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NC Gen Stat § 115C-407.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 29C - School Violence Prevention.|§ 115C-407.16 - Policy against bullying or harassing behavior.

 115C-407.16. Policy against bullying or harassing behavior.(a) Before December 31, 2009, each local school administrative unit shall adopt a policy prohibiting bullying or harassing behavior.(b) The policy shall contain, at a minimum, the following components:(1) A statement prohibiting bullying or harassing behavior.(2) A definition of bullying or harassing behavior no less inclusive than that set forth in this Article.(3) A description of the type of behavior expected for each student and school employee.(4) Consequences and appropriate remedial action for a person who commits an act of bullying or harassment.(5) A procedure for reporting an act of bullying or harassment, including a provision that permits a person to report such an act anonymously. This shall not be construed to permit formal disciplinary action solely on the basis of an anonymous report.(6) A procedure for prompt investigation of reports of serious violations and complaints of any act of bullying or harassment, identifying either the principal or the principal's designee as the person responsible for the investigation.(7) A statement that prohibits reprisal or retaliation against any person who reports an act of bullying or harassment, and the consequence and appropriate remedial action for a person who engages in reprisal or retaliation.(8) A statement of how the policy is to be disseminated and publicized, including notice that the policy applies to participation in school-sponsored functions.(c) Nothing in this Article shall prohibit a local school administrative unit from adopting a policy that includes components beyond the minimum components provided in this section or that is more inclusive than the requirements of this Article.(d) At the beginning of each school year, the principal shall provide the local school administrative unit's policy prohibiting bullying and harassing behavior, including cyber-bullying, to staff, students, and parents as defined in G.S. 115C-390.1(b)(8). Notice of the local policy shall appear in any school unit publication that sets forth the comprehensive rules, procedures, and standards of conduct for schools within the school unit and in any student and school employee handbook.(e) Information regarding the local policy against bullying or harassing behavior shall be incorporated into a school's employee training program.(f) To the extent funds are appropriated for these purposes, a local school administrative unit shall, by March 1, 2010, provide training on the local policy to school employees and volunteers who have significant contact with students.  (2009-212, s. 1; 2009-570, s. 39; 2014-100, s. 8.32(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-407.17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 29C - School Violence Prevention.|§ 115C-407.17 - Prevention of school violence.

 115C-407.17. Prevention of school violence.Schools shall develop and implement methods and strategies for promoting school environments that are free of bullying or harassing behavior.  (2009-212, s. 1; 2009-570, s. 39.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-407.18 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 29C - School Violence Prevention.|§ 115C-407.18 - Construction of this Article.

 115C-407.18. Construction of this Article.(a) This Article shall not be construed to permit school officials to punish student expression or speech based on an undifferentiated fear or apprehension of disturbance or out of a desire to avoid the discomfort and unpleasantness that always accompany an unpopular viewpoint.(b) This Article shall not be interpreted to prevent a victim of bullying or harassing behavior from seeking redress under any other available law, either civil or criminal.(c) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to require an exhaustion of the administrative complaint process before civil or criminal law remedies may be pursued regarding bullying or harassing behavior.(d) The provisions of this Article are severable, and if any provision of this Article is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions of this Article which can be given effect without the invalid provision.(e) The provisions of this Article shall be liberally construed to give effect to its purposes.(f) Nothing in this act shall be construed to create any classification, protected class, suspect category, or preference beyond those existing in present statute or case law.  (2009-212, s. 1; 2009-570, s. 39.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-407.31 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 29D - Student Prayer and Religious Activity.|§ 115C-407.31 - Administrative remedies and cause of action for complaints regarding exercise of religious activity.

