Link to your school’s planning allotment for state, EC and LEP funds: (Enter your school number to get your school’s allotment figures.) http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/fbs/allotments/planning/charterschools/statefunding.xls

Link to your school’s maximum funded ADM for the 09/10 school year:

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/fbs/allotments/planning/charterschools/maximumadm.xls

Link to Poverty Count for each School

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/fbs/allotments/planning/federal/freelunch.xls

LAW and POLICY

Link to NC Charter Law: (Scroll down to 115C-238.29A)

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_115C/Article_16.html

Link to NC Public School law Article 27 regarding Discipline: (Referenced in each school’s Charter.)

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_115C/Article_27.html

Link to NC Open Meetings Law: (Charter School Boards of Directors are subject to this law) Something new in this law: “If a public body has a Web site and has established a schedule of regular meetings, the public body shall post the schedule of regular meetings to the Web site.” .http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_143/Article_33C.html

Link to Attorney General’s Opinions regarding Charter Schools: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/charterschools/manual/opinions/

Link to the NC General Assembly: (Includes bills being proposed to become law.)

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/

Link to NC Statute requiring teacher Health Certificate:

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_115C/GS_115C-323.html

Link to Health Examination Certificate Form: (Required for NC Public School teachers) http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/fbs/personnel/benefits/healthcertificate.pdf

STATE BOARD POLICIES

Charter School Policies can be found in the TCS Series under “TCS-U” (Or you can click on the links in the chart below)

http://sbepolicy.dpi.state.nc.us/

Policy Number	Policy Title
TCS-U-001	Charter School Accountability Requirements
TCS-U-002	Policy regarding criminal history checks for individuals handling fiscal matters in charter schools
TCS-U-003	Policy on charter schools racial and ethnic balance
TCS-U-004	16 NCAC 6G.0501 Policy regarding liability insurance for charter schools
TCS-U-006	Policy for charter schools on financial and governance noncompliance
TCS-U-007	Policy regarding charter schools renewal process
TCS-U-008	Policy regarding the definition of a charter school
TCS-U-010	Revocation of Charter for Lack of Academic Performance
TCS-U-012	Charter School Application and Review Process
TCS-U-013	Policy regarding Planning Year for New Preliminary Charter Schools

STUDENT ACCOUNTING

Link to Each School’s monthly enrollment/withdrawal data / Principal’s Monthly Reports: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/fbs/accounting/data/

Link to Student Attendance and Student Accounting Manual:

(Includes info about: Age for eligible enrollment, early Kindergarten, retention/promotion, required days of school, legal reasons for absence, homebound, definition of absence etc.)

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/fbs/accounting/manuals/

NC REPORT CARD

Link to your school’s report card and all other NC Public School reports cards:

http://www.ncreportcards.org/src/

Link to the NC School Report Card Sources of Data guide: http://www.ncreportcards.org/src/DatasourceGuide.

TEACHERS and TEACHER LICENSURE

Link to Licensure Salary Website (Licsalweb): HQ status, individual teacher licensure status, and licensure forms can be found at: https://licsalweb.dpi.state.nc.us/

(This website has limited access and requires a password which your school should have. If not, instructions and application form are at the Link)

Link to NC public Schools Licensure Division website:

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/licensure/

Regional Accrediting Agencies Website

http://www.chea.org/institutions/index/ctm

New Teacher Evaluation Instrument (Required for use with teachers in the Beginning Teachers Licensure Program) http://www.ncpublicschools.org/fbs/personnel/evaluation/

Praxis Information

www.ets.org/praxis

Regional Alternative Licensing Centers

http://www.ralc.ccs.K12.nc.us/index.htm

NC TEACER WORKING CONDITIONS SURVEY RESULTS: (For individual Charter School survey results click on “Charters” in School District drop-down box – All charters are listed) (Also note a new area of extensive “Tools” for schools to use for self-correcting specific areas of need.)

http://www.ncteachingconditions.org/reports

STATISTICAL DATA ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL SINCE 2002

Avg. Daily Membership, Membership demographics by race and sex
EC membership, Per Pupil Expenditures

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/fbs/resources/data/

MISCELLANEOUS

English Language Arts list serve Newsletters

(Stay informed of English Language Arts upcoming trainings and important publications from NCDPI?)

Join the ELA list serve(s) for the grade(s) you teach:

K-5 send an email to join-nceela_K-5@lists.dpi.state.nc.us
6-8 send an email to join-ncmsela@dpi.state.nc.us
9-12 send an email to join-nchsela@dpi.state.nc.us

SUBSCRIBE TO DPI EMAIL NEWS SERVICE

Subscribe to DPI e-groups to ensure that you receive timely information on events, meetings, and/or issues affecting North Carolina’s public schools, including the Accountability Curriculum and Reform Effort (ACRE).

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/egroups/#admins

Curriculum – Standard Course of Study

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/

Easily reproducible materials for parents and guardians regarding cervical cancer, cervical dysplasia, human papillomavirus and vaccines (as required in GS 115C-238.29F(a)

http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/common-clinicians/InsertParents.pdf

and http://www.immunizenc.com/Schools.htm

DPI CONTACTS:

Office of Charter Schools:

Director, Jack Moyer: jmoyer@dpi.state.nc.us 919-807- 3491

Dottie Heath, Consultant: dheath@dpi.state.nc.us 919-807-3263

Jackie Jenkins, Consultant: jjenkins@dpi.state.nc.us 919-807-3493

Joel Medley, Consultant: jmedley@dpi.state.nc.us 919-807-3492

Finance and Student Accounting

Karen Frazier, Charter School Fiscal Analyst: kfrazier@dpi.state.nc.us 919-807-3738

Gene Bruton, Audit, gbruton@dpi.state.nc.us 919-807-3726

Alexis Schauss, School Business: aschauss@dpi.state.nc.us 919-807-3553

Ozella Wiggins, Student Accounting: owiggins@dpi.state.nc.us 919-807-3757

Exceptional Children’s Programs

EC Division Main Number: 919-807-3969 (Tell the receptionist your school name, and she will be able to tell you the correct consultant or monitor or the person serving your school in a particular program area. A full directory can be found at: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/directory/specialty

Valencia Davis, Consultant for Charter Schools, IDEA VI B Grant: vdavis@dpi.state.nc.us 252-535-3718

HELP Desk (For resetting DPI passwords, etc) 919-807-4357

Help@dpi.state.nc.us

Student Academic Accountability, Testing

Link to Regional Accountability Coordinator Contact Info: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/directory/racs

For general charter school student accountability/testing questions, Butch Hudson: mehudson@dpi.state.nc.us 919-807-3806

Teacher Licensure

General Number: 919-807-3310

Personnel Line to Specialists 919-807-3315 (Press #3 to bypass prompts)

Portia Reese, Licensure Specialist: preese@dpi.state.nc.us