Bill Summaries: H841 (2017-2018 Session)

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  • Bill H 841 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Apr 13 2017 - View summary

    Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to study the extent to which the SAT and ACT tests align with the English language arts and mathematics portion of the Standard Course of Study, and to report findings and recommendations by February 1, 2018, to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee.

    Amends GS 115C-174.12 to revise the information required in local board of education reports to the State Board of Education on local testing, adding six more pieces of information to be included, including the time allotted to administer each test. Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to publish on the Department of Public Instruction website, by October 15 of each year, a uniform calendar that includes schedules for testing and reporting test results for at least the next two school years. The calendar must allow each local board of education to populate the calendar with, at minimum, the information required in the testing reports.

    Enacts new GS 115C-174.15. Directs local boards of education to provide a student's results on tests required by the local board to the student's teachers within one week of the administration of the test, and the student's parents within 30 days of the administration of the test. Authorizes the local board of education to extend those timelines when the superintendent of the local school administrative unit finds, in writing, that extenuating circumstances exist, and reports them to the school board.

    Enacts new GS 115C-174.16. Directs local boards of education to report a student's results on all statewide standardized tests in English and mathematics to the student's applicable teacher in a timely manner and in an easy-to-read and understandable format, and to the applicable teacher in the upcoming school year. Provides content requirements for the report.

    Amends GS 115C-81 to require the Basic Education Program to provide standards for student performance and promotion that permit promotion based on mastery of competencies, at a minimum, in English for grades three through eight, and for mathematics for grades three through 10, in addition to the current requirements.

    Applies beginning with the 2018-19 school year.
    Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Government, State Agencies, Department of Public Instruction
    STUDY, GS 115C

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