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2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 9C - (Effective July 1, 2024) Schools for Deaf and Blind Students. › § 115C-150.11 - (Effective until July 1, 2024) State Board of Education as governing agency.

§ 115C-150.11. (Effective until July 1, 2024) State Board of Education as governing agency.
The State Board of Education shall be the sole governing agency for the Governor Morehead School for the Blind, the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf, and the North Carolina School for the Deaf. The Superintendent of Public Instruction through the Department of Public Instruction shall be responsible for the administration, including appointment of staff, and oversight of a school governed by this Article. (2013-247, s. 2; 2016-126, 4th Ex. Sess., s. 16.)
§ 115C-150.11. (Effective July 1, 2024) General supervision over schools for the deaf and blind.
(a) State Board of Education Supervision. - The State Board of Education shall have general supervision over the schools for the deaf and blind in accordance with G.S. 115C-12 and shall establish approximately equivalent service areas for each school for the deaf that cover the entire State. In establishing the service area for each school for the deaf, the State Board shall consider both the geographic proximity to the school for the deaf and the population of the service area. The State Board shall evaluate the effectiveness of the schools for the deaf and blind and shall, through the application of the accountability system developed under G.S. 115C-83.15 and G.S. 115C-105.35, measure the educational performance and growth of students placed in each school. If appropriate, the Board may modify this system to adapt to the specific characteristics of these schools. The boards of trustees for the schools for the deaf and blind shall be subject to rules adopted by the State Board of Education in accordance with Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.
(b) Independent Operation. - Except as otherwise provided for in this Article, the schools for the deaf and blind shall be housed administratively within the Department of Public Instruction for purposes of distribution of State funds, but each school for the deaf and blind shall operate independently with a board of trustees as the governing body. The Department of Public Instruction shall include employees of the schools for the deaf and blind in coverage for professional liability policies purchased by the Department for its employees and shall facilitate the purchase of other insurance policies for those schools. In all other matters, the Department of Public Instruction shall provide services, support, and assistance to schools for the deaf and blind in the same manner and degree as for a local school administrative unit. (2013-247, s. 2; 2016-126, 4th Ex. Sess., s. 16; 2023-10, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 9C - (Effective July 1, 2024) Schools for Deaf and Blind Students. › § 115C-150.12B - (Effective July 1, 2024) Employees of schools for the deaf and blind.

§ 115C-150.12B. (Effective July 1, 2024) Employees of schools for the deaf and blind.
(a) Director. – Each board of trustees of a school shall appoint a director for that school, who shall act as secretary to the board of trustees in accordance with G.S. 115C-150.12A and shall manage day-to-day operations of the school and other duties as prescribed by the board of trustees. For purposes of application to other statutes in this Chapter, the director shall be the equivalent of a superintendent of schools and shall fulfill the duties of a superintendent as provided in Article 18 of this Chapter.
(b) Director Duties. – The director shall recommend school personnel to the board of trustees. The director shall supervise the administrative staff of the school, including the principal, director of human resources, and director of business and finance.
(c) Personnel Criteria. – The board of trustees shall employ and provide salary and benefits for a principal, teachers, and other employees in accordance with Article 19, Article 20, Article 21, Article 21A, Article 22, and Article 23 of this Chapter. An employee hired by the board of trustees shall be responsible for fulfilling the duties of that employee's position as required by those Articles. All employees of schools for the deaf and blind are employees of the State.
(d) Personnel Pay. – Schools for the deaf and blind personnel, including teachers, instructional support personnel, and other employees, shall be paid, at a minimum, in accordance with the appropriate State salary schedule for local school administrative unit personnel. Schools for the deaf and blind personnel shall be eligible for all bonuses paid to local school administrative unit personnel to the extent that the schools for the deaf and blind personnel meet all qualifications other than the employer.
(e) Human Resources. – The board of trustees is responsible for providing human resources and employment-related services for the school. The board of trustees may delegate some or all of this responsibility to the director for the school or to the director of human resources, in its discretion. (2023-10, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 9C - (Effective July 1, 2024) Schools for Deaf and Blind Students. › § 115C-150.14 - (Effective until July 1, 2024) Tuition and room and board.

