Chapter 115D - Community Colleges.

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Chapter 115D
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Article 1 - General Provisions for State Administration.
G.S. 115D-1
§ 115D-1. Statement of purpose.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-1.3
§ 115D-1.3. Accreditation of secondary school located in North Carolina shall not be a factor in admissions, loans, scholarships, or other educational policies.
G.S. 115D-2
§ 115D-2. Definitions.
G.S. 115D-2.1
§ 115D-2.1: Repealed by Session Laws 2021-90, s. 25.2(b), effective July 22, 2021.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-2.2
§ 115D-2.2. State Board of Community Colleges.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-3
§ 115D-3. Community Colleges System Office; staff; reorganization authority.
G.S. 115D-4
§ 115D-4. Establishment of institutions.
G.S. 115D-4.1
§ 115D-4.1. College transfer program approval; standards for programs; annual reporting requirements.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-5
§ 115D-5. Administration of institutions by State Board of Community Colleges; personnel exempt from North Carolina Human Resources Act; extension courses; tuition waiver; in-plant training; contracting, etc., for establishment and operation of extension units of the community college system; use of existing public school facilities.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-5.1
§ 115D-5.1. Workforce Development Programs.
G.S. 115D-5.2
§ 115D-5.2. Commercial fishing and aquaculture classes.
G.S. 115D-6
§ 115D-6. Withdrawal of State support.
G.S. 115D-6.5
§ 115D-6.5. Notice of noncompliance; appointment of an interim board of trustees.
G.S. 115D-7
§ 115D-7. Establishment of private, nonprofit corporations.
G.S. 115D-8
§ 115D-8. Repealed by Session Laws 1999-84, s. 4.
G.S. 115D-9
§ 115D-9. Powers of State Board regarding certain fee negotiations, contracts, and capital improvements.
Modified by:
Article 1A - ApprenticeshipNC.
G.S. 115D-11.5
§ 115D-11.5. Purpose.
G.S. 115D-11.6
§ 115D-11.6. Apprenticeship Council.
G.S. 115D-11.7
§ 115D-11.7. ApprenticeshipNC.
G.S. 115D-11.8
§ 115D-11.8. Powers and duties of Director of ApprenticeshipNC.
G.S. 115D-11.9
§ 115D-11.9. Apprenticeship committees and program sponsors.
G.S. 115D-11.10
§ 115D-11.10. Definition of an apprentice.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-11.11
§ 115D-11.11. Contents of agreement.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-11.12
§ 115D-11.12. Approval of apprentice agreements; signatures.
G.S. 115D-11.13
§ 115D-11.13. Rotation of employment.
G.S. 115D-11.14
§ 115D-11.14. Limitation.
Article 2 - Local Administration.
G.S. 115D-12
§ 115D-12. Each institution to have board of trustees; selection of trustees.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-13
§ 115D-13. Terms of office of trustees.
G.S. 115D-14
§ 115D-14. Board of trustees a body corporate; corporate name and powers; title to property.
G.S. 115D-15
§ 115D-15. Sale, exchange or lease of property; use of proceeds from donated property.
G.S. 115D-15.1
§ 115D-15.1. Disposition, acquisition, and construction of property by community college.
G.S. 115D-16
§ 115D-16. Elective officials serving as trustees.
G.S. 115D-17
§ 115D-17. Compensation of trustees.
G.S. 115D-18
§ 115D-18. Organization of boards; meetings.
G.S. 115D-19
§ 115D-19. Removal of trustees.
G.S. 115D-20
§ 115D-20. Powers and duties of trustees.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-20.1
§ 115D-20.1. Policy prohibiting tobacco use in community college buildings, grounds, and at community college-sponsored events.
G.S. 115D-20.2
§ 115D-20.2. Student organizations; rights and recognition.
G.S. 115D-21
§ 115D-21. Traffic regulations; fines and penalties.
G.S. 115D-21.1
§ 115D-21.1. Campus law enforcement agencies.
G.S. 115D-21.5
§ 115D-21.5. NC Career Coach Program.
G.S. 115D-22
§ 115D-22. State Retirement System for Teachers and State Employees; social security.
G.S. 115D-23
§ 115D-23. Workers' Compensation Act applicable to institutional employees.
G.S. 115D-24
§ 115D-24. Waiver of governmental immunity from liability for negligence of agents and employees of institutions; liability insurance.
G.S. 115D-25
§ 115D-25. Purchase of annuity or retirement income contracts for employees by local boards of trustees.
G.S. 115D-25.1
§ 115D-25.1. Dependent care assistance program.
G.S. 115D-25.2
§ 115D-25.2. Flexible Compensation Plan.
