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Contacts

State Education Agency

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Sneha Shah-Coltrane

State Consultant

Academically/Intellectually Gifted Academic Services

6307 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, NC  27601-6307

919-807-3849

 

 

State Gifted Education Association

North Carolina Association for the Gifted and Talented

P.O. Box 758 

Jamestown, NC 27282

336-312-9324

Jessica Applegate

Executive Director

 

Statistics

Year Data Collected 
2014-2015
Total Student Population 
1,470,127
Number of Identified Gifted Students 
180,477
State Funding for Gifted and Talented Education 

2014-2015:  $77,880,694

2013-2014:  $72,081,818

2012-2013:  $71,218,569

Policy

Areas of giftedness addressed in state definition: 
Intellectually Gifted
Academically Gifted
Specific academic areas
Low SES
Underachieving
Geographically isolated/rural
Culturally/ ethnically diverse
ESL / ELL
Other
Does the state mandate identification for gifted & talented education? 
Yes
Does the state mandate services for gifted & talented education? 
Yes
Does the state provide guidance or guidelines for the process of identifying gifted & talented students? 
Yes
Does the state have a policy requiring districts to recognize gifted eligibilities from other districts in the same state? 
State policy leaves LEA to determine
Does state policy permit early entrance to kindergarten? 
State policy specifically permits
Does the state have an acceleration policy? 
State policy specifically permits
Does the state require general education teachers to receive training on gifted students after initial teacher certification is attained? 
Yes
Does the state require professionals working in specialized gifted ed programs to have a gifted ed endorsement or certification? 
Yes
Does the state monitor/audit LEA programs for gifted & talented students? 
Yes
Does the state report on the achievement or learning growth of gifted students? 
Yes

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