§ 115C-150.14. (Effective until July 1, 2024) Tuition and room and board.
(a) Only children who are residents of North Carolina are entitled to free tuition and room and board at a school governed by this Article.
(b) A school governed by this Article may enroll a foreign exchange student and shall charge the student the full, unsubsidized per capita cost of providing education at the school for the period of the student's attendance. A school that seeks to enroll foreign exchange students under this section shall submit a plan prior to enrolling any of those students to the State Board of Education for approval, including the proposed costs to be charged to the students for attendance and information on compliance with federal law requirements. For the purposes of this section, a foreign exchange student is a student who is domiciled in a foreign country and has come to the United States on a valid, eligible student visa.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, foreign exchange students who have obtained the status of nonimmigrants pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(F) may only be enrolled in a school governed by this Article in grades nine through 12 for a maximum of 12 months at the school. (2013-247, s. 2; 2016-94, s. 8.12(b).)
§ 115C-150.14. (Effective July 1, 2024) Tuition, room, and board for resident students.
(a) A student who is a resident of North Carolina is entitled to free tuition for the educational programs provided by the schools for the deaf and blind.
(b) A student who is a resident of North Carolina whose parent elects for the student to board at the school in order to access the educational program is entitled to free room and board.
(c) Repealed by Session Laws 2023-10, s. 1, effective July 1, 2024. (2013-247, s. 2; 2016-94, s. 8.12(b); 2023-10, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 9C - (Effective July 1, 2024) Schools for Deaf and Blind Students. › § 115C-150.14A - (Effective July 1, 2024) Nonresident students.

§ 115C-150.14A. (Effective July 1, 2024) Nonresident students.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Foreign exchange student. – A student who is domiciled in a foreign country and has come to the United States on a valid, eligible student visa.
(2) Nonresident student. – An out-of-state student or foreign exchange student.
(3) Out-of-state student. – A student who is domiciled in a state other than North Carolina.
(b) Schools for the deaf and blind may enroll nonresident students in the educational program who otherwise meet admissions criteria established for all students. A school shall charge the full, unsubsidized per capita cost of providing education at the school for the period of the nonresident student's attendance, including the cost of tuition, and the cost of room and board for any student whose parent elects for the student to board at the school in order to access the educational program.
(c) Schools for the deaf and blind that seek to enroll nonresident students under this section shall submit a plan prior to enrolling any of those students to the board of trustees for approval, including the proposed costs to be charged to the nonresident students for tuition and room and board and information on compliance with federal law requirements. (2023-10, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 9C - (Effective July 1, 2024) Schools for Deaf and Blind Students. › § 115C-150.16 - (Effective July 1, 2024) Applicability of Chapter.

§ 115C-150.16. (Effective July 1, 2024) Applicability of Chapter.
Except as otherwise provided in this Article and Article 7B of this Chapter, the requirements of this Chapter shall not apply to the schools for the deaf and blind. Schools for the deaf and blind shall be considered a State agency, as defined in G.S. 143C-1-1, and shall comply with all requirements for State agencies unless otherwise specified in this Article. Schools for the deaf and blind shall not be considered local school administrative units. (2023-10, s. 1; 2023-106, s. 2(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-151 - Statement of purpose.

§ 115C-151. Statement of purpose.
It is the intent of the General Assembly that career and technical education be an integral part of the educational process. The State Board of Education shall administer through local boards of education a comprehensive program of career and technical education that shall be available to all students, with priority given to students in grades eight through 12, who desire it in the public secondary schools and middle schools of this State. The purposes of career and technical education in North Carolina public secondary schools shall be as follows:
(1) Occupational Skill Development. – To prepare individuals for paid or unpaid employment in recognized occupations, new occupations, and emerging occupations.
(2) Preparation for Advanced Education. – To prepare individuals for participation in advanced or highly skilled career and technical education.
(3) Career Development; Introductory. – To assist individuals in the making of informed and meaningful occupational choices.
It is also legislative intent to authorize the State Board of Education to support appropriate career and technical education instruction and related services for individuals who have special career and technical education needs which can be fulfilled through a comprehensive career and technical education program as designated by State Board of Education policy or federal career and technical education legislation. (1977, c. 490, s. 2; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1987, c. 738, s. 183; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2004-124, s. 7.15(b); 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-152 - Definitions.