G.S. 115D-25.3
§ 115D-25.3. Voluntary shared leave.
G.S. 115D-25.4
§ 115D-25.4. Department of State Treasurer-sponsored 403(b) option.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-26
§ 115D-26. Conflict of interest.
Article 2A - Privacy of Employee Personnel Records.
G.S. 115D-27
§ 115D-27. Personnel files not subject to inspection.
G.S. 115D-28
§ 115D-28. Certain records open to inspection.
G.S. 115D-29
§ 115D-29. Confidential information in personnel files; access to information.
G.S. 115D-30
§ 115D-30. Remedy of employee objecting to material in file.
Article 3 - Financial Support.
G.S. 115D-31
§ 115D-31. State financial support of institutions.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-31.1
§ 115D-31.1. Liability insurance.
G.S. 115D-31.2
§ 115D-31.2. Maintenance of plant.
G.S. 115D-31.3
§ 115D-31.3. Institutional performance accountability.
G.S. 115D-32
§ 115D-32. Local financial support of institutions.
G.S. 115D-33
§ 115D-33. Providing local public funds for institutions established under this Chapter; elections.
G.S. 115D-34
§ 115D-34. Providing local public funds for institutions previously established.
G.S. 115D-35
§ 115D-35. Requests for elections to provide funds for institutions.
G.S. 115D-36
§ 115D-36. Elections on question of the addition of a college transfer program at an institution and issuance of bonds therefor.
G.S. 115D-37
§ 115D-37. Payment of expenses of special elections under Chapter.
G.S. 115D-38
§ 115D-38. Authority to issue bonds and notes, to levy taxes and to appropriate nontax revenues.
G.S. 115D-39
§ 115D-39. Student tuition and fees.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-39.1
§ 115D-39.1. Tuition surcharge.
G.S. 115D-40
§ 115D-40. Repealed by Session Laws 1999-237, s.9.4(c).
G.S. 115D-40.1
§ 115D-40.1. Targeted Financial Assistance for Community College Students; participation in federal programs.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-40.2
§ 115D-40.2. Semester limitation on eligibility for North Carolina Community College grants. [Repealed effective July 1, 2023 — see note]
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-40.5
§ 115D-40.5. Annual report on NC Community College Childcare Grant Program.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-41
§ 115D-41. Restrictions on contracts with local school administrative units; use of community college facilities by public school students pursuant to cooperative programs.
G.S. 115D-42
§ 115D-42: Repealed by Session Laws 2018-5, s. 9.6(a), effective July 1, 2018.
G.S. 115D-43
§ 115D-43. Funds for an intercollegiate athletics program.
G.S. 115D-44
§ 115D-44 Reserved for future codification purposes.
Article 4 - Budgeting, Accounting, and Fiscal Management.
G.S. 115D-45 through 115D-53
§§ 115D-45 through 115D-53. Recodified as §§ 115D-54 to 115D-58.12.
Article 4A - Budgeting, Accounting, and Fiscal Management.
G.S. 115D-54
§ 115D-54. Preparation and submission of institutional budget.
G.S. 115D-55
§ 115D-55. Budget management.
G.S. 115D-56
§ 115D-56. Final adoption of budget.
G.S. 115D-57
§ 115D-57. Interim budget.
G.S. 115D-58
§ 115D-58. Amendments to the budget; budget transfers.
G.S. 115D-58.1
§ 115D-58.1. Federal contracts and grants.
G.S. 115D-58.2
§ 115D-58.2. Allocation of revenue to the institution by the local tax-levying authority.
G.S. 115D-58.3
§ 115D-58.3. Provision for disbursement of State money.
G.S. 115D-58.4
§ 115D-58.4. Provisions for disbursement of local money.
G.S. 115D-58.5
§ 115D-58.5. Accounting system.
G.S. 115D-58.6
§ 115D-58.6. Investment of idle cash.
G.S. 115D-58.7
§ 115D-58.7. Selection of depository; deposits to be secured.
G.S. 115D-58.8
§ 115D-58.8. Facsimile signatures.
G.S. 115D-58.9
§ 115D-58.9. Daily deposits.
G.S. 115D-58.10
§ 115D-58.10. Surety bonds and related insurance.
G.S. 115D-58.11
§ 115D-58.11. Fire and casualty insurance on institutional buildings and contents.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-58.11A
§ 115D-58.11A. Flood insurance.
Modified by:
G.S. 115D-58.12
§ 115D-58.12. Liability insurance; tort actions against boards of trustees.
G.S. 115D-58.13
§ 115D-58.13. Vending facilities.
G.S. 115D-58.14
§ 115D-58.14. Purchasing flexibility.
