H1105 - Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0. (SL 2020-97)

Overview: Sec. 3.2 of S.L. 2020-97 authorizes schools participating in the State's virtual charter school pilot program to increase enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year. The North Carolina Cyber Academy is authorized to increase enrollment by 1,000 students and the North Carolina Virtual Academy is authorized to increase enrollment by 2,800 students.

For the 2021-2022 school year, each virtual charter school must give enrollment priority to students who were enrolled for the 2020-2021 school year prior to September 4, 2020. Each virtual charter school must provide an interim report by March 15, 2021, and a final report by November 15, 2021, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the impact of the increase in student enrollment.

This section became effective September 4, 2020.