§ 115C-152. Definitions.
The State Board of Education shall provide appropriate definitions to career and technical education programs, services, and activities in grades five through 12 not otherwise included in this Part. As used in this Part, the following definitions apply, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Career development; introductory; or career awareness program" means an instructional program, service, or activity designed to familiarize individuals with the broad range of occupations for which special skills are required and the requisites for careers in such occupations. A career awareness program offered to elementary school students shall encourage students to explore career pathways and prepare students for the transition to middle school career planning.
(2) "Comprehensive career and technical education" means instructional programs, services, or activities directly related to preparation for and placement in employment, for advanced technical preparation, or for the making of informed and meaningful educational and occupational choices.
(3) "Occupational skill development" means a program, service, or activity designed to prepare individuals for paid or unpaid employment as semiskilled or skilled workers, technicians, or professional-support personnel in recognized occupations and in new and emerging occupations including occupations or a trade, technical, business, health, office, homemaking, homemaking-related, agricultural, marketing, and other nature. Instruction is designed to fit individuals for initial employment in a specific occupation or a cluster of closely related occupations in an occupational field. This instruction includes education in technology, manipulative skills, theory, auxiliary information, application of academic skills, and other associated abilities.
(4) "Preparation for advanced education" means a program, service, or activity designed to prepare individuals for participation in advanced or highly skilled post-secondary and technical education programs leading to employment in specific occupations or a cluster of closely related occupations and for participation in career and technical education teacher education programs. (1977, c. 490, s. 2; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1987, c. 738, s. 184; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-153 - Administration of career and technical education.

§ 115C-153. Administration of career and technical education.
The State Board of Education shall be the sole State agency for the State administration of career and technical education at all levels, shall be designated as the State Board of Career and Technical Education, and shall have all necessary authority to cooperate with any and all federal agencies in the administration of national acts assisting career and technical education, to administer any legislation pursuant thereto enacted by the General Assembly of North Carolina, and to cooperate with local boards of education in providing career and technical education programs, services, and activities for youth and adults residing in the areas under their jurisdiction. (1977, c. 490, s. 2; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-154.1 - Approval of local career and technical education plans or applications.

§ 115C-154.1. Approval of local career and technical education plans or applications.
The State Board of Education shall not approve any local board of education career and technical education plans or applications unless the plan or application meets all of the following conditions:
(1) The programs are in accordance with the purposes of G.S. 115C-151.
(2) The career and technical education programs and courses are not duplicated within a local school administrative unit, unless the unit has data to justify the duplication or the unit has a plan to redirect the duplicative programs within three years.
(3) For all current job skill programs, there is a documented need, based on labor market data or follow-up data, or there is a plan to redirect the program within two years.
(4) New career and technical education programs show documented need based on student demand, or for new job skill programs, based on student and labor market demand.
(5) All programs are responsive to technological advances, changing characteristics of the work force, and the academic, technical, and attitudinal development of students.
(6) The local board of education establishes a business advisory council in accordance with Part 4 of this Article. The local board of education shall submit information regarding ongoing consultation with the advisory council as part of the career and technical education local planning system maintained by the State Board of Education and the Department of Public Instruction.
Local programs using the cooperative career and technical education method shall be approved subject to students enrolled being placed in employment commensurate with the respective program criteria. (1987, c. 738, s. 185; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-154.2 - Career and technical education equipment standards.

