North Carolina § 115C-238 - 60. Purpose.

§ 115C-238. 60. Purpose.

The purpose of this Part is to authorize local boards of education to jointly establish a regional school to serve enrolled students in two or more local school administrative units that will expand student opportunities for educational success through high quality instructional programming. Regional schools may include partnerships with other education partners, including institutions of higher education and private businesses or organizations, and shall foster, encourage, and promote the development of knowledge and skills in career clusters of critical importance to the region. Except as otherwise provided in this Part, a regional school is exempt from statutes and rules applicable to a local board of education or local school administrative unit. History (2011-241, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2011-241, s. 1, enacted this section as G.S. 115C-238.56 A. It has been renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2018-5, s. 7.16(a), (b), effective June 12, 2018, provides: "(a) The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee shall study the current statutory requirements for the formation, approval, and expansion of regional schools and shall study the issue of whether a withdrawal process for participating units from a regional school should be added to the statutes governing regional schools. The Committee shall make recommendations on any statutory changes no later than January 15, 2019, to the General Assembly. "(b) No participating unit in an approved regional school currently operating in the State shall withdraw from the regional school unless the General Assembly, following the review and recommendations of the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, provides a statutory process for such withdrawal. Participating units shall continue to receive allotments for student seats, transfer local funds to the regional school, provide transportation, and comply with all other requirements of Part 10 of Article 16 of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes for participating units." Session Laws 2018-5, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2018.'" Session Laws 2018-5, s. 39.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2018-2019 fiscal year." Session Laws 2018-5, s. 39.7, is a severability clause.