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NC Gen Stat § 115C-109.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-109.2 - Adult children with disabilities; surrogate parents.

 115C-109.2. Adult children with disabilities; surrogate parents.(a) When a child with a disability reaches the age of 18, all of the following apply:(1) Notices required under this Article shall be provided to both the child and the child's parent.(2) All other rights accorded to parents under this Article and IDEA transfer to the child.(3) The local educational agency shall notify the child and the child's parent of these transfer rights.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, for a child with a disability who has reached the age of majority under State law and who has not been determined to be incompetent but is determined to not have the ability to provide informed consent with respect to his or her education program, the State Board shall establish procedures for appointing the parent of the child, or if the parent is not available, another appropriate individual, to represent the educational interests of the child throughout the period of eligibility under this section.(c) A reasonable effort must be made to appoint a surrogate for a child with a disability within 30 days of a determination that one of the following conditions exists and that the child needs a surrogate:(1) The parents of that child are not known;(2) The parents, after reasonable efforts, cannot be located; or(3) The child is a ward of the State.(d) A person must be eligible under IDEA to be appointed as a child's surrogate. (1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1079, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 1998-202, s. 4(j); 2000-137, s. 4(m); 2006-69, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-109.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-109.3 - Access to records; opportunity for parents to participate in meetings.

 115C-109.3. Access to records; opportunity for parents to participate in meetings.(a) Each local educational agency shall provide an opportunity for the parents of a child with a disability to examine all records relating to that child and to participate in meetings with respect to the identification, evaluation, and educational placement of the child, and the provision of a free appropriate public education to that child.(b) Local educational agencies may release the records of a child with a disability only as permitted under State or federal law. The parents of a child with a disability may have access to the child's records and may read, inspect, and copy all and any records, data, and information maintained by a local educational agency with respect to that child. Parents, upon their request, are entitled to have those records, data, and information fully explained, interpreted, and analyzed for them by the staff of the agency, unless specifically prohibited by court order. If a request is made under this subsection, the local educational agency shall honor the request within not more than 45 days after it is made or in time for the individual who made the request to prepare for a meeting under subsection (a) of this section, whichever is sooner.(c) The student and the student's parents may add written explanations or clarifications to the records, data, and information and may request the expunction of incorrect, outdated, misleading, or irrelevant entries. If a local educational agency refuses to expunge incorrect, outdated, misleading, or irrelevant entries after having been asked to do so by the parent, the parent may appeal that decision under G.S. 115C-45(c)(2). (1977, c. 927, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 2006-69, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-109.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-109.5 - Prior written notice.

 115C-109.5. Prior written notice.(a) The local educational agency shall provide prompt written notice to parents whenever that agency proposes to initiate or change, or refuses to initiate or change (i) the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of a child, or (ii) the provision of a free appropriate public education to a child with a disability. The local educational agency shall document that all required notices have been sent to and received by parents.(b) This prior written notice shall be in the native language of the parents, unless it clearly is not feasible to translate it, and shall contain all of the following information:(1) A description of the action proposed or refused by the local educational agency.(2) An explanation of why the local educational agency proposes or refuses to take the action and a description of each evaluation procedure, assessment, record, or report that agency used as a basis for the proposed or refused action.(3) A statement that the parent of a child with a disability has protection under the procedural safeguards of this Article and IDEA and, if this notice is not the initial referral for evaluation, the means by which a copy of the procedural safeguards can be obtained.(4) Sources for parents to contact to obtain assistance in understanding this Article and IDEA.(5) A description of other options considered by the IEP Team and the reason why those options were rejected.(6) A description of the factors that are relevant to the local educational agency's proposal or refusal.(7) Any other information required to be included under IDEA. (1973, c. 1293, s. 10; 1975, c. 151, ss. 1, 2; c. 563, ss. 8, 9; 1975, 2nd Sess., c. 983, ss. 79, 80; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; c. 497, ss. 1, 2; 1983, c. 247, s. 6; 1985, c. 412, s. 2; 1987, c. 827, s. 1; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1079, s. 1; 1989, c. 362; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1058; 1991, c. 540, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1030, s. 27; 1993, c. 270, s. 1; 1997-115, s. 1; 2006-69, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-109.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-109.7 - Resolution session.

