North Carolina § 115C-238 - 51. Application process.

§ 115C-238. 51. Application process.

A local board of education and at least one local board of trustees shall jointly apply to establish a cooperative innovative high school program under this Part. The application shall contain at least the following information: A description of a program that implements the purposes in G.S. 115C-238.50. A statement of how the cooperative innovative high school relates to the Economic Vision Plan adopted for the economic development region in which the cooperative innovative high school is to be located. The facilities to be used by the cooperative innovative high school and the manner in which administrative services of the school are to be provided. A description of student academic and vocational achievement goals and the method of demonstrating that students have attained the skills and knowledge specified for those goals. A description of how the cooperative innovative high school will be operated, including budgeting, curriculum, transportation, and operating procedures. The process to be followed by the cooperative innovative high school to ensure parental involvement. The process by which students will be selected for and admitted to the cooperative innovative high school. A description of the funds that will be used and a proposed budget for the first five years of the implementation of the cooperative innovative high school. This description shall identify how the average daily membership (ADM) and full-time equivalent (FTE) students are counted. If additional funds are requested, a description of how those additional funds will be used shall be submitted. Additional funds may include the cooperative innovative high school allotment and tuition payments. For cooperative innovative high schools that have a community college as their partner institution of higher education, the proposed budget shall include the cost of including their students in calculations of budget full-time equivalent students for the North Carolina Community College System. The qualifications required for individuals employed in the cooperative innovative high school. The number of students to be served. A description of how the cooperative innovative high school's effectiveness in meeting the purposes in G.S. 115C-238.50 will be measured. The application shall be submitted to the State Board of Education and the applicable governing Board. If the partner institution of higher education is a private North Carolina college, the application shall be submitted solely to the State Board of Education. , (e) Repealed by Session Laws 2012-142, s. 7.11(b), effective July 2, 2012. History (2003-277, s. 2; 2005-276, s. 7.33(a); 2005-345, ss. 6(b), 6(c); 2011-145, s. 7.1A(j); 2012-142, s. 7.11(b).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2012-142, s. 7.10, provides: "Notwithstanding G.S. 115C-238.51 , the State Board of Education shall approve the establishment of a cooperative innovative high school pilot by the local boards of education of the Davidson County Schools, Thomasville City Schools, and Lexington City Schools and the local board of trustees of Davidson County Community College under Part 9 of Article 16 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes. The pilot shall be known as the Yadkin Valley Regional Career Academy." Session Laws 2012-142, s. 1.2, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2012.'" Session Laws 2012-142, s. 27.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2012-2013 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2012-2013 fiscal year." Session Laws 2012-142, s. 27.7, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-276, s. 7.33(a), effective July 1, 2005, in subsection (a), substituted "at least one" for "a" and deleted "of a community college" following "trustees"; in subsection (c), in the first sentence, substituted "applicable governing Boards" for "State Board of Community Colleges" and in the second sentence, substituted "Boards" for "State Board of Education and the State Board of Community Colleges" and deleted "State" following "recommend to the"; and in subsection (d), deleted the former first sentence, which read: "The State Board of Education and the State Board of Community Colleges shall approve two cooperative innovative high school programs in each of the State's economic development regions." and deleted "State" preceding "Boards" in the first and second sentences, and in the third sentence, substituted "State Board of Education and the applicable governing Board" for "State Boards." Session Laws 2005-345, ss. 6(b) and 6(c), effective July 1, 2005, deleted "by November 1 of each year" from the end of the first sentence of subsection (c); and substituted "June 30" for "March 15" in the first sentence of subsection (d). Session Laws 2011-145, s. 7.1A(j), effective January 1, 2012, added subsection (e). Session Laws 2012-142, s. 7.11(b), effective July 2, 2012, substituted "cooperative innovative high school" for "program" throughout; in subdivision (b)(3), substituted "school" for "program"; in subdivision (b)(8), substituted "the first five years of the implementation of the cooperative innovative high school" for "the program" and added the last three sentences; in subsection (c), rewrote the second sentence, which read "The Boards shall appoint a joint advisory committee to review the applications and to recommend to the Boards those programs that meet the requirements of this Part and that achieve the purposes set out in G.S. 115C-238.50 "; deleted subsection (d) pertaining to the Boards' power to approve applications; and deleted subsection (e) which read: "No additional State funds shall be provided to approved programs unless appropriated by the General Assembly."