§ 115C-289.2.  Report on the state of the school administration profession in North Carolina.

(a) State of the School Administration Profession Report. - The State Board of Education shall monitor and compile an annual report by December 15 annually on school principals in North Carolina that includes data on the decisions of principals to leave the profession of school administration or move to a different position, as provided in subsection (b) of this section. The State Board shall adopt standard procedures for each local board of education to use in requesting information required by this report and shall require each local board of education to report the information to the State Board in a standard format adopted by the State Board.

(b) Principals Leaving Their Position. - The report shall include the following data on the decisions of principals to leave their position in the prior school year, including reasons for leaving their position:

(1) The number of principals who left the profession without remaining in the field of education.

(2) The number of principals who left their position for employment as a principal in another school in the State, including principals who left for employment within another local school administrative unit, a nonpublic school, or a charter school.

(3) The number of principals who left their position for another type of educational position and the type of educational position to which the principals moved.

(4) The number of principals who left their position in low-performing schools as defined in G.S. 115C-105.37.

(5) The number of principals who left their position in order to move to a low-performing school, as defined in G.S. 115C-105.37, and the impact of the principal recruitment supplement authorized in G.S. 115C-285.1 on the principal's decision to accept the position at the low-performing school.

(c) Principal and School Performance. - The State of the School Administration Profession Report prepared by the State Board of Education pursuant to this section shall analyze the relationship between the data included in subsection (b) of this section and student growth, student achievement, and school performance, as calculated by G.S. 115C-83.15(c), including the extent to which principal attrition and mobility led to changes in school performance.

(d) Report Consolidation. - The report required by this section shall be consolidated with the report on the State of the Teaching Profession required by G.S. 115C-299.5. (2023-134, s. 7.77(b).)