A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reduce certain reporting requirements and provide more flexibility for local school administrative units.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

PART I. SIMPLIFY INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM (IEP) REPORTING
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑107.2(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	The State Board shall develop forms for local educational agencies to use in order to comply with this Article. The forms must (i) comply with G.S. 115C‑12(19), (ii) limit the requirement for narrative reporting to essential components requiring personalized student information, and (iii) whenever practicable, shall be in an electronic format."

PART II. DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS REPORT
SECTION 2.  To the extent allowed by federal law, the State Board of Education shall consolidate and limit reports to the State Board by local school administrative units on data related to economically disadvantaged students, including household size and income information, to one report each school year.

PART III. FLEXIBILITY IN REMEDIATION METHODS FOR HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOLS
SECTION 3.  G.S. 115C‑174.11 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(e)	The State Board of Education shall not require schools that demonstrate at least eighty percent (80%) of students performing at or above grade level on any assessment required under this section to use a specific remediation method for those students identified as needing remedial instruction in that subject matter."

PART IV. CHARTER TRANSPORTATION FLEXIBILITY
SECTION 4.  The State Board of Education shall not require a local school administrative unit, in relation to providing charter transportation for school‑related events and activities, to (i) maintain a list of companies or individuals approved by the State Board of Education to provide transportation services for school‑related activities or (ii) limit the local school administrative unit's ability to contract for charter transportation services to an approved list of companies or individuals.

PART V. EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2013‑2014 school year.