NC Education Code · Regulation
Title 16 — root / Chapter 06 — 16 NCAC 06G .0513
Plain English summary
This regulation establishes eligibility criteria for non-profit corporation boards seeking to fast-track replicate high quality charter schools in North Carolina. Boards operating existing NC charter schools must demonstrate consistent academic, financial, and operational success, including unqualified audits and resolved compliance failures over the prior three years. Boards without an existing NC charter school may replicate a model operated by an EMO or CMO if that organization meets comparable rigorous standards both in-state and out-of-state.
Key requirements
- Each school operated by the non-profit corporation shall have academic outcomes comparable to or better than those of the students enrolled in the LEAs in which the charter schools are located; or meet or exceed growth for the three years preceding the application at issue, by measures contemplated by G.S. 115C-83.15
- Each school operated by the non-profit corporation shall have unqualified audits for the three years preceding the application
- Each school operated by the non-profit corporation shall have resolved any failures to comply with obligations in statute, rules, or the charter agreement cited by the Department of Public Instruction during the three years preceding the application
- A majority of the non-profit corporation board members and a majority of the board officers shall be North Carolina residents
- The non-profit corporation board shall demonstrate that each school managed by the EMO or CMO have academic outcomes at least comparable to or better than those of the students enrolled in the LEAs in which the charter schools are located; or meets or exceeds growth for the three years preceding the application at issue based on the growth scores calculated using NC Accountability data
- The non-profit corporation board shall demonstrate that the schools operated in other states by the EMO or CMO meet similarly rigorous standards for academic performance through the presentation of academic performance data from the respective state board of education
- The non-profit corporation board shall demonstrate that each school managed by the EMO or CMO have unqualified audits for three years immediately preceding the application
- The non-profit corporation board shall demonstrate that the schools operated in other states by the EMO or CMO meet similarly rigorous standards for financial performance through the presentation of annual audit data
- A majority of the non-profit corporation board members and at least 50 percent of the board officers shall be North Carolina residents
- 'Comparable' means a proficiency score that is no more than five points below the LEA's Grade-Level Proficiency (GLP) score based on NC Accountability data as described in G.S. 115C-83.15, 83.16 and 83.17
Affected parties
- Non-profit corporation boards operating charter schools in North Carolina
- Non-profit corporation boards seeking to replicate EMO or CMO models
- Education Management Organizations (EMOs)
- Charter Management Organizations (CMOs)
- Charter school applicants
- Department of Public Instruction
- Local Education Agencies (LEAs)