The following definitions apply in this Part:

(1) First generation student. – A student who has no parent who has completed a two- or four-year degree.

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 115C-238.61

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • Local school administrative unit: means a subdivision of the public school system which is governed by a local board of education. See North Carolina General Statutes 115C-5
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3

(2) Participating units. – A local school administrative unit whose local board of education has adopted a resolution to create a regional school that has been approved by the State Board of Education.

(3) Principal. – The principal of a regional school.

(4) Regional school. – A school created pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-238.62 which includes all of grades nine through twelve and may include grades seven and eight.

(5) Regional school board of directors or board of directors. – The governing board of a regional school appointed pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-238.63 (2011-241, s. 1.)