§ 115C-154.2. Career and technical education equipment standards.
The State Board of Education shall develop equipment standards for each career and technical education program level and shall assist local school administrative units in determining the adequacy of equipment for each career and technical education program available in each local school administrative unit.
The State Board shall also develop a plan to assure that minimum equipment standards for each program are met to the extent that State, local, and federal funds are available for that purpose. The State Board shall consider all reasonable and prudent means to meet these minimum equipment standards and to ensure a balanced career and technical education program for students in the public schools. (1991, c. 570, s. 1; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-155 - Acceptance of benefits of federal career and technical education acts.

§ 115C-155. Acceptance of benefits of federal career and technical education acts.
The State of North Carolina, through the State Board of Education, may accept all the provisions and benefits of acts passed by the Congress of the United States providing federal funds for career and technical education programs: Provided, however, that the State Board of Education shall not accept those funds upon any condition that the public schools of this State shall be operated contrary to any provision of the Constitution or statutes of this State. (1977, c. 490, s. 2; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-156 - State funds for career and technical education.

§ 115C-156. State funds for career and technical education.
It is the intent of the General Assembly of North Carolina to appropriate funds for each fiscal year to support the purposes of career and technical education as set forth in G.S. 115C-151. From funds appropriated, the State Board of Education shall establish a sum of money for State administration of career and technical education and shall allocate the remaining sum on an equitable basis to local school administrative units, except that a contingency fund is established to correct excess deviations that may occur during the regular school year. In the administration of State funds, the State Board of Education shall adopt such policies and procedures as necessary to ensure that the funds appropriated are used for the purpose stated in this Part and consistent with the policy set forth in the Master Plan for Career and Technical Education. (1977, c. 490, s. 2; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-156.2 - Industry certifications and credentials program.

§ 115C-156.2. Industry certifications and credentials program.
(a) It is the intent of the State to encourage students to enroll in and successfully complete rigorous coursework and credentialing processes in career and technical education to enable success in the workplace. To attain this goal, to the extent funds are made available for this purpose, students shall be supported to earn State Board of Education approved industry certifications and credentials as follows:
(1) Students enrolled in public schools and in career and technical education courses shall be exempt from paying any fees for one administration of examinations leading to industry certifications and credentials pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education.
(2) Each school year, at such time as agreed to by the Department of Commerce and the State Board of Education, the Department of Commerce shall provide the State Board of Education with a list of those occupations in high need of additional skilled employees. If the occupations identified in such list are not substantially the same as those occupations identified in the list from the prior year, reasonable notice of such changes shall be provided to local school administrative units.
(3) Local school administrative units shall consult with their local industries, employers, business advisory councils, and workforce development boards to identify industry certification and credentials that the local school administrative unit may offer to best meet State and local workforce needs.
(b) Beginning in 2019, the State Board of Education shall report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by November 15 of each year on the following information:
(1) The number of students in career and technical education courses who earned (i) community college credit and (ii) related industry certifications and credentials.
(2) Implementation of high school diploma endorsements, including adding (i) college, (ii) career, and (iii) college and career endorsements to high school diplomas, through evaluation of at least the following data:
a. Impact on the rates of high school graduation, college acceptance and remediation, and post-high school employment.
b. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the number of students who had to retake a nationally norm-referenced college admissions test to meet the reading benchmark score required by G.S. 115C-12(40) to receive a high school diploma endorsement and the number of students who were not awarded a high school diploma endorsement solely because of the inability to meet the benchmark score for reading required by G.S. 115C-12(40). (2013-360, s. 8.28(b); 2014-115, s. 83; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e); 2017-102, s. 48(e); 2019-165, s. 3.2(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-157 - Responsibility of local boards of education.

