Governor McCrory Signs Charter School Legislation into Law | Eastern North Carolina Now

Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after signing charter school legislation into law.

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    Raleigh, NC     Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after signing charter school legislation into law.

    "I signed two charter school bills (Senate Bill 793 and House Bill 884), that will help to ensure that our state's public charter schools are held to the highest standards of transparency, ethics and student performance," said Governor McCrory. "I am pleased the Legislature responded to my concerns and required full transparency for the names and salaries of all charter school teachers and employees."

    "I have also asked Chairman Bill Cobey and members of our State Board of Education to ensure that contracts with private entities also provide transparency on salaries and other personnel information," added Governor McCrory. "Consistent with the State Board of Education's authority to oversee the successful operations of public charter schools, Chairman Cobey has assured me that he will direct agency staff to collect information from charter schools, including all financial and personnel records, necessary to achieve that goal."

    The new laws also require the State Board of Education and the Charter Schools Advisory Board to report to the General Assembly on the utilization of contracts for personnel services by local boards of education and charter school boards of directors. The report shall indicate the purposes and the extent of such contracts prevalent in each local school administrative district and charter schools statewide.

    The legislation also launches an inventive charter school dropout prevention and recovery program as well as ensures charter school students are held to high academic standards.

    "These laws are what charter school reform is all about; creating innovative options for some of North Carolina's highest-need students," Governor McCrory said. "I believe strongly in a thriving charter school movement for North Carolina."

  • Contact: Crystal Feldman
  •     govpress@nc.gov

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