North Carolina § 116-239 - 6. Definitions.

§ 116-239. 6. Definitions.

The following definitions apply in this Article: Advisory board. - An advisory board established by a chancellor under G.S. 116-239.8. Board of trustees. - The board of trustees of a constituent institution. Chancellor. - The chancellor of a constituent institution who operates a laboratory school approved by the Subcommittee on Laboratory Schools under G.S. 116-239.7 or the chancellor's designee. Constituent institution. - A constituent institution of The University of North Carolina with an educator preparation program that has a laboratory school operated in accordance with this Article. Laboratory school. - A public school created under G.S. 116-239.7 that (i) except as otherwise provided in G.S. 116-239.7(a2), is located in a qualifying local school administrative unit that has twenty five percent (25%) or more of the schools located in the unit identified as low-performing under G.S. 115C-105.37 and (ii) serves students in at least three consecutive grade levels in the range of kindergarten through eighth grade. President. - The President of The University of North Carolina. Principal. - The principal of a laboratory school. Subcommittee. - The Subcommittee on Laboratory Schools. History (2016-94, s. 11.6(a); 2017-117, s. 1.) Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2017-117, s. 1, effective July 18, 2017, substituted "a chancellor" for "the board of trustees" in subdivision (1); deleted "that is the governing body of the lab school established under this Article." following "constituent institution" in subdivision (2); added subdivision (2a); rewrote subdivision (3) which formerly read: "Constituent institution. - A constituent institution of The University of North Carolina with an educator preparation program that has been designated by the Board of Governors to establish a laboratory school under G.S. 116-239.5 ."; in subdivision (4), substituted "Laboratory school” for "Laboratory school or lab” in the heading title, added "except as otherwise provided in G.S. 116-239.7(a2) ,” near the beginning of the sentence, added "qualifying” preceding "local school”, added "at least three consecutive grade levels in the range of” near the end; and added subdivisions (4a) and (6).