, first, second, or third grade student (i) is demonstrating difficulty with reading development; or (ii) is not reading at grade level.(b) (Applicable before the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year) Parents or guardians of any student who is to be retained under the provisions of G.S. 115C-83.7(a) shall be notified in writing of the reason the student is not eligible for a good cause exemption as provided in G.S. 115C-83.7(b). Written notification shall also include a description of proposed reading interventions that will be provided to the student to remediate identified areas of reading deficiency.(b) (Applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year) Parents or guardians of any student who is to be retained under the provisions of G.S. 115C-83.7(a) shall be notified in writing of the reason the student is not eligible for a good cause exemption as provided in G.S. 115C-83.7(b). Written notification shall also include a description of proposed literacy interventions that will be provided to the student to remediate areas where the student has not demonstrated reading proficiency.(c) Parents or guardians of students retained under G.S. 115C-83.7(a) shall receive at least monthly written reports on student progress toward reading proficiency. The evaluation of the student's progress shall be based upon the student's classroom work, observations, tests, assessments, and other relevant information.(d) Teachers and principals shall provide opportunities, including, but not limited to, information sessions, to discuss with parents and guardians the notifications listed in this section.  (2012-142, s. 7A.1(b); 2014-5, s. 7; 2015-46, s. 3; 2021-8, s. 6(h).)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-83.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 8 - General Education.|§ 115C-83.11 - (Applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year) Continued support for students demonstrating reading proficiency and appropriate reading development.

 115C-83.11. (Applicable beginning with the 2022-2023 school year) Continued support for students demonstrating reading proficiency and appropriate reading development.(a) Parents or guardians of a third grade student demonstrating reading proficiency or a second grade student demonstrating appropriate developmental abilities in reading comprehension may choose to enroll the student in the reading camp but may be charged an attendance fee. If a local board of education offers a reading camp as a literacy intervention for first grade students, parents, or guardians of a first grade student demonstrating appropriate developmental abilities in reading comprehension may choose to enroll the student in the reading camp but may be charged an attendance fee. Local boards of education may establish a fee amount to be equal to the per student program cost of participating in the reading camp, not to exceed eight hundred twenty-five dollars ($825.00).(b) Priority enrollment in the reading camp is for students offered a reading camp as a literacy intervention. Local boards of education shall establish application procedures and enrollment priorities for reading camps for students demonstrating reading proficiency.  (2014-5, s. 8; 2015-241, s. 8.48(d); 2021-8, s. 6(j).)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-83.17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 8 - General Education.|§ 115C-83.17 - Definitions.

 115C-83.17. Definitions.The following definitions apply in this Part:(1) Achievement score. - A numerical score on a scale of zero to 100 that is based on the sum of points earned by a school or by a subgroup of students pursuant to G.S. 115C-83.15.(2) Growth score. - A numerical score measuring student growth calculated for a school or for a subgroup of students pursuant to G.S. 115C-83.15.(3) Overall school performance grade. - The letter grade earned by a school for all students served by a school pursuant to G.S. 115C-83.15(d).(4) Overall school performance score. - The numerical score earned by a school that is calculated by adding the school achievement score and the school growth score earned by a school pursuant to G.S. 115C-83.15(d).(5) Subgroup performance grade. - The letter grade earned by a school for a subgroup of students served by the school pursuant to G.S. 115C-83.15(d2).(6) Subgroup performance score. - The numerical score earned by a school that is calculated by adding the subgroup achievement score and the subgroup growth score earned by a school pursuant to G.S. 115C-83.15(d2).  (2017-57, s. 7.26(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-85 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 8 - General Education.|§ 115C-85 - Textbook needs are determined by course of study.

 115C-85. Textbook needs are determined by course of study.When the State Board of Education has adopted, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, a standard course of study at each instructional level in the elementary school and the secondary school, setting forth what subjects shall be taught at each level, it shall proceed to select and adopt textbooks.As used in this part, "textbook" means systematically organized material comprehensive enough to cover the primary objectives outlined in the standard course of study for a grade or course. Formats for textbooks may be print or nonprint, including hardbound books, softbound books, activity-oriented programs, classroom kits, and technology-based programs that require the use of electronic equipment in order to be used in the learning process.Textbooks adopted in accordance with the provisions of this Part shall be used by the public schools of the State except as provided in G.S. 115C-98(b1). (1955, c. 1372, art. 24, s. 1; 1959, c. 693, s. 1; 1969, c. 519, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 677, s. 20; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 716, s. 18.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-86 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 8 - General Education.|§ 115C-86 - State Board of Education to select and adopt textbooks.

