LAWS AND POLICIES
LAWS AND POLICIESNo Child Left Behind
Addresses key NCLB elements as they are implemented in North Carolina
including methods of measuring students’ academic progress, standards for teachers,
and ramifications for Title I schools.
School Report Card
This report card includes important information about student performance, class
size, school safety and teacher quality in your child's school.
Questions and Answers About No
Child Left Behind
Frequently asked question about No Child Left Behind
TITLE PROGRAMS
Title I – Improving the Education
of the Disadvantaged
This program provides financial assistance through State educational agencies
(SEAs) to local educational agencies (LEAs) and public schools with high
numbers or percentages of poor children to help ensure that all children
meet challenging State academic content and student academic achievement
standards.
Title III – Language
Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students
To help ensure that children who are limited English proficient, including
immigrant children and youth, attain English proficiency, develop high levels
of academic
attainment in English, and meet the same challenging State academic content
and student academic achievement standards as all children are expected to
meet.
Title IV – Safe and
Drug-free Schools and Communities
The purpose of this part is to support programs that prevent violence in and
around schools.
Title V – Informed Parental
Choice and Innovative Programs
Promoting informed parental choice and innovative programs
Title IX – Gender Equity
Title IX benefits both males and females, and is at the heart of efforts to create
gender equitable schools.
Title X – Education
for Homeless Children and Youth
Homeless children and youths should have access to the education and other services
that such children and youths need to ensure that such children and youths
have an opportunity to meet the same challenging State student academic
achievement standards to which all students are held.
North Carolina General
Statues for Public School Law
Chapter 115C: Elementary and Secondary Education
State Board
Policies
NC State Board policy manual
Parents’ Rights for Exceptional Children
The purpose of this handbook is to provide you with information about your rights,
the rights of your child, and the responsibilities of the local education agency
(LEA) toward meeting the special needs of your child.
Complaint Resolution Procedures
Section 9304(a)(3)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-110) requires states to adopt written procedures for the receipt and resolution of complaints alleging violations of law in the administration of the programs in P.L. 107-110. North Carolina State Board of Education policy #EEO-E-001 outlines the procedures to be followed in resolving complaints alleging violations of requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Complaint Resolution Procedures
(pdf, 41kb)
Federal Program Complaint Procedures
(pdf, 88kb)
US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34
CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education
records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable
program of the U.S. Department of Education.
Section 504 (Students
with Disabilities) Questions
Questions and answers on disability discrimination under Section 504 and Title
II
Section 504 How
to File a Complaint
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/qa-disability.html
Bullying and Harassment
Questions and answers on disability discrimination under Section 504 and Title
II
Title IX Sex Discrimination
Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972