NC Education Code · Regulation
Title 16 — root / Chapter 06 — 16 NCAC 06G .0516
Plain English summary
This regulation establishes attendance, membership, and enrollment reporting requirements specifically for pilot virtual charter schools approved by the State Board of Education. It defines how student activity is tracked in lieu of daily attendance, sets membership thresholds based on course load, and requires removal of students with no activity for 10 consecutive calendar days. Virtual schools must use the statewide student information management system and report student activity data to DPI within 15 days of each school month's end.
Key requirements
- A pilot virtual charter school established pursuant to S.L. 2014-100 as amended is required to keep records of student activity by course and shall report that information to the Department of Public Instruction within 15 days of the end of each school month.
- The virtual charter school's measurements of student activity shall be defined by the school in a manner consistent with its SBE-approved charter.
- A virtual charter school shall define a full instructional course load for each grade level it offers. A student shall be enrolled for at least half of the instructional course load to be considered in membership at the virtual charter school.
- A student shall not be counted in the virtual charter school's average daily membership until the school has evidence of student activity in each of his or her courses.
- When a student who has no evidence of student activity for 10 consecutive calendar days, excluding holidays, the virtual charter school shall remove the student from the school's enrollment and take the actions required in G.S. 115C-378(e).
- The effective date of withdrawal reported to the Department of Public Instruction shall be the first day after the last day for which there is evidence of student activity.
- Virtual schools shall use the statewide student information management system to record and report school and student data.
Affected parties
- pilot virtual charter schools
- State Board of Education
- Department of Public Instruction
- enrolled students at virtual charter schools