AN ACT to require nonpublic schools accepting opportunity scholarship students to administer one of the five most common nationally standardized tests and to require the state education assistance authority to maintain a list of those tests.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑562.5 reads as rewritten:

§ 115C‑562.5.  Obligations of nonpublic schools accepting eligible students receiving scholarship grants.

(a)        A nonpublic school that accepts eligible students receiving scholarship grants shall comply with the following:

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(4)        Administer, at least once in each school year, a one of the five most common nationally standardized test tests or other nationally standardized equivalent measurement measurements selected by the chief administrative officer of the nonpublic school to all eligible students whose tuition and fees are paid in whole or in part with a scholarship grant enrolled in grades three and higher. For grades three through eight, the nationally standardized test or other equivalent measurement selected must measure achievement in the areas of English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics. For grades nine through 12, the nationally standardized test or other equivalent measurement selected must measure either (i) achievement in the areas of English grammar, reading, spelling, and mathematics or (ii) competencies in the verbal and quantitative areas. Test performance data shall be submitted to the Authority by July 15 of each year. Test performance data reported to the Authority under this subdivision is not a public record under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes. The Authority, in consultation with the Department of Public Instruction, shall maintain on its website a current list of the five most common nationally standardized tests or other nationally standardized equivalent measurements that meet the requirements of this subdivision and shall annually distribute this information to nonpublic schools accepting eligible students receiving scholarship grants under this Part.

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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2023‑2024 school year.