 115C-109.7. Resolution session.(a) Within 15 days of receiving notice of the parent's petition filed under G.S. 115C-109.6 and before the opportunity for an impartial hearing, the local educational agency shall convene a meeting with the parent and the relevant members of the IEP Team who have specific knowledge of the facts identified in the petition. This meeting shall include a representative of the agency who has decision-making authority on behalf of that agency and may not include an attorney of the local educational agency unless the parent is accompanied by an attorney. If the parent plans to be accompanied by an attorney under this section, the parent must give prior written notice of this fact to the agency. The purposes of the meeting are (i) for the parent to have an opportunity to discuss the petition and the facts that form the basis of the petition and (ii) for the local educational agency to have the opportunity to resolve the dispute.(b) The parent and the local educational agency jointly may agree in writing to waive the meeting under subsection (a) of this section or to use the mediation process described in G.S. 115C-109.4.(c) If the local educational agency does not resolve the dispute to the satisfaction of the parents within 30 days of the agency's receipt of the petition, the impartial hearing under G.S. 115C-109.6 may occur and all of the applicable timelines for that hearing shall commence.(d) If a resolution is reached to resolve the dispute at a meeting under subsection (a) of this section, the parties shall execute a legally binding agreement that is:(1) Signed by both the parent and a representative of the local educational agency who has the authority to bind the agency;(2) Enforceable in any State administrative forum provided for in IDEA, any State court of competent jurisdiction, or in a district court of the United States; and(3) Filed with the person designated by the State Board to receive notices and with the Office of Administrative Hearings.(e) If the parties execute an agreement under subsection (d) of this section, either party may void the agreement by providing written notice within three business days of the agreement's execution to the person designated by the State Board to receive notices, the Office of Administrative Hearings, and the other party. Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, upon receipt of this notice, the impartial hearing under G.S. 115C-109.6 may occur and all of the applicable timelines for that hearing shall commence. (1973, c. 1293, s. 10; 1975, c. 151, ss. 1, 2; c. 563, ss. 8, 9; 1975, 2nd Sess., c. 983, ss. 79, 80; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; c. 497, ss. 1, 2; 1983, c. 247, s. 6; 1985, c. 412, s. 2; 1987, c. 827, s. 1; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1079, s. 1; 1989, c. 362; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1058; 1991, c. 540, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1030, s. 27; 1993, c. 270, s. 1; 1997-115, s. 1; 2006-69, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-109.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-109.8 - Procedural issues.

 115C-109.8. Procedural issues.(a) In matters alleging a procedural violation, the hearing officer may find that a child did not receive a free appropriate public education only if the procedural inadequacies (i) impeded the child's right to a free appropriate public education; (ii) significantly impeded the parents' opportunity to participate in the decision-making process regarding the provision of a free appropriate public education to the parents' child; or (iii) caused a deprivation of educational benefits.(b) A hearing officer may order a local educational agency to comply with procedural requirements under this Article and IDEA. (2006-69, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-110.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-110.1 - Teacher qualifications.

 115C-110.1. Teacher qualifications.The Board shall adopt rules covering the qualifications of and standards for licensure of teachers, teacher assistants, speech-language pathologists, school psychologists, and others involved in the education and training of children with disabilities. (2006-69, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-110.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-110.2 - Interpreters/transliterators.

 115C-110.2. Interpreters/transliterators.Each interpreter or transliterator employed by a local educational agency to provide services to hearing-impaired students must annually complete 15 hours of job-related training that has been approved by the local educational agency. (2002-182, s. 6; 2003-56, s. 3; 2006-69, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-111.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-111.1 - Out-of-state students; eligibility for State funds.

