AN ACT to allow the Central Park SChool for Children in durham county to conduct A weighted admissions lottery pilot program.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The charter school Central Park School for Children in Durham County may establish a pilot program to expand the school's weighted lottery admission procedures for a period of up to four years. The pilot program shall preserve existing weighting factors but may add additional weighting factors that serve the goal of assisting educationally or economically disadvantaged students, including walk zones.

SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding G.S. 115C‑218.7, an admissions lottery pilot program established under this act shall not be considered a material change of a school's charter.

SECTION 3.  By June 15 of each year in which a pilot program established under this act is being designed or conducted, the Central Park School for Children shall report to the Charter Schools Advisory Board the following information:

(1)        A description of the pilot weighted lottery procedures, including the weighted factors considered and how those factors further the goals of the weighted lottery system.

(2)        How the pilot procedure differed from the existing procedure.

(3)        The number of students that were admitted under the pilot program that would not have otherwise been admitted.

SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to weighted lotteries conducted for the admissions process for the 2024‑2025 school year.