§ 115C-565.1.  Eligibility to participate in certain testing administration in local school administrative units.

(a) A student enrolled in a home school shall be allowed to participate in the administration of the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test or the PreACT test, as offered by the local school administrative unit in accordance with G.S. 115C-174.18, as follows:

(1) The student may take the test at a school within the local school administrative unit that the student would be assigned to if the student attended public school.

(2) The student shall have completed a course or test that shows equivalent competency to passing Algebra I.

(3) The student's parent shall be charged the cost of the test by the local school administrative unit.

(4) The student's parent, or other responsible adult designated by the parent, may be required by the local school administrative unit to serve as a proctor in order for the student to take the test, if the addition of the student would prevent the local school administrative unit from meeting the required proctor-student ratio for that test at that school.

(b) A student enrolled in a home school shall be allowed to take any advanced course examination offered by a local school administrative unit in accordance with G.S. 115C-174.26, as follows:

(1) The student may take the advanced course examination at a school within the local school administrative unit that the student would have been assigned to if the student attended public school.

(2) The student shall meet any requirements to take the advanced course examination established by the organization issuing that examination and the chief administrator of the home school. A local board of education shall not require the student to complete a specific advanced course to take the related examination.

(3) The student's parent shall be charged the cost of the test by the local school administrative unit.

(4) The student's parent, or other responsible adult designated by the parent, may be required by the local school administrative unit to serve as a proctor in order for the student to take the advanced course examination, if the addition of the student would prevent the local school administrative unit from meeting the required proctor-student ratio for that examination at that school. (2023-134, s. 7.75(c).)