Section 115C-105.20 - School-Based Management and Accountability Program(a) The General Assembly believes that all children can learn. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the mission of the public school community is to challenge with high expectations each child to learn, to achieve, and to fulfill his or her potential. With that mission as its guide, the State Board of Education shall develop a School-Based Management and Accountability Program. The primary goal of the Program shall be to improve student performance.(b) In order to support local boards of education and schools in the implementation of this Program, the State Board of Education shall adopt guidelines, including guidelines to:(1) Assist local boards and schools in the development and implementation of school-based management under Part 2 of this Article.(2) Recognize the schools that meet or exceed their goals.(3) Identify low-performing schools under G.S. 115C-105.37, and create assistance teams that the Board may assign to schools identified as low-performing under G.S. 115C-105.37. The assistance teams should consist of currently practicing teachers and staff, representatives of institutions of higher education, school administrators, and others the State Board considers appropriate.(4) Enable assistance teams to make appropriate recommendations under G.S. 115C-105.38.(5) Establish a process to resolve disputes between local boards and schools in the development and implementation of school improvement plans under G.S. 115C-105.27. This process shall provide for final resolution of the disputes.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-105.20
1989 , c. 778, s. 3; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 900, s. 75.1(a); 1993 , c. 321, s. 144.2 (a); 1995, c. 272, s. 1; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 716, ss. 2, 3.2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 145, s. 7.13, which amended this section, was repealed by 2011 N.C. Sess. Laws 391, s. 14-b. .