 115C-407.31. Administrative remedies and cause of action for complaints regarding exercise of religious activity.(a) The local board of education may establish or make available an existing formal grievance process to allow students or the parents or guardians of students to present allegations that a right established under this Article has been violated by a public school. The formal grievance process shall include the right of appeal to the local board of education.(b) If a local board of education fails to provide a formal grievance process, the following process shall be provided:(1) A student or a student's parent or guardian shall state the complaint to the school's principal, who shall meet with the student or the student's parent or guardian, if requested.(2) If the student's concerns are not resolved by the meeting with the principal, the student or student's parent or guardian may make a complaint in writing to the superintendent of the local school administrative unit with the specific facts of the alleged violation. The superintendent shall investigate and take appropriate action to ensure the alleged violation of the rights of the student is resolved within 30 days of receiving the written complaint.(3) If the superintendent fails to resolve the student's concerns within 30 days, the student or student's parent or guardian may appeal to the local board of education as provided in G.S. 115C-45.(c) If a right of a student established under this Article is violated by a public school and the student has exhausted the administrative remedies provided in this section, the student may assert the violation as a cause of action or defense in a judicial proceeding and obtain appropriate relief against the local board of education. The action shall be brought in the superior court of the county in which the local school administrative unit is located.(d) No action may be maintained pursuant to this Article unless the student has exhausted the administrative remedies provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.(e) A student prevailing in a claim brought against a local school administrative unit for a violation under this Article or any action brought by a public school against a student for conduct covered by this Article shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs.(f) The Attorney General shall intervene and shall provide legal defense of this Article in any action which includes claims challenging the constitutionality of this Article.  (2014-13, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-407.32 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 29D - Student Prayer and Religious Activity.|§ 115C-407.32 - Religious activity for school personnel.

 115C-407.32. Religious activity for school personnel.(a) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to support, encourage, or permit a teacher, administrator, or other employee of the local board of education to lead, direct, or encourage any religious or antireligious activity in violation of that portion of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States prohibiting laws respecting an establishment of religion.(b) Local boards of education may not prohibit school personnel from participating in religious activities on school grounds that are initiated by students at reasonable times before or after the instructional day so long as such activities are voluntary for all parties and do not conflict with the responsibilities or assignments of such personnel.(c) School employees supervising extracurricular activities, including coaches, may be present while a student or group of students exercises their voluntary right to pray as provided in G.S. 115C-407.30 and, if present, shall not be disrespectful of the student exercise of such rights and may adopt a respectful posture.(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit local boards of education from allowing school personnel to participate in other constitutionally permissible religious activities on school grounds.  (2014-13, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-407.33 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 29D - Student Prayer and Religious Activity.|§ 115C-407.33 - Limitations of Article.

 115C-407.33. Limitations of Article.This Article shall not be construed to direct any local board of education to take any action in violation of the Constitution of North Carolina or the United States. The specification of rights in this Article shall not be construed to exclude or limit religious liberty or free speech rights otherwise protected by federal, State, or local law.  (2014-13, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-408 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 30 - Financial Powers of the State Board of Education.|§ 115C-408 - Funds under control of the State Board of Education.

 115C-408. Funds under control of the State Board of Education.(a) It is the policy of the State of North Carolina to create a public school system that graduates good citizens with the skills demanded in the marketplace, and the skills necessary to cope with contemporary society, using State, local and other funds in the most cost-effective manner. The Board shall have general supervision and administration of the educational funds provided by the State and federal governments, except those mentioned in Section 7 of Article IX of the State Constitution, and also excepting such local funds as may be provided by a county, city, or district. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall administer any available educational funds through the Department of Public Instruction in accordance with all needed rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education.(b) To insure a quality education for every child in North Carolina, and to assure that the necessary resources are provided, it is the policy of the State of North Carolina to provide from State revenue sources the instructional expenses for current operations of the public school system as defined in the standard course of study.It is the policy of the State of North Carolina that the facilities requirements for a public education system will be met by county governments.It is the intent of the 1983 General Assembly to further clarify and delineate the specific financial responsibilities for the public schools to be borne by State and local governments.  (1955, c. 1372, art. 2, s. 2; 1957, c. 541, s. 11; 1961, c. 969; 1963, c. 448, ss. 24, 27; c. 688, ss. 1, 2; c. 1223, s. 1; 1965, c. 1185, s. 2; 1967, c. 643, s. 1; 1969, c. 517, s. 1; 1971, c. 704, s. 4; c. 745; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; c. 675; 1975, c. 699, s. 2; c. 975; 1979, c. 300, s. 1; c. 935; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1103, s. 12; 2016-126, 4th Ex. Sess., s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-409 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 30 - Financial Powers of the State Board of Education.|§ 115C-409 - Power to accept federal funds and aid.