§ 115C-157. Responsibility of local boards of education.
(a) Each local school administrative unit, shall provide free appropriate career and technical education instruction, activities, and services in accordance with the provisions of this Part for all youth, with priority given to youth in grades eight through 12, who elect the instruction and shall have responsibility for administering the instruction, activities, and services in accordance with federal and State law and State Board of Education policies.
(b) Each local school administrative unit shall offer as part of its career and technical education program at least two work-based learning opportunities that are related to career and technical education instruction. A work-based learning opportunity shall consist of on-the-job training through an internship, cooperative education, or an apprenticeship program meeting the requirements of Chapter 115D of the General Statutes.
(c) Each local board of education is encouraged to implement a career awareness program for students in grade five to educate students on the career and technical education programs offered in the local school administrative unit. A local board of education that adopts a career awareness program for fifth grade students shall report on program activities and student outcomes from the prior school year to the State Board of Education by October 1 of each year. By November 15 of each year, the State Board shall submit a consolidated report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on program outcomes and any legislative recommendations based on local board of education reports. (1977, c. 490, s. 2; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2004-124, s. 7.15(c); 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-157.1 - Adjunct CTE instructors.

§ 115C-157.1. Adjunct CTE instructors.
(a) Adjunct Hiring Criteria. – The State Board of Education shall develop minimum criteria of relevant education or employment experience to qualify to contract as an adjunct instructor in each career and technical education career cluster. The criteria shall weigh work experience and industry recognized licenses or credentials over educational attainment level. The State Board shall make the minimum criteria available to local boards of education.
(b) Contracting with Adjunct Instructors. – Notwithstanding Article 20 and Part 3 of Article 22 of this Chapter, a local board of education may contract with an individual to serve as an adjunct instructor who meets the adjunct hiring criteria established by the State Board of Education for a specific career and technical education career cluster. The local board of education may contract with an adjunct instructor on an annual or semester basis, subject to the following requirements:
(1) An adjunct instructor may be employed for no more than 20 hours per week or no more than five full consecutive months of employment. An adjunct instructor shall not be eligible to earn paid leave, participate in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, or receive or purchase health benefits through the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees.
(2) An adjunct instructor shall be subject to a criminal history check, to ensure that the person has not been convicted of any crime listed in G.S. 115C-332.
(3) An adjunct instructor shall not be required to hold or apply for licensure as a teacher.
(4) An adjunct instructor must complete preservice training in all of the following areas prior to beginning instruction:
a. The identification and education of children with disabilities.
b. Positive management of student behavior.
c. Effective communication for defusing and deescalating disruptive or dangerous behavior.
d. Safe and appropriate use of seclusion and restraint. (2016-94, s. 8.32(c); 2019-185, s. 2(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-157.5 - Extended year agriculture education program; evaluation of career and technical education agriculture teacher personnel.

§ 115C-157.5. Extended year agriculture education program; evaluation of career and technical education agriculture teacher personnel.
Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 115C-302.1(b2), local boards of education shall provide career and technical education agriculture teacher personnel with adequate resources to provide a career and technical education agriculture education program for 12 calendar months, which includes work-based learning services and instructional and leadership development. A local board of education shall require that career and technical education agriculture teacher personnel who are employed for 12 calendar months, pursuant to G.S. 115C-302.1, are evaluated in the same manner as teachers evaluated in accordance with G.S. 115C-333 or G.S. 115C-333.1, as applicable. (2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-158 - Federal funds division.

§ 115C-158. Federal funds division.
The division between secondary and post-secondary educational systems and institutions of federal funds for which the State Board of Career and Technical Education has responsibility shall, within discretionary limits established by law, require the concurrence of the State Board of Education and the State Board of Community Colleges on and after January 1, 1981. The portion of the approved State Plan for post-secondary career and technical education required by G.S. 115C-154 shall be as approved by the State Board of Community Colleges. (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1130, s. 4; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-159 - Statement of purpose.

§ 115C-159. Statement of purpose.
It is the intent of the General Assembly that practical work experiences within the school and outside the school, which are valuable to students and which are under the supervision of a teacher, should be encouraged as a part of career and technical education instruction in the public secondary schools and middle schools when those experiences are organized and maintained to the best advantage of the career and technical education programs. Those activities are a part of the instructional activities in the career and technical education programs and are not to be construed as engaging in business. Those services, products, and properties generated through these instructional activities are exempt from the requirements of G.S. 115C-518. Local boards of education shall adopt rules for the disposition of these services, products, and properties. Local boards of education may use available financial resources to support that instruction. (1977, c. 490, s. 4; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1983, c. 750, s. 2; 1985, c. 479, s. 32; 1987, c. 738, s. 184; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-160 - Definitions.

