H1030 - 2016 Appropriations Act. (SL 2016-94)

Overview: Sec. 10.5 of S.L. 2016-94 makes changes to the requirements regarding the Career-and College-Ready Graduate Program (Program) to include the following:

• Provides that the State Board of Community Colleges (SBCC), in consultation with the State Board of Education (SBE), must implement model programs beginning with the 2016-2017 school year.
• Requires full implementation of the Program in all high schools statewide beginning with the 2018-2019 school year.
• Requires the SBCC and the SBE to jointly report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee as follows:
• By March 15, 2017, the outcomes of model programs implemented in the 2016-2017 school year and suggested statutory changes.
• By March 15, 2018, the implementation and professional development efforts in the 2017-2018 school year and information on final changes in curriculum, policy, and rules for implementation of the Program statewide in the 2018-2019 school year.
• No later than October 15, 2019, and annually thereafter, on program outcomes, including impact on remediation rates in mathematics and reading and English for recent high school graduates entering a North Carolina community college or constituent institution of The University of North Carolina.

This section became effective July 1, 2016.