GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

SESSION LAW 2015-17

HOUSE BILL 358

AN ACT to extend the use of the fifteen‑point scale for assignment of school performance grades for the 2014‑2015 and 2015‑2016 school years only.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 115C‑83.15(d), for the 2014‑2015 school year and the 2015‑2016 school year only, for all schools the total school performance score shall be converted to a 100‑point scale and used to determine a school performance grade based on the following scale:

(1)        A school performance score of at least 85 is equivalent to an overall school performance grade of A.

(2)        A school performance score of at least 70 is equivalent to an overall school performance grade of B.

(3)        A school performance score of at least 55 is equivalent to an overall school performance grade of C.

(4)        A school performance score of at least 40 is equivalent to an overall school performance grade of D.

(5)        A school performance score of less than 40 is equivalent to an overall school performance grade of F.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11^th day of May, 2015.

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Paul Stam

                                                                         Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Pat McCrory

                                                                         Governor

Approved 3:30 p.m. this 14^th day of May, 2015