 115C-409. Power to accept federal funds and aid.(a) The Board is authorized to accept, receive, use or reallocate to local school administrative units any federal funds, or aids, that may be appropriated now or hereafter by the federal government for the encouragement and improvement of any phase of the free public school program which, in the judgment of the Board, will be beneficial to the operation of the schools. However, the Board is not authorized to accept any such funds upon any condition that the public schools of this State shall be operated contrary to any provisions of the Constitution or statutes of this State.(b) The State Board of Education or any other State agency designated by the Governor shall have the power and authority to provide library resources, textbooks, and other instructional materials purchased from federal funds appropriated for the funding of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-10, 89th Congress, HR 2362, effective April 11, 1965) or other acts of Congress for the use of children and teachers in private elementary and secondary schools in the State as required by acts of Congress and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. (1955, c. 1372, art. 2, s. 2; 1957, c. 541, s. 11; 1961, c. 969; 1963, c. 448, ss. 24, 27; c. 688, ss. 1, 2; c. 1223, s. 1; 1965, c. 1185, s. 2; 1967, c. 643, s. 1; 1969, c. 517, s. 1; 1971, c. 704, s. 4; c. 745; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; c. 675; 1975, c. 699, s. 2; c. 975; 1979, c. 300, s. 1; c. 935; 1981, c. 423, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-410 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 30 - Financial Powers of the State Board of Education.|§ 115C-410 - Power to accept gifts and grants.

 115C-410. Power to accept gifts and grants.The Board is authorized to adopt all needed rules and regulations related to the creation and administration of special funds within the Department of Public Instruction to manage any funds received as grants from nongovernmental sources in support of public education. In accordance with the State Board's rules and regulations, the Superintendent of Public Instruction is authorized to create and administer such special funds and to accept, receive, use, or reallocate to local school administrative units any gifts, donations, grants, devises, or other forms of voluntary contributions.  (1955, c. 1372, art. 2, s. 2; 1957, c. 541, s. 11; 1961, c. 969; 1963, c. 448, ss. 24, 27; c. 688, ss. 1, 2; c. 1223, s. 1; 1965, c. 1185, s. 2; 1967, c. 643, s. 1; 1969, c. 517, s. 1; 1971, c. 704, s. 4; c. 745; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; c. 675; 1975, c. 699, s. 2; c. 975; 1979, c. 300, s. 1; c. 935; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 2011-284, s. 76; 2016-126, 4th Ex. Sess., s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-411 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 30 - Financial Powers of the State Board of Education.|§ 115C-411 - Authority to invest school funds.

 115C-411. Authority to invest school funds.The Board is authorized to direct the State Treasurer to invest in interest-bearing securities any funds which may come into its possession, and which it deems expedient to invest, as other funds of the State are now or may be hereafter invested. (1955, c. 1372, art. 2, s. 2; 1957, c. 541, s. 11; 1961, c. 969; 1963, c. 448, ss. 24, 27; c. 688, ss. 1, 2; c. 1223, s. 1; 1965, c. 1185, s. 2; 1967, c. 643, s. 1; 1969, c. 517, s. 1; 1971, c. 704, s. 4; c. 745; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; c. 675; 1975, c. 699, s. 2; c. 975; 1979, c. 300, s. 1; c. 935; 1981, c. 423, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-412 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 30 - Financial Powers of the State Board of Education.|§ 115C-412 - Power to purchase at mortgage sales.

 115C-412. Power to purchase at mortgage sales.The State Board of Education is authorized to purchase at public sale any land upon which it has a mortgage or deed of trust securing the purchase price, or any part thereof, and when any land so sold and purchased by the said Board of Education is a part of a drainage district theretofore constituted, upon which said land assessments have been levied for the maintenance thereof, such assessments shall be paid by the said State Board of Education, as if said land had been purchased or owned by an individual. (1955, c. 1372, art. 2, s. 2; 1957, c. 541, s. 11; 1961, c. 969; 1963, c. 448, ss. 24, 27; c. 688, ss. 1, 2; c. 1223, s. 1; 1965, c. 1185, s. 2; 1967, c. 643, s. 1; 1969, c. 517, s. 1; 1971, c. 704, s. 4; c. 745; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; c. 675; 1975, c. 699, s. 2; c. 975; 1979, c. 300, s. 1; c. 935; 1981, c. 423, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-413 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 30 - Financial Powers of the State Board of Education.|§ 115C-413 - Power to adjust debts.

