Section 115C-218.123 - Remote charter academy approval process(a) A nonprofit seeking to provide a remote charter academy shall submit to the Review Board as part of the application for approval or modification of a charter a plan that provides for the following: (1) Whether the enrollment area of the remote charter academy will be statewide or regional.(2) The range of grades for which the remote charter academy will offer courses.(3) The method by which the remote charter academy will monitor calendar compliance, enrollment, daily attendance, course credit accrual, progress toward graduation, and course completion.(4) Hardware, software, and learning management platforms that support online learning.(5) The measures used to ensure that both synchronous and asynchronous remote instruction time, practice, and application components support learning growth that continues toward mastery of student achievement goals for the charter's educational program.(6) The professional development that will be provided to those teaching in the remote charter academy related to the pedagogy of providing remote instruction.(7) The identified characteristics for successful remote learning and criteria for admission to the remote charter academy. The board of directors shall identify the means by which information will be communicated to the parents and legal guardians of prospective applicants and current enrollees about the remote charter academy and those characteristics and criteria to allow for informed decisions about enrollment.(8) Any school nutrition services or transportation services that will be provided to students.(b) The Review Board shall review and approve a charter or charter modification for the creation of a remote charter academy that meets the requirements established in this Part for a term of five years. The Review Board shall approve a minimum of two statewide remote charter academies that meet the qualifications of this Part for operation beginning with the 2026-2027 school year and thereafter.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-218.123
Added by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 134,s. 7.26-a, eff. 9/22/2023, applicable beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.