Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 3rd edition. Amends proposed GS 115C-238.56B to clarify that a regional school is a school created under proposed GS 115C-238.56C which includes grades nine through twelve and may include grades seven and eight. Also defines regional school board of directors or board of directors as the governing board of a regional school appointed under GS 115C-238.56D.
Amends GS 115B-2(a)(6) to clarify that the waiver of tuition for a student enrolled in a regional school who enrolls in classes at a UNC constituent institution or community college applies only if there is a written agreement between the regional school and the constituent institution or community college.
Under current law, in order to establish a cooperative innovative high school program under Part 9 of GS Chapter 115C, Article 16, a local board of education must make a joint application with at least one local board of trustees of a community college, constituent institution of the University of North Carolina, or private college located in North Carolina. Amends GS 115C-238.50A to define the term local board of education to mean a local board as defined in GS 115C-5(5) or a regional school board of directors as defined in proposed GS 115C-238.56B(5).