Children with Disabilities Scholarship Grants

In 2011 the General Assembly passed Session Law 2011-395, Tax Credits for Children with Disabilities. This law created an individual refundable income tax credit that parents of children with disabilities can claim for education expenses including nonpublic school tuition and special education services. This tax credit has been successful throughout the state and expanded the educational options for students with disabilities. Despite the tax credit’s overall success, certain provisions in the law limited its effect.

On Monday Representatives Jonathan Jordan, Marcus Brandon, Bert Jones, and Paul Stam filed HB 269, Children with Disabilities Scholarship Grants. HB 269 changes the tax credit into a scholarship grant, which allows more families to benefit from the program. The grants will be up to $3,000 per semester—the same amount as the original tax credits—and may be used for tuition reimbursement and special education and related services.

HB 269 states the criteria children must meet for the parents to qualify for these grants. A child must have an Individualized Education Plan and must be receiving special education or related services on a daily basis. A child must also meet at least one of the following requirements:

1.      Was enrolled in a NC public school during the previous semester

2.      Received special education or related services through the NC public schools as a preschool child with a disability during the previous semester

3.      Received a scholarship grant for the previous semester

4.      Is eligible for initial enrollment in kindergarten or the first grade in a NC public school

After initial receipt of a scholarship grant, a child will be reevaluated every three years to verify that that he or she continues to be a child with a disability.

HB 269 was referred to the House Committee on Education. Please contact your Senator and Representative to urge their support.                

Noble Academy is happy to announce that our new mobile site has been launched and designed specifically for all of the things you might want to get while on the go.

The homepage includes several options, including a navigation menu, a search bar and a few shortcut buttons at the bottom of the screen.  There are some pages formatted for current families as well as new visitors to our school.

We are still tweaking the links and options, but one feature that we are working on is the tablet functionality of the site.  We know that more of our students are accessing our services using tablets, small or large, so want to make sure our site works well.  Currently we are perfecting a system that displays the mobile site when in portrait mode, and then switches to the full site in landscape mode, allowing for dual functionality.

Some of the resources most useful for current parents and students include the News and Information page, as well as the My Noble Academy page, which duplicates the logins and information from the My Noble Academy page on the website.  You can also click the Contact button to get a link to call or email the school directly.  If you have additional information or services that you think the mobile site should have, please feel free to email Matt Zigler with suggestions!

News and Events

My Noble Academy

The 4th and 5th grade social studies students presented their North Carolina regions projects recently.  Each student chose one of the three regions of North Carolina and researched points of interest, landmarks, and other fun facts.  They displayed their knowledge in a number of ways including salt dough maps, hanging mobiles, and tri-fold boards. What do you know about North Carolina?