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CALL TODAY re: House Bill 804
An Act to Amend the Personal Education Plan Statute
TO BE HEARD BY HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 – 11 am in 643 LOB
North Carolina General Statute 115C-105.41 requires schools to develop personal education plan for every student at risk of academic failure. The current statute stops short of requiring parental notice and/or involvement. HB 804 is a minor modification that requires schools to provide parents with some type of notice once their child has been identified as at-risk of academic failure.
Rep. Tricia Cotham, D-Mecklenburg, introduced HB 804 because as a teacher, she knows the unfulfilled potential of personal education plans. Research has proven that parents are the key to improving educational outcomes for at-risk students. Even more so, we know that parents in North Carolina are concerned about their child’s education and have a right to notice of such academic intervention.
Call the House Education Committee
& show your support for parental involvement
Talking Points
- Mending the state’s Personal Education Plan program is vital for parents and students.
- Forty-nine percent of students in grades three through eight did not earn the equivalent of a passing grade on end-of-grade reading and math tests during the 2007-08 school year.
- Schools must do a better job of utilizing personal education plans to help students before they fail.
- Legislators should support HB 804, which amends the law regarding personal education plans, so that schools are collaborating with parents and providing remediation plans for every student at risk of academic failure.
Make a call today, for every parent in NC who cares.
House Education Committee Members
| Chairman |
Rep. Bell 919-733-5863 Larry.Bell@ncleg.net |
| Chairman |
Rep. Lucas 919-733-5775 Marvin.Lucas@ncleg.net |
| Vice Chairman |
Rep. Cotham 919-715-0706 Tricia.Cotham@ncleg.net |
| Vice Chairman |
Rep. Fisher 919-715-2013 Susan.Fisher@ncleg.net |
| Vice Chairman |
Rep. Love 919-715-3026 Jimmy.Love@ncleg.net |
| Vice Chairman |
Rep. Parmon 919-733-5829 Earline.Parmon@ncleg.net |
| Vice Chairman |
Rep. Womble 919-733-5777 Larry.Womble@ncleg.net |
| Members |
Rep. Adams, Rep. M. Alexander, Rep. Avila, Rep. Blackwell, Rep. Blackwood, Rep. Bordsen, Rep. Brown, Rep. Bryant, Rep. Burris-Floyd, Rep. Carney, Rep. Cleveland, Rep. Dickson, Rep. Dockham, Rep. Dollar, Rep. England, Rep. E. Floyd, Rep. Folwell, Rep. Glazier, Rep. Goodwin, Rep. Hall, Rep. Hilton, Rep. Holloway, Rep. Hurley, Rep. Insko, Rep. Jackson, Rep. Jeffus, Rep. Johnson, Rep. Langdon, Rep. McCormick, Rep. McElraft, Rep. McLawhorn, Rep. Michaux, Rep. Mills, Rep. Rapp, Rep. Rhyne, Rep. Ross, Rep. Samuelson, Rep. Stam, Rep. Stewart, Rep. Stiller, Rep. Tarleton, Rep. Tillis, Rep. Tolson, Rep. E. Warren, Rep. R. Warren, Rep. Wiley, Rep. Wilkins, Rep. Yongue |
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