HB 324 – Plan A for Charter Schools

Primary House Sponsors: Rep. Jason Saine (R-Lincoln); Rep. James Boles, Jr. (R-Moore); Rep. Larry Yarborough (R-Granville, Person); Rep. John Torbett (R-Gaston)

Summary

This bill allows charter schools to provide in-person instruction under Plan A in accordance with the StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit to any grade level.

This bill also requires charter schools providing in-person instruction under Plan A to students in grades 6-12 to (1) notify DHHS; (2) partner with the ABC Science Collaborative of the School of Medicine at Duke University to allow the ABC Collaborative to collect and analyze student data; and (3) engage in robust contact tracing and report on requested information as specified by the ABC Collaborative.

Movement

Filed – 3/17/2021