DROPOUT PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION

During the 2010-2011 school year, 3.43% of high school students dropped out of school, a decrease of almost 10 percentage points than the 2008-2009 academic year. The rate of 3.43% is the lowest rate ever recorded in North Carolina, according to the Annual Dropout Event Report.

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DROPOUT RECOVERY PILOT PROGRAM

Application due date - 5:00 p.m. October 15, 2011

Dropout Recovery Pilot Application
(pdf, 190kb)

Application Attachments
(pdf, 54kb)

Dollars per ADM – for Budgeting Purposes
(xls, 120kb)

UPCOMING EVENT

Collaborative Conference For Student Achievement March 25-27, 2013.

LEGISLATION

In 2005, the NC General Assembly passed into law Senate Bill 408, an act directing the State Board of Education to identify research-based methods to reduce the dropout rate and the number of suspended students, especially in high-poverty schools with diverse student populations.

PURPOSE

Dropout Prevention functions to review research for best practices, effective policies, and model programs in areas such as:

• academic rigor in the curriculum;
• early identification of at-risk learners;
• effective supplemental services for at-risk learners;
• school size;
• school climate; and
• adolescent literacy programs, as they relate to a reduction in the dropout rate and the number of suspended students.