§ 115C-160. Definitions.
The State Board of Education shall provide appropriate definitions necessary to this part of career and technical education instruction not otherwise included in this Part. As used in this Part, the following definitions apply, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) The term "building trades training" means the development of career skills through the construction of dwellings or other buildings and related activities by students in career and technical education programs.
(2) The term "production work" means production activities and services performed by students in career and technical education classes under contract with a second party for remuneration. (1977, c. 490, s. 4; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-161 - Duties of the State Board of Education.

§ 115C-161. Duties of the State Board of Education.
The State Board of Education is authorized and directed to establish, maintain, and implement such policies, rules, regulations, and procedures not in conflict with State law or other State Board policies as necessary to assist local boards of education in the conduct of production work experiences performed in connection with approved State Board of Education career and technical education programs. (1977, c. 490, s. 4; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-162 - Use of proceeds derived from production work.

§ 115C-162. Use of proceeds derived from production work.
Unless elsewhere authorized in these statutes, local boards of education shall deposit to the appropriate school account, no later than the end of the next business day after receipt of funds, all proceeds derived from the sale of products or services from production work experiences. These proceeds shall be established as a revolving fund to be used solely in operating and improving career and technical education programs. (1977, c. 490, s. 4; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-163 - Acquisition of land for agricultural education instructional programs.

§ 115C-163. Acquisition of land for agricultural education instructional programs.
Local boards of education may acquire by gift, purchase, or lease for not less than the useful life of any project to be conducted upon the premises, a parcel of land suitable for a land laboratory to provide students with practical instruction in soil science, plant science, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, and other subjects related to the agriculture curriculum.
Each deed, lease, or other agreement for land shall be made to the respective local board of education in which the school offering instruction in agriculture is located; and title to such land shall be examined and approved by the local board of education's attorney.
Any land laboratory thus acquired shall be assigned to the agricultural education program of the school, to be managed with the advice of an agricultural education advisory committee or a specialized subcommittee of a business advisory council as provided under Part 4 of this Article.
The products of the land laboratory not needed for public school purposes may be sold to the public: Provided, however, that all proceeds from the sale of products shall be deposited in the appropriate school account no later than the end of the next business day after receipt of funds. The proceeds shall be established as a revolving fund to be used solely in operating and improving career and technical education programs. (1977, c. 490, s. 4; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-164 - Building trades training.

§ 115C-164. Building trades training.
In the establishment and implementation of production work experience policies, the State Board of Education shall be guided as follows:
(1) Local boards of education may use supplementary tax funds or other local funds available for the support of career and technical education to purchase and develop suitable building sites on which dwellings or other buildings are to be constructed by career and technical education trade classes of each public school operated by local boards of education. Local boards of education may use these funds for each school to pay the fees necessary in securing and recording deeds to these properties for each public school operated by local boards of education and to purchase all materials needed to complete the construction of buildings by career and technical education trade classes and for development of site and property by other career and technical education classes. Local boards of education may use these funds to acquire skilled services, including electrical, plumbing, heating, sewer, water, transportation, grading, and landscaping needed in the construction and completion of buildings, that cannot be supplied by the students in career and technical education trade classes.
(2) Local boards of education may, in conjunction with or in lieu of subdivision (1) of this section, contract with recognized building trades educational foundations or associations in the purchase of land for the construction and development of buildings: Provided however, that all contracts shall be in accordance with the requirements set forth by the State Board of Education. (1977, c. 490, s. 4; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1993, c. 180, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-165 - Advisory committee on production work activities.

