S704 - COVID-19 Recovery Act. (SL 2020-3)

Overview: Section 2.24 of S.L. 2020-3 provides that the school leader clinical practice requirement under G.S. 116-209.72(a)(2)e. will be deemed completed for the 2019-2020 school year if the candidate (i) completed as much time in the clinical practice as practicable prior to March 10, 2020, and (ii) has been engaged in school leader duties as practicable while the school is closed for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year.

Additionally, a grant recipient must not have grant funds retrieved for failure to require school leader candidates to complete a full-time paid clinical practice of at least five months and 750 hours in duration as part of the program during the 2019-2020 academic year.

This section became effective May 4, 2020.