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Some Upcoming Dates of Note
- November 14th- EC Office Hour at 10am
- November 19th- RTO Virtual Session III
- December 31st- Transportation Grant application due
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Join the Office of Charter Schools and the NC DPI Exceptional Children's Division for the November Virtual Office Hours, November 14th at 10:00 am. Exceptional Children's Educational Consultants will present on a multi-topic general overview of EC Programming, including high-quality services, and answer questions schools may have at the start of a new school year, and beyond. |
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RTO Planning Session III will be held virtually for new charter schools on November 19th, 2025 from 8:30-4:00 pm. RTO Schools will be sent a digital invitation via Webex. Reach out to Dr. Natasha Norins, natasha.norins@dpi.nc.gov for questions.
Important Notes for Charter Schools Using Third-Party Lottery Vendors
As charter schools prepare for the upcoming school year and utilize third-party vendors for their lottery and registration processes, please keep the following in mind:
- If your vendor collects student registration data, do not import household or census data directly into Infinite Campus. This can lead to data integrity issues. Importing data into Infinite Campus should only be done with direct assistance from Infinite Campus support or an Infinite Campus channel partner.
- Due to North Carolina’s Student UID system, students cannot be imported into Infinite Campus using external files.
- Instead, each student who has accepted a seat must be enrolled using the Student Locator Wizard within Infinite Campus to ensure proper identity matching and compliance.
Please feel free to reach out to your NCSIS Professional Learning Consultant with any questions (jennifer.fogleman@dpi.nc.gov)
Updated School Attendance and Student Accounting (SASA) Manual
This is a MUST HAVE resource for all charter school administrators.
2025 SASA Manual
Important DHHS Resources for Charter Schools
Please click on each link and read thoroughly.
Focus Groups for NC ML/Title III Framework
The NCDPI Multilingual Learner/Title III Team is pleased to invite your Public School Unit (PSU) to take part in the upcoming ML/Title III Focus Groups. As part of our effort to design a comprehensive statewide framework that strengthens ML/Title III program quality and compliance, these focus groups will gather valuable insight into the current landscape of multilingual learner education in North Carolina.
We are asking PSU administrators and school leaders to select 1 representative for each applicable focus group. Representatives will receive up to eight guiding questions in advance to help them prepare responses that reflect their PSU’s unique needs and resources.
Focus Group Roles/Schedule
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Content Area Teachers November 13, 2025 | 5:00 - 6:30 PM
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ML/Title III Leaders November 14, 2025 | 10:00 - 11:30 AM
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Instructional Coaches and Specialized Roles, including Exceptional Children (EC) Specialists, Academically/Intellectually Gifted (AIG) Specialists, Career Development Coordinators, Media Coordinators, November 14, 2025 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM
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Administrators, Federal Program Directors, and Accountability Roles November 19, 2025 | 10:00 - 11:30 AM
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Other Support Roles, including School Counselors. MTSS Coordinators, Data Managers, etc. November 19, 2025 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM
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Parents, Caregivers, and Families of ML Students November 19, 2025 | 5:00 - 6:30 PM
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ML/ESL Teachers November 20, 2025 | 5:00 - 6:30 PM
Invitations are being sent to Chief Academic Officers in each PSU. Please follow up with them to build your Focus Group teams; Representatives must be selected by November 10, 2025! Your participation will ensure that this framework reflects the voices, expertise, and experiences of educators, leaders, and families across North Carolina!
Survey for NC ML/Title III Framework
In addition to the discussion in Focus Groups, the ML/Title III Team is also looking for broader data collection in the ML/Title III Field Survey. This survey will be open until December 1, and we encourage PSUs to share the link with schools, parents, and community members.
This statewide survey will gather input from educators, administrators, and partners across all regions to better understand current practices, challenges, and priorities in supporting multilingual learners. The insights collected will directly inform the design of a comprehensive framework that strengthens program quality, compliance, and equitable access for MLs across North Carolina.
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School Business November 6, 2025
The FBS website continues to be updated with information related to School Business and our ongoing operations. Please check the FBS homepage regularly for updates. Please review the upcoming deadlines for due dates.
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Allotments Update
FY2025-26 Allotments - All PSUs
- PRC 0062 – Small County and Low Wealth Signing Bonus for Teachers
- State Children with Disabilities Approvals as of 10/29/25
- PRC 0063 – CWD Special Funds
- PRC 0089 – CWD Special State Reserve
- PRC 0083 – CTE Credential Program Support Final Installment Allotment
- Consolidated Federal Approvals as of 10/24/25
- Federal IDEA Approvals as of 11/5/25
- PRC 0082 – IDEA Special Education State Improvement Grant
- PRC 0114 – IDEA Children with Disabilities - Risk Pool
GY 2024 Grant Liquidation and Cash - All PSUs
Cash will be provided on a reimbursement basis for GY24 or prior funds that ended September 30th through the monthly zero-out process. If you encumbered funds, please ensure that encumbrances are converted to expenditures as you liquidate those funds. Cash will be provided for valid expenditures within the encumbered amount in each month's zero out.
