A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to broaden the definition of cooperative innovative high school programs.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑238.50(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Cooperative innovative high school programs may include the creation of a school within a school, a technical high school, a high school or technical center located on the campus of a college or  university, or a five‑year career academy operating as part of an existing high school, or another program operated in cooperation with an institution of higher education."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 115C‑238.54(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The Department of Public Instruction may, as it determines appropriate, assign a school code for each program that is approved under this Part, with the exception of a five‑year career academy operating as part of an existing high school, which shall continue to use the existing school code. All positions and other State and federal allotments that are generated for this program shall be assigned to that school code. Notwithstanding G.S. 115C‑105.25, once funds are assigned to that school code, the local board of education may use these funds for the program and may transfer these funds between funding allotment categories."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.