§ 115C-165. Advisory committee on production work activities.
The local board of education of each local school administrative unit in which the proposed production work activities are to be undertaken shall appoint appropriate workforce production advisory committees of no less than three persons residing within that administrative unit for each program (or in the case of Trade and Industrial Education, for each specialty) for the purpose of reviewing and making recommendations on such production work activities. Workforce production advisory committees, including agricultural education advisory committees under G.S. 115C-163, may be established as specialized subcommittees of the business advisory councils as provided under Part 4 of this Article. Respective advisory committee members shall be lay persons who are actively involved in the appropriate business or trade. No production work activity shall be undertaken without the involvement of the appropriate advisory committee. (1977, c. 490, s. 4; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1983, c. 750, s. 3; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-166 - Eye protection devices required in certain courses.

§ 115C-166. Eye protection devices required in certain courses.
The governing board or authority of any public or private school or educational institution within the State, wherein shops or laboratories are conducted providing instructional or experimental programs, shall provide for and require that every student and teacher wear industrial-quality eye protective devices at all times while participating in a program that involves any of the following:
(1) Hot solids, liquids or molten metals.
(2) Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, or stamping of any solid materials.
(3) Heat treatment, tempering, or kiln firing of any metal or other materials.
(4) Gas or electric arc welding.
(5) Repair or servicing of any vehicle.
(6) Caustic or explosive chemicals or materials.
These industrial-quality eye protective devices shall be furnished free of charge to the student and teacher. (1969, c. 1050, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-167 - Visitors to wear eye safety devices.

§ 115C-167. Visitors to wear eye safety devices.
Visitors to shops and laboratories subject to the requirements of G.S. 115C-166 shall be furnished with and required to wear industrial-quality eye protective devices while instructional or experimental programs are in progress. (1977, c. 1050, s. 2; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(e).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-168 - "Industrial-quality eye protective devices" defined.

§ 115C-168. "Industrial-quality eye protective devices" defined.
"Industrial-quality eye protective devices", as used in G.S. 115C-166, means devices meeting the standards of the U.S.A. Standard Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection, Z 87.1-1968 approved by the U.S.A. Standards Institute, Inc. (1969, c. 1050, s. 3; 1981, c. 423, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10 - Career and Technical Education. › § 115C-169 - Corrective-protective devices.

§ 115C-169. Corrective-protective devices.
In those cases where corrective-protective devices that require prescription ophthalmic lenses are necessary, such devices shall only be supplied by those persons licensed by the State to prescribe or supply corrective-protective devices. (1969, c. 1050, s. 4; 1981, c. 423, s. 1.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10A - Testing. › § 115C-174.10 - Purposes of the Statewide Testing Program.

§ 115C-174.10. Purposes of the Statewide Testing Program.
The testing programs in this Article have three purposes: (i) to assure that all high school graduates possess those minimum skills and that knowledge thought necessary to function as a member of society; (ii) to provide a means of identifying strengths and weaknesses in the education process in order to improve instructional delivery; and (iii) to establish additional means for making the education system at the State, local, and school levels accountable to the public for results. (1977, c. 522, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1014, s. 74(a); 1995, c. 524, s. 2; 2009-451, s. 7.20(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10A - Testing. › § 115C-174.13 - Public records exemption.

§ 115C-174.13. Public records exemption.
(a) Until the State Board of Education designates that a test is released, any test developed, adopted, or provided by the State Board of Education, as provided in this Article, is not a public record within the meaning of G.S. 132-1. The State Board of Education may develop rules to allow inspection of a test prior to release, but shall require that individuals inspecting the test meet the same standards for confidentiality required for employees of local boards of education in test administration. As used in this section, the term "test" includes both the test and related test materials.
(b) Any written material containing the identifiable scores of individual students on any test taken pursuant to the provisions of this Article is not a public record within the meaning of G.S. 132-1 and shall not be made public by any person, except as permitted under the provisions of the Family Educational and Privacy Rights Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. 1232g. (1977, c. 522, s. 7; c. 541, s. 8; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1014, s. 74(a); 2014-115, s. 49.2.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10A - Testing. › § 115C-174.14 - Provisions for nonpublic schools.