G.S. 115D-58.15
§ 115D-58.15. Lease purchase and installment purchase contracts for equipment and real property.
G.S. 115D-58.16
§ 115D-58.16. Audits.
Article 5 - Special Provisions.
G.S. 115D-59
§ 115D-59. Multiple-county administrative areas.
G.S. 115D-60
§ 115D-60. Special provisions for Central Piedmont Community College.
G.S. 115D-61
§ 115D-61. Special provisions for Coastal Carolina Community College.
G.S. 115D-62
§ 115D-62. Trustee Association Regions.
G.S. 115D-63 through 115D-67
§§ 115D-63 through 115D-67. Reserved for future codification purposes.
Article 5A - North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology at Gaston College.
G.S. 115D-67.1
§ 115D-67.1. Purpose of the Center.
G.S. 115D-67.2
§ 115D-67.2. Advisory Board.
G.S. 115D-67.3
§ 115D-67.3. Director and other Center personnel.
G.S. 115D-67.4
§ 115D-67.4. Fees collected by the Center; purchases using Center funds.
Article 5B - Manufacturing Solutions Center at Catawba Valley Community College.
G.S. 115D-67.10
§ 115D-67.10. Purpose of the Center.
G.S. 115D-67.11
§ 115D-67.11. Director and other Center personnel.
G.S. 115D-67.12
§ 115D-67.12. Fees collected by the Center; use of Center funds.
Article 6 - Textile Training School.
G.S. 115D-68
§§ 115D-68 through 115D-71: Repealed by Session Laws 2005-103, s. 2, effective July 1, 2005.
G.S. 115D-70
§§ 115D-68 through 115D-71: Repealed by Session Laws 2005-103, s. 2, effective July 1, 2005.
G.S. 115D-71
§§ 115D-68 through 115D-71: Repealed by Session Laws 2005-103, s. 2, effective July 1, 2005.
Article 6A - Motorcycle Safety Instruction.
G.S. 115D-72
§ 115D-72. Motorcycle Safety Instruction Program.
G.S. 115D-73 through 115D-76
§§ 115D-73 through 115D-76. Reserved for future codification purposes.
Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.
G.S. 115D-77
§ 115D-77. Nondiscrimination policy.
G.S. 115D-78
§ 115D-78. Access to information and public records; small business counseling information.
G.S. 115D-79
§ 115D-79. Open meetings.
G.S. 115D-80
§ 115D-80: Repealed by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 8.18(b1), as amended by Session Laws 2011-391, s. 19, effective July 1, 2011.
G.S. 115D-81
§ 115D-81. Saving clauses.
G.S. 115D-82 through 115D-86
§§ 115D-82 through 115D-86. Reserved for future codification purposes.
Article 8 - Proprietary Schools.
G.S. 115D-87
§ 115D-87. Definitions.
G.S. 115D-88
§ 115D-88. Exemptions.
G.S. 115D-89
§ 115D-89. State Board of Community Colleges to administer Article; issuance of diplomas by schools; investigation and inspection; rules.
G.S. 115D-89.1
§ 115D-89.1. State Board of Proprietary Schools.
G.S. 115D-89.2
§ 115D-89.2. Office of Proprietary Schools; staff.
G.S. 115D-89.3
§ 115D-89.3. State Board of Proprietary Schools and State Board of Community Colleges; licensing authority and coordination of responsibilities to administer Article.
G.S. 115D-89.4
§ 115D-89.4. Powers of the State Board of Proprietary Schools.
G.S. 115D-90
§ 115D-90. License required; application for license; school bulletins; requirements for issuance of license; license restricted to courses indicated; supplementary applications.
G.S. 115D-91
§ 115D-91. Duration and renewal of licenses; notice of change of ownership, administration, etc.; license not transferable.
G.S. 115D-92
§ 115D-92. Authority to establish fees; Commercial Education Fund established; refund of fees.
G.S. 115D-93
§ 115D-93. Suspension, revocation or refusal of license; notice and hearing; judicial review; grounds.
G.S. 115D-94
§ 115D-94: Repealed by Session Laws 1983 (Regular Session, 1984), c. 995, s. 17.
G.S. 115D-95
§ 115D-95. Bonds required.
G.S. 115D-95.1
§ 115D-95.1. Student Protection Fund.
G.S. 115D-96
§ 115D-96. Operating school without license or bond made misdemeanor.
G.S. 115D-97
§ 115D-97. Contracts with unlicensed schools and evidences of indebtedness made null and void.
Article 9 - Postsecondary Education Credentials.
G.S. 115D-105
§ 115D-105. Expired effective June 30, 2019.