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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
115C-154. Duties of the State Board of Education. In carrying out its duties, the State Board of Education shall develop and implement any policies, rules, regulations, and procedures as necessary to ensure career and technical education programs of high quality. The State Board of Education shall prepare a Master Plan for Career and Technical Education. […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
