§ 115C-597 – Administration.
115C-597. Administration. (a) Rules and Regulations. – The Authority shall establish rules and regulations for the administration of the program, including the following: (1) The administration and awarding of scholarship funds, including a lottery process for the selection of recipients within the criteria established by G.S. 115C-592(a), if necessary. (2) Requiring a surety bond or […]
§ 115C-598 – Reporting requirements.
115C-598. Reporting requirements. The Authority shall report annually, no later than October 15, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the following information from the prior school year: (1) Total number, grade level, race, ethnicity, and sex of eligible students receiving scholarship funds. (2) Total amount of scholarship funding awarded. (3) Number of students […]
§ 115C-599 – Duties of State agencies.
115C-599. Duties of State agencies. (a) The State Board, as part of its duty to monitor all local education agencies to determine compliance with this Article and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. 1400, et seq., (2004), as amended, and federal regulations adopted under that act, as provided in G.S. 115C-107.4, shall […]
§ 115C-600 – Funds for Personal Education Student Accounts.
115C-600. Funds for Personal Education Student Accounts. The General Assembly finds that due to the continued growth and ongoing need in this State to provide opportunity for school choice for children with disabilities, it is imperative that the State provide an increase in funds of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) each fiscal year for […]
§ 115C-562.7 – Authority reporting requirements.
115C-562.7. Authority reporting requirements. (a) Repealed by Session Laws 2014-100, s. 8.25(e), effective August 7, 2014. (b) The Authority shall report annually, no later than October 15, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the following information from the prior school year: (1) Total number, grade level, race, ethnicity, and sex of eligible students […]
§ 115C-593 – Student continuing eligibility.
115C-593. Student continuing eligibility. After the initial disbursement of funds, the Authority shall ensure that the student’s continuing eligibility is assessed at least every three years by one of the following: (1) The local education agency. – The local education agency shall assess if the student continues to be a child with a disability and […]
§ 115C-562.8 – The Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve.
115C-562.8. The Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve. (a) The Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve is established as a reserve to be administered by the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for the purpose of allocating funds to the Authority for the award of scholarship grants in accordance with this Part. The Reserve […]
§ 115C-594 – Verification of eligibility; information from other State agencies.
115C-594. Verification of eligibility; information from other State agencies. (a) Verification of Information. – The Authority may seek verification of information on any application for the award of scholarship funds for a personal education student account. The Authority shall establish rules for the verification process. If a household fails to cooperate with verification efforts, the […]
§ 115C-563 – Definitions.
115C-563. Definitions. As used in this Part or Parts 1 and 2 of this Article: (a) "Home school" means a nonpublic school consisting of the children of not more than two families or households, where the parents or legal guardians or members of either household determine the scope and sequence of academic instruction, provide academic […]
§ 115C-595 – Parental agreement; use of funds.
115C-595. Parental agreement; use of funds. (a) Parental Agreement. – The Authority shall provide the parent of a scholarship recipient with a written agreement, applicable for each year the eligible student receives scholarship funds under this Article, to be signed and returned to the Authority prior to receiving the scholarship funds. The agreement shall be […]