GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
S 1
SENATE BILL 1246*
Short Title: Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Davis; Atwater, Bingham, Blue, Boseman, Dorsett, Foriest, Graham, Jenkins, Jones, McKissick, Queen, Snow, Swindell, and Tillman. |
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Referred to: |
Education/Higher Education. |
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May 20, 2010
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the State board of education to develop a growth model for establishing short-term annual goals for improving the four-year cohort graduation rate, and to establish a long-term goal of increasing the statewide four-year cohort graduation rate.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Prior to the 2010-2011 school year, the State Board of Education shall:
(1) Develop a growth model establishing annual goals for continuous and substantial improvement in the four-year cohort graduation rate by local school administrative units.
(2) Establish as a short-term goal that local school administrative units meet the annual growth model goals for improvement in the four-year cohort graduation rate beginning with the graduating class of 2011 and continuing annually thereafter.
(3) Establish as a long-term goal a statewide four-year cohort graduation rate of ninety percent (90%) by 2016.
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.