143B-139.6C. Cooling-off period for certain Department employees. (a) Ineligible Vendors. – The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall not contract for goods or services with a vendor that employs or contracts with a person who is a former employee of the Department and uses that person in the administration of a […]
143B-139.7. Consolidated county human services funding. (a) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt rules and policies to provide that: (1) Any dedicated funding streams for local public health services, for social services, and for mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services may flow to a consolidated county human […]
143B-142 through 143B-146: Recodified as 130A-29 through 130A-33 by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 175.
143B-146.1. Mission of schools; definitions. (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the mission of the residential school community is to challenge with high expectations each child to learn, to achieve, and to fulfill his or her potential. (b) The following definitions apply in this Part: (1) Reserved. (2) Department. – The […]
143B-146.10. Development of performance standards and criteria for certificated personnel. The State Board, in consultation with the Secretary, shall revise and develop uniform performance standards and criteria to be used in evaluating certificated personnel, including school administrators. These standards and criteria shall include improving student achievement, employee skills, and employee knowledge. The standards and criteria […]
143B-146.11. School calendar. Each school shall adopt a school calendar that includes a minimum of 180 days and 1,000 hours of instruction covering at least nine calendar months. In the development of its school calendar, each school shall consult with parents, the residential school personnel, and the local school administrative unit in which that school […]
143B-146.13. School technology plan. (a) No later than December 15, 1998, the Secretary shall develop a school technology plan for the residential schools that meets the requirements of the State school technology plan. In developing a school technology plan, the Secretary is encouraged to coordinate its planning with other agencies of State and local government, […]
143B-146.14. Dispute resolution; appeals to Secretary. The Secretary shall establish a procedure for the resolution of disputes between the residential schools and the parents or guardians of students who attend the schools. An appeal shall lie from the decision of all residential school personnel to the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee. In all of these […]
143B-146.15. Duty to report certain acts to law enforcement. When the principal has personal knowledge or actual notice from residential school personnel or other reliable source that an act has occurred on school property involving assault resulting in serious personal injury, sexual assault, sexual offense, rape, kidnapping, indecent liberties with a minor, assault involving the […]
143B-146.16. Residential school personnel criminal history checks. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Criminal history" means a county, state, or federal criminal history of conviction of a crime, whether a misdemeanor or a felony, that indicates the employee (i) poses a threat to the physical safety of students or personnel, or (ii) has demonstrated […]
143B-146.2. School-Based Management and Accountability Program in residential schools. (a) The Secretary, in consultation with the General Assembly and the State Board, may designate residential schools that must participate in the Program. The primary goal of the Program is to improve student performance. The Program is based upon an accountability, recognition, assistance, and intervention process […]
143B-146.21. Policies, reports, and other miscellaneous provisions. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall consult with the State Board of Education in its implementation of this act as it pertains to improving the educational programs at the residential schools. The Secretary also shall fully inform and consult with the chairs of the Appropriations […]
143B-146.3. Annual performance goals. The Program shall (i) focus on student performance in the basics of reading, mathematics, and communications skills in elementary and middle schools, (ii) focus on student performance in courses required for graduation and on other measures required by the State Board in the high schools, and (iii) hold participating schools accountable […]
143B-146.5. Identification of low-performing schools. (a) The State Board shall design and implement a procedure to identify low-performing schools on an annual basis. Low-performing schools are those participating schools in which there is a failure to meet the minimum growth standards, as defined by the State Board, and a majority of students are performing below […]
143B-146.6. Assistance teams; review by State Board. (a) The State Board may assign an assistance team to any school identified as low-performing under this Part or to any other school that the State Board determines would benefit from an assistance team. The State Board shall give priority to low-performing schools in which the educational performance […]
143B-146.7. Consequences for personnel at low-performing schools. (a) Within 30 days of the initial identification of a school as low-performing, whether by the Secretary under G.S. 143B-146.5(b) or by the State Board under G.S. 143B-146.5(a), the Secretary shall take one of the following actions concerning the school’s principal: (i) decide whether the principal should be […]
143B-146.8. Evaluation of licensed personnel and principals; action plans; State Board notification. (a) Annual Evaluations; Low-Performing Schools. – The principal shall evaluate at least once each year all licensed personnel assigned to a participating school that has been identified as low-performing but has not received an assistance team. The evaluation shall occur early enough during […]
143B-146.9. Assessment teams. The State Board shall develop guidelines for the Secretary to use to create assessment teams. The Secretary shall assign an assessment team to every low-performing school that has not received an assistance team. The Secretary shall ensure that assessment team members are trained in the proper administration of the employee evaluation used […]
143B-147. Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services – creation, powers and duties. (a) There is hereby created the Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services of the Department of Health and Human Services with the power and duty to adopt, amend and repeal rules to be followed in […]
143B-148. Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services – members; selection; quorum; compensation. (a) The Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services of the Department of Health and Human Services shall consist of 32 members, as follows: (1) Eight shall be appointed by the General Assembly, four upon the […]