Cash Calendar Deadlines in the Cash App - All PSUs
All State, Federal and Local cash requests are processed through the PSU Cash Application (PCA). Friendly reminder that the deadline to request State, Federal and Local cash is on Mondays at 11:45 PM. The cash request calendar on the homepage of the PCA has been adjusted to reflect the holidays below. Please review to ensure your PSU does not miss any deadlines.
Veteran’s Day is Tuesday, November 11th. The deadline for requesting cash is Monday, November 10, 2025, at 11:45 PM. There will be no emergency cash request on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Please plan accordingly based on your district’s needs.
Thanksgiving Week: The cutoff is Monday, November 24, 2025, at 5:00 PM. NO emergency cash requests will be processed. The Funds Requirement Date (FRD) will be Wednesday, November 26, 2025.
There should be more than one person subscribed to the PCA who can request cash. For cash inquiries, please contact CashMgt@dpi.nc.gov.
School Nurse Salary Reminder
As we posted in our August newsletter, the State Board of Education approved changes to the NC Public School Personnel State Salary Manual to comply with SL 2025-60. Please read the summary below if you have any questions regarding these updates.
The legislation eliminated the differentiation between a school nurse required to be paid from the instructional support salary schedule, and a school nurse required to be paid based on a classified range. The updated manual and salary schedules have been posted to our website.
Effective immediately:
- All school nurses shall be compensated on the M schedule of the instructional support schedule.
- School nurses are no longer required to be certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center or the National Board for Certification of School Nurses in order to be paid on the instructional support salary schedule.
- The SBE cannot require a school nurse to have a four year degree. A school nurse who is employed or contracted shall at a minimum:
- Be a registered nurse with at least 2 years of experience as a nurse in a hospital or health clinic or
- Be certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center or the National Board for Certification of School Nurses.
The new rule will be published in the NC Administrative Code in the coming weeks. We will notify PSUs via our newsletter should it include any additional requirements.
Questions? Contact SBS
Deadline Reminders
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DUE DATE
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NEWSLETTER
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11/14/2025
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EC Competitive Grant Application
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10/10/2025
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12/05/2025
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First Paid Parental Leave Substitute Reimbursement
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10/16/2025
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12/31/2025
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GY24 Expenditures for Encumbered Federal Grants
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10/10/2025
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BTAM Training
The Center for Safer Schools will hold the following in-person Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Trainings:
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Thursday, Nov. 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the James H. Garner Conference Center, 211 Burnette St., Troy
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Wednesday, Dec. 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Olive Hill Resource Center, 509 W. Concord St., Morganton
If you have questions regarding BTAM, please send an email to CFSS Assistant Director-Behavioral Health-Interim Michelle Guarino ( mguarino@cfssnc.gov). Questions regarding upcoming training dates should be sent to CFSS Assistant Director-Training & Safety-Interim Jeff Branch ( jbranch@cfssnc.gov). Seed Grant Opportunity: CSGF Seed
- Who: Charter School Growth Fund (CSGF)
- What: The CSGF Seed Grant is designated to strengthen the foundations of early-stage charter organizations and to provide them with resources for growth as they expand their impact in the communities they serve. The Seed Grant is for founding leaders who want to launch a new school or leaders seeking to expand or replicate high-performing public charter schools. It provides funding, resources, and support as they open more schools.
- When: Application closes December 4, 2025.
Help to share the proposed Draft 1 of K-12 Math Standards
The NCDPI K-12 Math team is excited to announce the release of the first draft of proposed revisions to the K-12 Math Standard Course of Study. North Carolina State Board of Education policy specifies that the NC Department of Public Instruction will formally collect feedback on the proposed draft standards from educators, administrators, parents, students, institutions of higher education, business/industry representatives, national organizations, and other education agencies.
The purpose of this survey is to obtain input from all stakeholders regarding the proposed K-12 Math Standards and to inform any additional revisions, which may include changes, clarifications, additions, deletions, or replacements to the draft standards.
