AN ACT to make changes to the innovative school district in response to the CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID‑19) pandemic.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Identification for the 2020‑2021 School Year. – For the purposes of this section, a qualifying school is as defined by G.S. 115C‑75.5(5). Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 115C‑75.7 and G.S. 115C‑105.37A(d), for the 2021‑2022 school year, the following apply:

(1)        The State Board shall not identify any additional schools as qualifying schools for the Innovative School District based on data from the 2020‑2021 school year.

(2)        Schools identified as qualifying schools for the 2019‑2020 school year based on data from the 2018‑2019 school year shall remain on the qualifying list, and the provisions of G.S. 115C‑75.7(b1), (b2), and (d) shall continue to apply to these schools.

SECTION 2.  Section 1(c) of S.L. 2019‑248, as amended by Section 2.6(b) of S.L. 2020‑3, is repealed.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.