16 ncac 06g .0516         Virtual Charter Schools Attendance and Membership - Applicability

(a)  A pilot virtual charter school established pursuant to S.L. 2014-100 and approved by the State Board of Education (SBE) through the charter application process is not required to record and report daily attendance to the Department of Public Instruction.

(b)  A pilot virtual charter school established pursuant to S.L. 2014-100 as amended by S.L. 2016-94, s. 8.13(a), S.L. 2018-5, s. 7.13, and G.S. 115C-218 et. seq. and approved by the State Board of Education (SBE) through the charter application process 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.

(c)  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.

(d)  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.

(e)  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). Upon a determination that the student is not returning to the school, the virtual charter school shall withdraw the student's enrollment and take any actions required in G.S. 115C-378(f). 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.

(f)  Virtual schools shall use the statewide student information management system to record and report school and student data.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 115C-12(18); 115C-218; 115C-218.30; S.L. 2014-101, s. 8.35; S.L. 2016-94, s. 8.13(a); S.L. 2018-5, s. 7.13;

Emergency Adoption Eff. August 20, 2019;

Eff. October 1, 2020.