 115C-111.1. Out-of-state students; eligibility for State funds.Notwithstanding any policy or rule adopted by the State Board of Education, if a local school administrative unit provides services to a student under a current IEP from another state while a determination is being made regarding the student's eligibility for services as a child with disabilities in North Carolina, the local school administrative unit is entitled to receive State funding to serve the student while the determination is being made. If the student is later determined not to qualify for services in North Carolina, the local school administrative unit is not required to repay State funds received while the determination is being made. (1997-117, s. 1; 2006-69, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-111.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-111.2 - Contracts with private service providers.

 115C-111.2. Contracts with private service providers.Local educational agencies furnishing special education and related services to children with disabilities may contract with private special education facilities or service providers to furnish any of these services that the public providers are unable to furnish. (1977, c. 927, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 2006-69, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-111.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-111.3 - Cost of education of children in group homes, foster homes, etc.

 115C-111.3. Cost of education of children in group homes, foster homes, etc.(a) Notwithstanding any other State law and without regard for the place of domicile of a parent, the cost of a free appropriate public education for a child with disabilities who is placed in or assigned to a group home or foster home, under State and federal law, shall be borne by the local board of education in which the group home or foster home is located. However, the local school administrative unit in which a child is domiciled shall transfer to the local school administrative unit in which the institution is located an amount equal to the actual local cost in excess of State and federal funding required to educate that child in the local school administrative unit for the fiscal year after all State and federal funding has been exhausted.(b) The State Board of Education shall use State and federal funds appropriated for children with disabilities to establish a reserve fund to reimburse local boards of education for the education costs of children assigned to group homes or other facilities as provided in subsection (a) of this section. Local school administrative units may submit a Special State Reserve Program application for foster home or group home children whose special education and related services costs exceed the per child group home allocation.(c) The Department shall review the current cost of children with disabilities served in the local school administrative units with group homes or foster homes to determine the actual cost of services. (1981, c. 859, s. 29.7; 2002-164, s. 2; 2003-294, s. 1; 2006-69, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-111.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-111.4 - Nonreduction.

 115C-111.4. Nonreduction.Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Article, it is the intent of the General Assembly that funds appropriated by it for the operation of programs of special education and related services by local school administrative units not be reduced; rather, that adequate funding be made available to meet the special educational and related services needs of children with disabilities, without regard to which local educational agency has the child in its care, custody, control, or program. (1977, c. 927, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 2006-69, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-111.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-111.5 - Allocation of federal funds.

 115C-111.5. Allocation of federal funds.Whenever any federal monies for the special education and related services for children with disabilities are made available, these funds shall be allocated according to a formula designed by the Board consistent with federal laws and regulations. This formula shall ensure equitable distribution of resources and shall be implemented as funds are made available from federal and State appropriations. (1977, c. 927, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 2006-69, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-111.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-111.6 - Obligation to provide services for preschool children with disabilities.

 115C-111.6. Obligation to provide services for preschool children with disabilities.State funds appropriated to the public schools to implement preschool services for children with disabilities under this Article and IDEA shall be used to provide special education and related services to preschool children with disabilities. These State funds shall be used to supplement and not supplant existing federal, State, and local funding for the public schools.Preschool children with disabilities will continue to be served by all other State funds to which they are otherwise entitled. (2006-69, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-112.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-112.7 - Verification of eligibility.

 115C-112.7. Verification of eligibility.(a) The Authority may seek verification of information on any application for scholarships from eligible students. If a parent fails to cooperate with verification efforts, the Authority shall revoke the award of the scholarship to the eligible student.(b) Parents of applicants for scholarships shall authorize the Authority to access any information held by the local educational agency that is needed for verification efforts.  (2013-364, s. 4; 2014-49, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-112.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-112.8 - Authority reporting requirements.