This process began with a review phase, which was conducted throughout the 2024-2025 school year. The review phase included gathering relevant research and analyzing data obtained through surveys, interviews, and focus groups. The data obtained was analyzed by the K-12 Math Standards Data Review Committee (DRC). The DRC completed a formal report summarizing the data, trends within the feedback, and any resulting recommendations. The report was provided to the Standards Writing Team (SWT) as the basis for starting the revision process. This first draft of the proposed 2023 K-12 Math Standards is based on the analysis in the DRC Report. The K-12 Math team requests your thoughtful input and comments on Draft 1 of the proposed K-12 Math academic standards. To help in reviewing the draft standards, the K-12 Math team is sharing several resources to provide additional background information. These include:
You can choose which grades and courses you wish to provide feedback on. You can choose as many as you would like. Please submit your survey responses by 5:00pm EST on Monday, December 8th, 2025.
Thank you; your feedback is extremely valuable to the K-12 Math Standards revision process.
New ACCESS Comparison Report Now Available in Infinite Campus
The NCDPI Multilingual Learner/Title III Team is pleased to announce the release of an ACCESS Comparison Report in Infinite Campus! It can be found with the student goal reports in the (NC)EL - ACCESS Tests
This report provides a side-by-side view of student performance on WIDA ACCESS for the two years of scores in the student record, allowing educators and administrators to easily track growth, identify trends, and strengthen instructional planning for multilingual learners.
With this view, schools can see:
- Where students have made significant language growth
- Which domains may need additional instructional support
- How overall ML performance is trending across grade levels and programs
How to use the report:
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ML/Title III 2025–26 Professional Development Series: Effective Content Instruction for ML Students in Writing
Participants will explore research-based strategies for planning and scaffolding writing tasks across content areas. Participants will analyze mentor texts to identify key language features and explicitly teach language functions that support academic writing. The session will provide tools for offering meaningful feedback that advances expressive language skills. Educators will leave with actionable resources and approaches to make writing instruction accessible, engaging, and effective for all ML students.
Did you miss the Connected Teaching: Content, Collaboration, and Continuous Growth? Watch it today!
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Looking for Literacy Professional Development? Need to earn CEUs?
NEW! During the 2025-2026 school year the Office of Early Learning is offering a virtual Literacy for Educators webinar series focused on content aligned to the science of reading for charter and lab schools.
These sessions are open to All educators, coaches, and administrators.
Each monthly session will be held from 3:30 pm-4:30 pm.
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Charter schools have a dedicated SIS professional contact!
We are pleased to introduce Jennifer Fogleman as your new dedicated NCSIS Professional Learning Consultant for Charter Schools, effective immediately.
Jennifer brings a wealth of experience in the Student Information System (SIS) and is committed to providing you with the same high level of service you've come to expect from our team.
The NCSIS Professional Learning Consultant team is here to support you, please don't hesitate to contact Jennifer if you have any questions or concerns.
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Other Resources from DPI and beyond
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Sign Up for NCDPI Newsletters
Did you know NCDPI produces a variety of newsletters on various topics across North Carolina K-12 education? Whether you’re looking for news on school counseling, digital teaching & learning resources, middle school science or K-12 education legislation updates, there is something for everyone.
A few examples of subscription offerings are:
- K-12 Education Legislative Update
- News Releases
- Digital Accessibility Newsletter
- Exceptional Children Information for Parents
Click here and enter your email address to see all the subscription lists and newsletters available to receive.
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Share excellence in education!
Post exceptional student work or exciting happenings at your NC Charter School. Then tag or mention OCS on Social Media for others to see!
Remember when you share on social media to use #WeAreNCCharters or @NCCharterOffice
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The Community School of Davidson is seeking proposals for Fresh Take 2026.
Please feel free to share and help spread the word!
Calling all educators:
Are you an educator who can inspire, empower, and equip fellow teachers with practical strategies?
We invite passionate presenters to join our educational conference!
🗓 Conference Date: Friday, March 20, 2026
⌚️Session Length - 50 minutes
📍 Location: Community School of Davidson Upper School
🎯 Target Audience: Educators, Teachers, Administrators, Parents
🌟 Goals:- Inspire and Motivate Educators- Provide Immediate Classroom Takeaways- Reinforce The Message That Educators Make a Difference Every Day
👩🏫 Presenter Qualities:- Innovative Teaching Methods- Passion for Education
🚀 What We Offer Presenters:- Exposure and Networking Opportunities- Free attendance for presenters outside of CSD
📝 Submission Deadline: Friday, Jan. 9, 2026
Charter School Job Postings
Job postings will include the posted date and will be deleted after two months. Schools may request early removal or extension. Contact Joseph.Letterio@dpi.nc.gov with a posting link.
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Ashley Baquero • Director, Office of Charter Schools
Please send general inquires to ocs@dpi.nc.gov
Contact information for area specialists can be found on the Office of Charter Schools Directory.
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