North Carolina 2019-2020 Session Status: To Executive

SB 392 — Various Charter School Changes.

Last action — Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

167 added · 174 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill SB 392 includes a new provision that designates the Superintendent of Public Instruction as the elected representative authorized to approve bonds for financing charter school facilities. This means that after a public hearing, the Superintendent can give the go-ahead for these financial agreements, which could help charter schools secure necessary funding for their operations. This change matters because it streamlines the approval process for charter school financing and ensures that public input is part of the decision-making process.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2019 S 4 SENATE BILL 392 Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 4/10/19 House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/18/19 House Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 7/10/19 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2019 SENATE BILL 392 RATIFIED BILL AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE LAWS AFFECTING CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Various Charter School Changes.
(Public) Sponsors:
Referred to:
March 28, 2019 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE LAWS AFFECTING CHARTER SCHOOLS.
6 PART I.
PART I.
*S392-v-4* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (1) The charter school has not provided financially sound audits for the immediately preceding three years.
(1) The charter school has not provided financially sound audits for the immediately preceding three years.
115C-174.11(c)(1), is at least five percentage points lower in thecharterschoolthanin thelocalschool administrativeunitwherethecharter school is located.
115C-174.11(c)(1), is at least five percentage points lower in *S392-v-5* thecharterschoolthanin thelocalschool administrativeunitwherethecharter school is located.
Page 2 Senate Bill 392-Fourth Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 (9) Types and amounts of insurance coverage, including bonding insurance for the principal officers of the school, to be obtained by the charter school.
(9) Types and amounts of insurance coverage, including bonding insurance for the principal officers of the school, to be obtained by the charter school.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any local board may refuse to admit any student who is suspended or expelled fromacharterschooldue toactionsthatwouldleadtosuspensionorexpulsion from a public school under G.S.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any local board may refuse to admit any student who is suspended or expelled fromacharterschooldue toactionsthatwouldleadtosuspensionorexpulsion Page 2 Senate Bill 392-Ratified from a public school under G.S.
(1) The maximum student enrollment in any participating school shall be no greater than 1,500 in its first year of operation and may increase annually by twenty percent (20%) for each participating school up to a maximum student Senate Bill 392-Fourth Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 enrollment of 2,592 in the fourth year of the pilot.
(1) The maximum student enrollment in any participating school shall be no greater than 1,500 in its first year of operation and may increase annually by twenty percent (20%) for each participating school up to a maximum student enrollment of 2,592 in the fourth year of the pilot.
A participating school that has been placed under monthly compliance monitoring by the Charter School AdvisoryBoardortheStateBoardas aresultofamaterialchangetoitscharter shall be required to receive State Board approval for any enrollment increase.
A participating school that has been placed under monthly compliance monitoring by the Charter School Senate Bill 392-Ratified Page 3 AdvisoryBoardortheStateBoardas aresultofamaterialchangetoitscharter shall be required to receive State Board approval for any enrollment increase.
Page 4 Senate Bill 392-Fourth Edition
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18 day of July, 2019.
s/ Carl Ford Presiding Officer of the Senate s/ Tim Moore Speaker of the House of Representatives _____________________________________ Roy Cooper Governor Approved __________.m.
this ______________ day of ___________________, 2019 Page 4 Senate Bill 392-Ratified
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Action History

  1. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. Vetoed 07/29/2019

  3. Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2019

  4. Ratified

  5. Concurred In H Com Sub

  6. Ordered Enrolled

  7. Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub

  8. Regular Message Sent To Senate

  9. Amend Failed A1

  10. Amendment Withdrawn A2

  11. Passed 2nd Reading

  12. Passed 3rd Reading

  13. Reptd Fav Com Sub 2

  14. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  15. Placed On Cal For 07/11/2019

  16. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  17. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  18. Withdrawn From Com

  19. Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  20. Passed 1st Reading

  21. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  22. Regular Message Sent To House

  23. Regular Message Received From Senate

  24. Passed 2nd Reading

  25. Passed 3rd Reading

  26. Reptd Fav

  27. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  28. Com Substitute Adopted

  29. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  30. Passed 1st Reading

  31. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  32. Withdrawn From Com

  33. Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  34. Filed

Sponsors

  • Ballard · Primary
  • Brown · Primary
  • Newton · Cosponsor
  • Edwards · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 175 not signed on · 20 voted No

Sponsors (2)

  • Ballard
  • Brown

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Newton
  • Edwards

Not signed on (175)

175 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Motion 9 To Concur

Passed 27 Yea · 15 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2402
Republican 10003
Unaffiliated 151103
Total 271508
% of votes cast 54%30%0%16%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Ballard — Yea
Brown — Yea
J. Davis — Yea
Edwards — Yea
Gallimore — Yea
Gunn — Yea
Harrington — Yea
Horner — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Krawiec — Yea
Newton — Yea
Perry — Yea
Steinburg — Yea
Tillman — Yea
Wells — Yea
deViere — Nay
Fitch — Nay
Foushee — Nay
Marcus — Nay
McKissick — Nay
Nickel — Nay
Peterson — Nay
VanDuyn — Nay
Woodard — Nay
Searcy — Not Voting
Smith — Not Voting
Bishop — Not Voting
D. Davis — Nay
J. Jackson — Nay
Dan Blue Democratic Not Voting
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Not Voting
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Nay
Joyce Waddell Democratic Nay
Michael Garrett Democratic Nay
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Nay
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Not Voting
Brent Jackson Republican Not Voting
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Not Voting
Jim Burgin Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
Vickie Sawyer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 87 Yea · 26 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 111201
Republican 33001
Unaffiliated 421305
U 1100
Total 872607
% of votes cast 73%22%0%6%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Brewer — Yea
Farmer-Butterfield — Yea
Floyd — Yea
Garrison — Yea
Gill — Yea
Graham — Yea
Harris — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Lucas — Yea
Martin — Yea
Queen — Yea
Richardson — Yea
Russell — Yea
Terry — Yea
Wray — Yea
Boles — Yea
Bumgardner — Yea
Carter — Yea
Cleveland — Yea
Conrad — Yea
Davis — Yea
Dobson — Yea
Elmore — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Fraley — Yea
Hardister — Yea
Henson — Yea
Horn — Yea
Hurley — Yea
L. Johnson — Yea
Lewis — Yea
McElraft — Yea
McGrady — Yea
McNeill — Yea
Moore — Yea
Presnell — Yea
Rogers — Yea
Saine — Yea
Sasser — Yea
Speciale — Yea
Szoka — Yea
Autry — Nay
Beasley — Nay
Black — Nay
Clemmons — Nay
Fisher — Nay
Gailliard — Nay
Holley — Nay
Hunt — Nay
Insko — Nay
Jackson — Nay
Montgomery — Nay
vonHaefen — Nay
Grange — Not Voting
Murphy — Not Voting
Yarborough — Not Voting
Zachary — Not Voting
C. Smith — Yea
K. Smith — Not Voting
R. Smith — Nay
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Nay
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Nay
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Nay
Brian Turner Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Nay
Cecil Brockman Democratic Not Voting
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Gale Adcock Democratic Nay
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Graig Meyer Democratic Yea
Joe John Democratic Yea
Marcia Morey Democratic Nay
Mary Belk Democratic Nay
Pricey Harrison Democratic Nay
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Nay
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Sydney Batch Democratic Nay
Terence Everitt Democratic Nay
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Nay
Bobby Hanig Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Not Voting
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Jarvis Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea
Nasif Majeed U Nay

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 392?
SB 392 is sponsored by Ballard, Brown, Newton, and Edwards.
What is the current status of SB 392?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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