Bill Text: NC H1864 | 2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: No High School Graduation Proj. Required
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-01 - Ch. SL 2010-33 [H1864 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2010-H1864-Enrolled.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
HOUSE BILL 1864
RATIFIED BILL
AN ACT removing the high school graduation project as a REQUIREMENT for graduation.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 115C‑81(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) The Basic Education Program shall include course requirements and descriptions similar in format to materials previously contained in the standard course of study and it shall provide:
(1) A core curriculum for all students that takes into account the special needs of children;
(2) A set of competencies, by grade level, for each curriculum area;
(3) A list of textbooks for use in providing the curriculum;
(4) Standards for student performance and promotion based on the mastery of competencies, including standards for graduation, that take into account children with disabilities and, in particular, include appropriate modifications;
(5) A program of remedial education;
(6) Required support programs;
(7) A definition of the instructional day;
(8) Class size recommendations and requirements;
(9) Prescribed staffing allotment ratios;
(10) Material and equipment allotment ratios;
(11) Facilities guidelines that reflect educational program appropriateness, long‑term cost efficiency, and safety considerations; and
(12) Any other information the Board considers appropriate and necessary.
The State Board shall not adopt or enforce any rule that requires Algebra I as a graduation standard or as a requirement for a high school diploma for any student whose individualized education program (i) identifies the student as learning disabled in the area of mathematics and (ii) states that this learning disability will prevent the student from mastering Algebra I.
The State Board shall not require
any student to prepare a high school graduation project as a condition of
graduation from high school prior to July 1, 2011; school; local
boards of education may, however, require their students to complete a high
school graduation project."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 2010.
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Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
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Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2010
