§ 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-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 […]
§ 115C-564 – Qualifications and requirements.
115C-564. Qualifications and requirements. A home school shall make the election to operate under the qualifications of either Part 1 or Part 2 of this Article and shall meet the requirements of the Part elected, except that any requirement related to safety and sanitation inspections shall be waived if the school operates in a private […]
§ 115C-596 – Identification of nonpublic schools and distribution of personal education student account information.
115C-596. Identification of nonpublic schools and distribution of personal education student account information. (a) List of Nonpublic Schools. – The Division shall provide annually by February 1 to the Authority a list of all nonpublic schools operating in the State that meet the requirements of Part 1, 2, or 3 of Article 39 of this […]
§ 115C-565 – Requirements exclusive.
115C-565. Requirements exclusive. No school which complies with this Part shall be subject to any other provision of law relating to education except requirements of law respecting immunization. The Division of Nonpublic Education, Department of Administration, shall provide to home schools information about meningococcal meningitis and influenza and their vaccines. This information may be provided […]
§ 115C-566 – Driving eligibility certificates; requirements.
115C-566. Driving eligibility certificates; requirements. (a) The Secretary of Administration, upon consideration of the advice of the Division of Nonpublic Education in the Department of Administration and representatives of nonpublic schools, shall adopt rules for the procedures a person who is or was enrolled in a home school, in a nonpublic school that is not […]