North Carolina § 115C-238 - 65. Board of directors; corporate powers.

§ 115C-238. 65. Board of directors; corporate powers.

The board of directors of the regional school shall be known and distinguished by the name of "The ________ Regional School Board of Directors" and shall continue as a body politic and corporate and by that name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal. It shall be able and capable in law to take, demand, receive, and possess all moneys, goods, and chattels that shall be given for the use of the regional school, and to apply to same according to the will of the donors; and by gift, purchase, or devise to receive, possess, enjoy, and retain forever any and all real and personal estate and funds, of whatsoever kind, nature, or quality the same may be, in special trust and confidence that the same, or the profits thereof, shall be applied to and for the use and purpose of establishing and endowing the regional school, and shall have power to receive donations from any source whatsoever, to be devoted exclusively to the purposes of the maintenance of the regional school, or according to the terms of the donation. The board of directors shall be able and capable in law to bargain, sell, grant, alien, or dispose of and convey and assure to the purchasers any and all such real and personal estate and funds as it may lawfully acquire when the condition of the grant to it or the will of the devisor does not forbid it; and shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued in all courts whatsoever; and shall have power to open and receive subscriptions; and in general may do all such things as are usually done by bodies corporate and politic, or such as may be necessary for the promotion of learning and virtue. History (2011-241, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2011-241, s. 1, enacted this section as G.S. 115C-238.56 F. It has been renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Legal Periodicals. - For note, "The Class is Greener on the Other Side: How Private Donations to Public Schools Play Into Fair Funding,” see 67 Duke L.J. 427 (2017).