Bill > S812

This bill requires the North Carolina State Board of Education to review and modify English Language Arts and Mathematics academic standards to ensure they increase student achievement, reflect North Carolina's priorities, are age-appropriate, understandable to parents and teachers, and are among the highest in the nation, while also establishing an 11-member Academic Standards Review Commission, appointed by legislative leaders and the Governor, to advise the State Board on these standards and to recommend assessments that reduce the number of high-stakes tests. The bill also mandates that North Carolina's academic standards be named the "North Carolina Standard Course of Study" and prohibits the State Board from ceding control of these standards and related assessments to external entities, though it allows for the use of programs like Advanced Placement.