 115C-112.8. Authority reporting requirements.(a) The Authority shall report annually, no later than October 15, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the Special Education Scholarships for Children with Disabilities.(b) The annual report shall include all of the following information from the prior school year:(1) Total number, age, and grade level of eligible students receiving scholarships.(2) Total amount of scholarship funding awarded.(3) Nonpublic schools in which scholarship recipients are enrolled and the number of scholarship students at that school.(4) The type of special education or related services for which scholarships were awarded.(5) Total number of applicants by eligibility type, as listed in G.S. 115C-112.5(2)f., and the total number of scholarships awarded by priority type, as listed in G.S. 115C-112.6(a2).  (2013-364, s. 4; 2014-49, s. 6; 2016-94, s. 11A.2(c); 2018-5, s. 10A.1(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-112.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-112.9 - Duties of State agencies.

 115C-112.9. Duties of State agencies.(a) The State Board, as part of its duty to monitor all local educational agencies to determine compliance with this Article and IDEA as provided in G.S. 115C-107.4, shall ensure that local educational agencies do the following:(1) Conduct evaluations requested by a child's parent or guardian of suspected children with disabilities, as defined in G.S. 115C-107.3, in a timely manner as required by IDEA.(2) Provide assessments for continuing eligibility to identified children with disabilities receiving scholarships as provided in Part 1H of this Article at the request of the parent or guardian to ensure compliance with G.S. 115C-112.6(c).(b) The Authority shall analyze, in conjunction with the Department of Public Instruction, past trends in scholarship data on an annual basis to ensure that the amount of funds transferred each fiscal year by the Authority to the Department for reevaluations by local school administrative units of eligible students under G.S. 115C-112.6(c) are sufficient and based on actual annual cost requirements.  (2014-49, s. 7; 2014-101, s. 7.3; 2014-115, s. 68; 2015-241, s. 11.11(b); 2015-248, s. 10(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-123 through 115C-126.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-123 through 115C-126.1 - through 115C-126.1: Recodified as §§ 143B-216.40 through 143B-216.44 by Session Laws 1997-18, s. 12.

 115C-123 through 115C-126.1: Recodified as 143B-216.40 through 143B-216.44 by Session Laws 1997-18, s. 12.
NC Gen Stat § 115C-127 through 115C-128 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-127 through 115C-128 - Recodified as §§ 143B-164.10 and 143B-164.13.

 115C-127, 115C-128: Recodified as 143B-164.10 and 143B-164.13.
NC Gen Stat § 115C-130 through 115C-133 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9 - Education of Children With Disabilities.|§ 115C-130 through 115C-133 - through 115C-133: Recodified as §§ 143B-164.14 through 143B-164.17.

 115C-130 through 115C-133: Recodified as 143B-164.14 through 143B-164.17.
NC Gen Stat § 115C-149 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9A - Children With Chemical Dependency.|§ 115C-149 - Policy. Chemically dependent children excluded from provisions of Article 9.

 115C-149. Policy. Chemically dependent children excluded from provisions of Article 9.The General Assembly of North Carolina hereby declares that the policy of the State is to ensure that an appropriate education is provided for drug and alcohol addicted children; however, drug and alcohol addicted children are not "children with disabilities" within the meaning of G.S. 115C-106.3(1) unless because of some other condition they meet that definition. (1989, c. 316, s. 1; 2006-69, s. 3(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-150 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9A - Children With Chemical Dependency.|§ 115C-150 - State Board to adopt rules.

 115C-150. State Board to adopt rules.The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to ensure that local school administrative units provide an appropriate education for drug and alcohol addicted children. (1989, c. 316.)
NC Gen Stat § 115C-150.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education|Article 9B - Academically or Intellectually Gifted Students.|§ 115C-150.5 - Academically or intellectually gifted students.

 115C-150.5. Academically or intellectually gifted students.The General Assembly believes the public schools should challenge all students to aim for academic excellence and that academically or intellectually gifted students perform or show the potential to perform at substantially high levels of accomplishment when compared with others of their age, experience, or environment. Academically or intellectually gifted students exhibit high performance capability in intellectual areas, specific academic fields, or in both intellectual areas and specific academic fields. Academically or intellectually gifted students require differentiated educational services beyond those ordinarily provided by the regular educational program. Outstanding abilities are present in students from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor. (1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 18.24(f).)