 115C-413. Power to adjust debts.The State Board of Education is hereby authorized and empowered to settle, compromise or otherwise adjust any indebtedness due it upon the purchase price of any land or property sold by it, or to cancel and surrender the notes, mortgages, trust deeds, or other evidence of indebtedness without payment, when, in the discretion of said Board, it appears that it is proper to do so. The Board of Education is further authorized and empowered to sell or otherwise dispose of any such notes, mortgages, trust deeds, or other evidence of indebtedness. (1955, c. 1372, art. 2, s. 2; 1957, c. 541, s. 11; 1961, c. 969; 1963, c. 448, ss. 24, 27; c. 688, ss. 1, 2; c. 1223, s. 1; 1965, c. 1185, s. 2; 1967, c. 643, s. 1; 1969, c. 517, s. 1; 1971, c. 704, s. 4; c. 745; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; c. 675; 1975, c. 699, s. 2; c. 975; 1979, c. 300, s. 1; c. 935; 1981, c. 423, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-414 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 30 - Financial Powers of the State Board of Education.|§ 115C-414 - State Board as successor to powers of abolished commissions and boards.

 115C-414. State Board as successor to powers of abolished commissions and boards.The Board shall succeed to all the powers and trusts of the president and directors of the Literary Fund of North Carolina; and to all the powers, functions, duties, and property of all abolished commissions and boards including the State School Commission, the State Textbook Commission, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the State Board of Commercial Education, including the power to take, hold and convey property, both real and personal, to the same extent that any corporation might take, hold and convey the same under the laws of this State. (1955, c. 1372, art. 2, s. 2; 1957, c. 541, s. 11; 1961, c. 969; 1963, c. 448, ss. 24, 27; c. 688, ss. 1, 2; c. 1223, s. 1; 1965, c. 1185, s. 2; 1967, c. 643, s. 1; 1969, c. 517, s. 1; 1971, c. 704, s. 4; c. 745; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; c. 675; 1975, c. 699, s. 2; c. 975; 1979, c. 300, s. 1; c. 935; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1997-443, s. 11A.122.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-416 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 30 - Financial Powers of the State Board of Education.|§ 115C-416 - Power to allot funds for teachers and other personnel.

 115C-416. Power to allot funds for teachers and other personnel.The Board shall have power to provide for the enrichment and strengthening of educational opportunities for the children of the State, and when sufficient State funds are available to provide first for the allotment of such a number of teachers as to prevent the teacher loan from being too great in any school, the Board is authorized, in its discretion, to make an additional allotment of teaching personnel to local school administrative units of the State to be used either jointly or separately, as the Board may prescribe. Such additional teaching personnel may be used in the local school administrative units as librarians, special teachers, or supervisors of instruction and for other special instructional services such as art, music, physical education, adult education, special education, or industrial arts as may be authorized and approved by the Board. The salary of all such personnel shall be determined in accordance with the State salary schedule adopted by the Board.In addition, the Board is authorized and empowered in its discretion, to make allotments of funds for clerical assistants for classified principals and for school social workers.The Board is further authorized, in its discretion, to allot teaching personnel to local school administrative units for experimental programs and purposes.The Board may also allot teaching and other positions, within funds available, to local school administrative units to allow local units to place personnel occupying those positions in private hospitals and treatment facilities for the limited purpose of providing education to students confined to those institutions. The Board shall adopt rules to ensure that any such placements do not contribute to the profitability of private institutions and that they are otherwise in accordance with State and federal law. (1955, c. 1372, art. 2, s. 2; 1957, c. 541, s. 11; 1961, c. 969; 1963, c. 448, ss. 24, 27; c. 688, ss. 1, 2; c. 1223, s. 1; 1965, c. 1185, s. 2; 1967, c. 643, s. 1; 1969, c. 517, s. 1; 1971, c. 704, s. 4; c. 745; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; c. 675; 1975, c. 699, s. 2; c. 975; 1979, c. 300, s. 1; c. 935; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1985, c. 686, s. 1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1066, s. 92.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-417 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 30 - Financial Powers of the State Board of Education.|§ 115C-417 - Availability of funds allocated for staff development.

 115C-417. Availability of funds allocated for staff development.Funds allocated by the State Board of Education for staff development at the local level shall become available for expenditure on July 1 of each fiscal year and shall remain available for expenditure until December 31 of the subsequent fiscal year. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 900, s. 63(c); 1997-443, s. 8.21.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-422 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 31 - The School Budget and Fiscal Control Act.|§ 115C-422 - Short title.

 115C-422. Short title.This Article may be cited as "The School Budget and Fiscal Control Act." (1975, c. 437, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1.)