§ 115C-174.14. Provisions for nonpublic schools.
All components of the Statewide Testing Program shall be made available to nonpublic schools in the manner prescribed in G.S. 115C-551 and G.S. 115C-559. (1977, c. 522, s. 8; c. 541, s. 9; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1014, s. 74(a).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10A - Testing. › § 115C-174.15 - (For applicability, see editor's note) Report student performance on local standardized tests.

§ 115C-174.15. (For applicability, see editor's note) Report student performance on local standardized tests.
(a) A local board of education shall provide a student's results on standardized tests required by the local board, as reported pursuant to G.S. 115C-174.12(d), to the following persons and according to the following time lines:
(1) To the student's teachers no later than one week after the standardized test is administered.
(2) To the student's parents no later than 30 days after the standardized test is administered.
(b) If the superintendent of the local school administrative unit determines in writing that extenuating circumstances exist and reports those circumstances to the local board of education, the local board may extend the above time lines in the discretion of the local board of education. (2017-57, s. 7.28A(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10A - Testing. › § 115C-174.16 - (For applicability, see editor's note) Report student performance on statewide, standardized tests.

§ 115C-174.16. (For applicability, see editor's note) Report student performance on statewide, standardized tests.
The Department of Public Instruction shall make available to local boards of education a student's results on all statewide, standardized tests in a timely manner and in an easy-to-read and understandable format a minimum of two weeks prior to the first day of attendance of the next school year. Local boards of education shall make those results available to both the student's teacher of record and parent or guardian prior to the first day of student attendance of the school year. These reports shall include all of the following information:
(1) A clear explanation of the student's performance on the applicable statewide, standardized tests.
(2) Information identifying the student's areas of strength and areas in need of improvement.
(3) Intervention strategies and appropriate resources based on the student's areas of strength and areas in need of improvement, when available.
(4) Longitudinal information on the student's progress in each subject area based on previous statewide, standardized test data, when available.
(5) Information showing the student's score compared to other students in the local school administrative unit, in the State, or, if available, in other states.
(6) Predictive information showing the linkage between the scores attained by the student on the statewide, standardized tests and the scores he or she may potentially attain on nationally recognized college entrance examinations, if available. This information shall be provided in a timely manner as it becomes available to the Department of Public Instruction but may be provided later than the beginning of the school year. (2017-57, s. 7.28A(c).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10A - Testing. › § 115C-174.18 - Opportunity to take Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

§ 115C-174.18. Opportunity to take Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
Every student in the eighth through tenth grades who has completed Algebra I or who is in the last month of Algebra I shall be given an opportunity to take a version of either the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) or the PLAN precursor test to the ACT, at the discretion of the local school administrative unit, one time at no cost to the student. The maximum amount of State funds used for this purpose shall be the cost of the PSAT/NMSQT. (1989, c. 752, s. 77(a); 2005-154, s. 1; 2013-360, s. 8.27(c); 2013-363, s. 3.18.)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10A - Testing. › § 115C-174.22 - (For applicability, see editor's note) Tools for student learning.

§ 115C-174.22. (For applicability, see editor's note) Tools for student learning.
To the extent funds are made available for this purpose, and except as otherwise provided in G.S. 115C-174.11(c)(4), the State Board shall plan for and require the administration of diagnostic tests in the eighth and tenth grades that align to the nationally norm-referenced college admissions test adopted by the State Board through the competitive bid process pursuant to G.S. 115C-174.11(c)(4). The results of the tests shall be used to help diagnose student learning and provide for students an indication of whether they are on track to be remediation-free at a community college or university. (2011-145, s. 7.30(b); 2011-280, ss. 2, 2.1; 2013-208, s. 2; 2017-57, s. 7.26C(b).)
2023 North Carolina General Statutes › Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education › Article 10A - Testing. › § 115C-174.25 - WorkKeys.

§ 115C-174.25. WorkKeys.
To the extent funds are made available for this purpose, the State Board shall plan for and require local school administrative units to make available the appropriate WorkKeys tests for all students who complete a concentration in career and technical education courses. (2011-145, s. 7.30(b); 2011-280, ss. 2, 2.1; 2017-57, s. 7.23H(f).)