 115C-86. State Board of Education to select and adopt textbooks.The Board shall select and adopt for a period determined to be most advantageous to the State public school system for the exclusive use in the public schools of North Carolina the basic textbooks or series of books needed for instructional purposes at each instructional level on all subject matter required by law to be taught in elementary and secondary schools of North Carolina. (1955, c. 1372, art. 24, s. 2; 1959, c. 693, s. 2; 1965, c. 584, s. 18; 1969, c. 519, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-87 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 8 - General Education.|§ 115C-87 - Appointment of Textbook Commission.

 115C-87. Appointment of Textbook Commission.Shortly after assuming office, the Governor shall appoint a Textbook Commission of 23 members who shall hold office for four years, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. The members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of the Superintendent. Five of these members shall be teachers or principals in grades K-5; five shall be teachers or principals in grades 6-8; four shall be superintendents, teachers, or principals in grades 9-12; one shall be a superintendent of a local school administrative unit, three shall be parents of students in grades K-5 at the time of appointment; three shall be parents of students in grades 6-8 at the time of appointment; and two shall be parents of students in grades 9-12 at the time of appointment. The Governor shall fill all vacancies by appointment for the unexpired term. The Commission shall elect a chairman, subject to the approval of the Superintendent. The Commission shall meet four times a year or at the call of the chair. The members shall be entitled to compensation for each day spent on the work of the Commission as approved by the Board and to reimbursement for travel and subsistence expense incurred in the performance of their duties at the rates specified in G.S. 138-5(a). Compensation shall be paid from funds available to the State Board of Education. (1955, c. 1372, art. 24, s. 3; 1969, c. 519, s. 1; 1977, c. 1113; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1999-237, s. 8.30(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-88 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 8 - General Education.|§ 115C-88 - Commission to evaluate textbooks offered for adoption.

 115C-88. Commission to evaluate textbooks offered for adoption.(a) The Commission shall evaluate all textbooks offered for adoption.Each proposed textbook shall be read by at least one expert certified in the discipline for which the textbook would be used. The Commission may use external experts if no Commission member or advisory committee member qualifies as an expert certified in a particular discipline.The Commission may consider any review of a proposed textbook by other experts certified in the discipline who are not involved in the textbook adoption process. However, these reviews may not substitute for the direct examination of the proposed textbook by a Commission member, an advisory committee member, or any other expert retained by the Commission.(b) Each member shall examine carefully and file a written evaluation of each proposed textbook for which the member is responsible.The evaluation report shall give special consideration to the suitability of the textbook to the instructional level for which it is offered, the content or subject matter, whether the textbook is aligned with the Standard Course of Study, and other criteria prescribed by the Board.Each evaluation report shall be signed by the member making the report and filed with the Board not later than a day fixed by the Board when the call for adoption is made. (1955, c. 1372, art. 24, s. 4; 1969, c. 519, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 777, s. 3(a); 1999-237, s. 8.30(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-89 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 8 - General Education.|§ 115C-89 - Selection of textbooks by Board.

 115C-89. Selection of textbooks by Board.At the next meeting of the Board after the reports have been filed, the Textbook Commission and the Board shall jointly examine the reports. From the books evaluated the Board shall select those that it thinks will meet the teaching requirements of the State public schools in the instructional levels for which they are offered. The Board shall request sealed bids from the publishers on all the books being considered.The Board shall make all necessary rules and regulations concerning requests for bids, notification to publishers of calls for adoption, execution and delivery of contracts, requirement of performance bonds, cancellation clauses, and such other material matters as may affect the validity of the contracts. (1955, c. 1372, art. 24, s. 5; 1969, c. 519, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1989, c. 798, s. 1.)