116C-1. Education Cabinet created. (a) The Education Cabinet is created. The Education Cabinet shall be located administratively within, and shall exercise its powers within existing resources of, the Office of the Governor. However, the Education Cabinet shall exercise its statutory powers independently of the Office of the Governor. (b) The Education Cabinet shall consist of […]
116C-3. Strategic design for a continuum of education programs. The Education Cabinet shall develop a strategic design for a continuum of education programs. A continuum of education programs is the complement of programs delivered by the State to learners at all levels. The new design shall take into account issues raised by the Government Performance […]
116C-4. First in America Innovative Education Initiatives Act. (a) The General Assembly strongly endorses the Governor’s goal of making North Carolina’s system of education first in America by 2010. With that as the goal, the Education Cabinet shall set as a priority cooperative efforts between secondary schools and institutions of higher education so as to […]
116C-5. STEM education priorities. (a) The Education Cabinet shall set as a priority an increase in the number of students earning postsecondary credentials in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to reduce the gap between needed credentialed workers and available jobs in those fields by 2015. (b) The Education Cabinet shall encourage cooperative […]
